2 Chronicles 32:6-10
2 Chronicles 32:6
He appointed military officers over the people and gathered them to him in the public square at the city gate, and spoke encouragingly to them, saying,
2 Chronicles 32:7
“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; for the One with us is greater than the one with him.
2 Chronicles 32:8
With him is only an arm of flesh, but 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. Sennacherib Undermines Hezekiah
2 Chronicles 32:9
After this Sennacherib king of Assyria sent his servants to Jerusalem while he was besieging Lachish with all his forces with him, against Hezekiah king of Judah and against all of Judah who were in Jerusalem, saying,
2 Chronicles 32:10
“This is what Sennacherib king of Assyria says: ‘On what are you trusting that you are staying in Jerusalem under siege?