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2 Chronicles 32:10 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" Sennacherib king of Assyria says, “In whom do you trust, that you remain under siege in Jerusalem? "
2 Chronicles 32:10
Verse in Context
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8 An arm of flesh is with him, but the LORD our God is with us to help us and to fight our battles.” The people rested themselves on the words of Hezekiah king of Judah.
9 After this, Sennacherib king of Assyria sent his servants to Jerusalem, (now he was attacking Lachish, and all his forces were with him), to Hezekiah king of Judah, and to all Judah who were at Jerusalem, saying,
10 Sennacherib king of Assyria says, “In whom do you trust, that you remain under siege in Jerusalem?
11 Doesn’t Hezekiah persuade you to give you over to die by famine and by thirst, saying, ‘The LORD our God will deliver us out of the hand of the king of Assyria’?
12 Hasn’t the same Hezekiah taken away his high places and his altars, and commanded Judah and Jerusalem, saying, ‘You shall worship before one altar, and you shall burn incense on it’?
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2 Chronicles 32:1
"After these things and this faithfulness, Sennacherib king of Assyria came, entered into Judah, encamped against the fortified cities, and intended to win them for himself."
2 Chronicles 32:2
"When Hezekiah saw that Sennacherib had come, and that he was planning to fight against Jerusalem,"
2 Chronicles 32:3
"he took counsel with his princes and his mighty men to stop the waters of the springs which were outside of the city, and they helped him."
2 Chronicles 32:4
"Then many people gathered together and they stopped all the springs and the brook that flowed through the middle of the land, saying, “Why should the kings of Assyria come, and find abundant water?”"
2 Chronicles 32:5
"He took courage, built up all the wall that was broken down, and raised it up to the towers, with the other wall outside, and strengthened Millo in David’s city, and made weapons and shields in abundance."
2 Chronicles 32:6
"He set captains of war over the people, gathered them together to him in the wide place at the gate of the city, and spoke encouragingly to them, saying,"
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