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2 Chronicles 32:16 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" His servants spoke yet more against the LORD God and against his servant Hezekiah. "
2 Chronicles 32:16
Verse in Context
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14 Who was there among all the gods of those nations which my fathers utterly destroyed that could deliver his people out of my hand, that your God should be able to deliver you out of my hand?
15 Now therefore don’t let Hezekiah deceive you nor persuade you in this way. Don’t believe him, for no god of any nation or kingdom was able to deliver his people out of my hand, and out of the hand of my fathers. How much less will your God deliver you out of my hand?”
16 His servants spoke yet more against the LORD God and against his servant Hezekiah.
17 He also wrote letters insulting the LORD, the God of Israel, and speaking against him, saying, “As the gods of the nations of the lands, which have not delivered their people out of my hand, so shall the God of Hezekiah not deliver his people out of my hand.”
18 They called out with a loud voice in the Jews’ language to the people of Jerusalem who were on the wall, to frighten them and to trouble them, that they might take the city.
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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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