1 After these things, and the establishment thereof, Sancheriv [Sin (the moon) multiplied brothers] king of Ashur [the level plain] (the land of the sons of Shem [name] (name, renown (great reputation; being well-known))) came, and entered into Y’hudah [Let Him (God) Be Praised], and encamped against the fenced cities, and thought to win them for himself.

2 And when Hizkiyahu [Yehovah is my strength] saw that Sancheriv [Sin (the moon) multiplied brothers] was come, and that he was purposed to fight against Yerushalayim [Foundation of Peace],

3 He took counsel with his princes and his mighty men to stop the waters of the fountains which [were] without the city: and they did help him.

4 So there was gathered much people together, who stopped all the fountains, and the brook that ran through the midst of the land, saying, Why should the kings of Ashur [the level plain] (the land of the sons of Shem [name] (name, renown (great reputation; being well-known))) come, and find much water?

5 Also he strengthened himself, and built up all the wall that was broken, and raised [it] up to the towers, and another wall without, and repaired Millo [fortification (defensive structure) or mound] [in] the city of David [beloved], and made darts and shields in abundance.

6 And he set captains of war over the people, and gathered them together to him in the street of the gate of the city, and spoke comfortably to them, saying,

7 Be strong and courageous, be not afraid nor dismayed for the king of Ashur [the level plain] (the land of the sons of Shem [name] (name, renown (great reputation; being well-known))), nor for all the multitude that [is] with him: for [there be] more with us than with him:

8 With him [is] an arm of flesh; but with us [is] the LORD-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) our God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered] to help us, and to fight our battles. And the people rested themselves upon the words of Hizkiyahu [Yehovah is my strength] king of Y’hudah [Let Him (God) Be Praised].

9 After this did Sancheriv [Sin (the moon) multiplied brothers] king of Ashur [the level plain] (the land of the sons of Shem [name] (name, renown (great reputation; being well-known))) send his servants to Yerushalayim [Foundation of Peace], (but he [himself laid siege] against Lakhish [Invincible], and all his power with him,) unto Hizkiyahu [Yehovah is my strength] king of Y’hudah [Let Him (God) Be Praised], and unto all Y’hudah [Let Him (God) Be Praised] that [were] at Yerushalayim [Foundation of Peace], saying,

10 Thus says Sancheriv [Sin (the moon) multiplied brothers] king of Ashur [the level plain] (the land of the sons of Shem [name] (name, renown (great reputation; being well-known))), Whereon do you2f trust, that you2f abide in the siege in Yerushalayim [Foundation of Peace]?

11 Does not Hizkiyahu [Yehovah is my strength] persuade you to give over yourselves to die by famine and by thirst, saying, The LORD-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) our God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered] shall deliver us out of the hand of the king of Ashur [the level plain] (the land of the sons of Shem [name] (name, renown (great reputation; being well-known)))?

12 Has not the same Hizkiyahu [Yehovah is my strength] taken away his high places and his altars, and commanded Y’hudah [Let Him (God) Be Praised] and Yerushalayim [Foundation of Peace], saying, You2f shall worship before one altar, and burn incense upon it?

13 Know you2f not what I and my fathers have done unto all the people of [other] lands? were the gods of the nations of those lands any ways able to deliver their lands out of my hand?

14 Who [was there] among all the gods of those nations that my fathers utterly destroyed, that could deliver his people out of my hand, that your God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered] should be able to deliver you out of my hand?

15 Now therefore let not Hizkiyahu [Yehovah is my strength] deceive you, nor persuade you on this manner, neither yet 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 shall your God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered] deliver you out of my hand?

16 And his servants spoke yet [more] against the LORD-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered], and against his servant Hizkiyahu [Yehovah is my strength].

17 He wrote also letters to rail on the LORD-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered] of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God], and to speak against him, saying, As the gods of the nations of [other] lands have not delivered their people out of my hand, so shall not the God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered] of Hizkiyahu [Yehovah is my strength] deliver his people out of my hand.

18 Then they cried with a loud voice in the Y’hudit (Y’hudim (Judeans)’) speech unto the people of Yerushalayim [Foundation of Peace] that [were] on the wall, to affright them, and to trouble them; that they might take the city.

19 And they spoke against the God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered] of Yerushalayim [Foundation of Peace], as against the gods of the people of the earth, [which were] the work of the hands of man.

20 And for this [cause] Hizkiyahu [Yehovah is my strength] the king, and the prophet Yesha’yahu [Yehovah has saved] the son of Amotz [strong], prayed and cried to heaven.

21 And the LORD-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) sent an angel, which cut off all the mighty men of valour, and the leaders and captains in the camp of the king of Ashur [the level plain] (the land of the sons of Shem [name] (name, renown (great reputation; being well-known))). So he returned with shame of face to his own land. And when he was come into the house of his god, they that came forth of his own bowels (inward parts; affections) killed him there with the sword.

22 Thus the LORD-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) saved Hizkiyahu [Yehovah is my strength] and the inhabitants of Yerushalayim [Foundation of Peace] from the hand of Sancheriv [Sin (the moon) multiplied brothers] the king of Ashur [the level plain] (the land of the sons of Shem [name] (name, renown (great reputation; being well-known))), and from the hand of all [other], and guided them on every side.

23 And many brought gifts unto the LORD-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) to Yerushalayim [Foundation of Peace], and presents to Hizkiyahu [Yehovah is my strength] king of Y’hudah [Let Him (God) Be Praised]: so that he was magnified in the sight of all nations from thenceforth.

24 In those days Hizkiyahu [Yehovah is my strength] was sick to the death, and prayed unto the LORD-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate): and he spoke unto him, and he gave him a sign.

25 But Hizkiyahu [Yehovah is my strength] rendered not again according to the benefit [done] unto him; for his heart was lifted up: therefore there was wrath upon him, and upon Y’hudah [Let Him (God) Be Praised] and Yerushalayim [Foundation of Peace].

26 Yet Hizkiyahu [Yehovah is my strength] humbled himself for the pride of his heart, [both] he and the inhabitants of Yerushalayim [Foundation of Peace], so that the wrath of the LORD-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) came not upon them in the days of Hizkiyahu [Yehovah is my strength].

27 And Hizkiyahu [Yehovah is my strength] had exceeding much riches and honour: and he made himself treasuries for silver, and for gold, and for precious stones, and for spices, and for shields, and for all manner of pleasant jewels;

28 Storehouses also for the increase of corn, and wine, and oil; and stalls for all manner of beasts, and stables for flocks.

29 Moreover he provided him cities, and possessions of flocks and herds in abundance: for God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered] had given him substance very much.

30 This same Hizkiyahu [Yehovah is my strength] also stopped the upper watercourse of Gikhon (Bursting Forth), and brought it straight down to the west side of the city of David [beloved]. And Hizkiyahu [Yehovah is my strength] prospered in all his works.

31 However in [the business of] the ambassadors of the princes of Bavel (to jumble, or a confused medley of sounds; confusion; gate of the deity) (Babylon) [confusion], who sent unto him to enquire of the wonder that was [done] in the land, God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered] left him, to try him, that he might know all [that was] in his heart.

32 Now the rest of the acts of Hizkiyahu [Yehovah is my strength], and his goodness, behold, they [are] written in the vision of Yesha’yahu [Yehovah has saved] the prophet, the son of Amotz [strong], [and] in the book of the kings of Y’hudah [Let Him (God) Be Praised] and Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God].

33 And Hizkiyahu [Yehovah is my strength] slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the most important of the sepulchres of the sons of David [beloved]: and all Y’hudah [Let Him (God) Be Praised] and the inhabitants of Yerushalayim [Foundation of Peace] did him honour at his death. And M’nasheh [Causing to Forget] his son reigned in his stead.