Sennacherib Invades Judah

32 After these ^[a]acts of faithfulness ^(A)Sennacherib king of Assyria came and invaded Judah and encamped against the fortified cities, and ^[b]thought to break into them for himself. ² Then Hezekiah saw that Sennacherib had come and that he had set his face to make war on Jerusalem, ³ and he took counsel with his commanders and his warriors to stop up the supply of water from the springs which were outside the city, and they helped him. ⁴ So many people gathered ^(B)and stopped up all the springs and ^(C)the stream which flowed in the midst of the land, saying, “Why should the kings of Assyria come and find abundant water?” ⁵ And he strengthened himself and ^(D)rebuilt all the wall that had been broken down and ^[c]erected towers on it, and built ^(E)another outside wall and strengthened the ^[d](F)Millo in the city of David, and made weapons and shields in great number. ⁶ He also put military commanders over the people and gathered them to him in the square at the city gate, and ^(G)spoke to their hearts, saying, ⁷ “^(H)Be strong and courageous. Do not fear or be dismayed because of the king of Assyria nor because of all the multitude that is with him; ^(I)for the one with us is greater than the one with him. ⁸ With him is only ^(J)an arm of flesh, but ^(K)with us is Yahweh our God to help us and to fight our battles.” And the people were sustained by the words of Hezekiah king of Judah.