Sennacherib Invades Judah

32 After these ^[a]acts of faithfulness ^(A)Sennacherib king of Assyria came and invaded Judah and besieged the fortified cities, and ^[b]intended to break into them for himself. ² Now when Hezekiah saw that Sennacherib had come and that ^[c]he intended to wage war against Jerusalem, ³ he decided with his officers and his warriors to cut off the supply of water from the springs which were outside the city, and they helped him. ⁴ So many people assembled ^(B)and stopped up all the springs and ^(C)the stream which flowed ^[d]through the region, saying, “Why should the kings of Assyria come and find abundant water?” ⁵ And he resolutely set to work and ^(D)rebuilt all of the wall that had been broken down and ^[e]erected towers on it, and built ^(E)another outside wall and strengthened the ^[f](F)Millo in the city of David, and made weapons and shields in great numbers. ⁶ He appointed military officers over the people and gathered them to him in the public square at the city gate, and ^(G)spoke ^[g]encouragingly to them, saying, ⁷ “^(H)Be strong and courageous, do not fear or be dismayed because of the king of Assyria nor because of all the horde 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 the Lord our God to help us and to fight our battles.” And the people relied on the words of Hezekiah king of Judah.