1After all these acts of faithfulness by Hezekiah, Sennacherib, king of Assyria, invaded Judah, and besieged its fortified cities, hoping to acquire them for himself. 2And when Hezekiah knew that Sennacherib had invaded Judah, and intended to attack Jerusalem, 3He consulted with his officials and senior military officers, and they decided to shut off and hide the springs which supplied water outside of the city; and to channel or pipe the water from them into the city. 4So many people gathered and stopped all the fountains, and the spring that supplied the brook (Kidron) that ran through the land, saying, “Why should the kings of Assyria come, and have water?” 5 Hezekiah also worked hard to repair the breaches in wall, built defensive towers on it, and built a second wall outside it, and repaired the fortification at Millo for the city of David, and made many weapons and shields. 6And he appointed military leaders over the people, and mustered them in the street of the gate of the city, and spoke encouragingly to them, saying, 7“Be strong and courageous. Do not be intimidated by the king of Assyria, nor by all the army he has with him; for the One Who is with us is greater than those with him. 8With 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 took comfort and courage from the words of Hezekiah, king of Judah.

9Then, while Sennacherib, king of Assyria, and his army laid siege against Lachish, he sent his servants to King Hezekiah of Judah, and to all those of Judah who were at Jerusalem, to say, 10“Thus says Sennacherib, king of Assyria, ‘In what do you trust, that you remain under siege in Jerusalem? 11Is Hezekiah not misleading you, so that you will die by famine and thirst, by telling you, “The LORD, our God, shall deliver us out of the hand of the king of Assyria?” 12Has not this Hezekiah removed the high places and altars, and told Judah and Jerusalem, “You shall worship before one altar, and burn incense upon it?” 13Do you not know what I and my fathers have done to all the people of other lands? Were the gods of those lands and people at all able to save them from my hand? 14Who was there among all the gods of those nations that my fathers destroyed, that could save his people from my hand, that you think that your God would be able to save you from me? 15Do not let Hezekiah deceive you, nor persuade you in this way, or trust him; for no god of any nation or kingdom has been able to save his people from me or my fathers. How much less shall your God save you from me?’” 16And his servants further mocked the LORD God, and slandered the faith of His servant, Hezekiah. 17He also wrote letters blaspheming the LORD God of Israel, by saying, “As the gods of the nations of other lands have not saved their people from me, so shall the God of Hezekiah not save His people from me.” 18Then they shouted in the Jews' language to the people of Jerusalem on the wall, to frighten and demoralize them; and make it easier to take the city. 19And they expressed contempt for the God of Jerusalem, just as they disdained the gods of the pagans of the earth, which were just idols - the work of men’s hands.

20And for this reason, King Hezekiah and the prophet Isaiah, son of Amoz, prayed and cried to heaven. 21And the LORD sent an angel, who destroyed every warrior in the camp of the Assyrian army, and their commanders. So, Sennacherib returned in shame to his own land. And when he entered the house of his god, some of his own children killed him there with the sword. 22That is how the LORD saved Hezekiah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem from Sennacherib, the king of Assyria, and from the hand of all others, and He gave them rest and peace on every side. 23And many brought gifts unto the LORD to Jerusalem, and presents to Hezekiah, king of Judah; so that he was magnified in the sight of all nations from that time forward.

24In those days Hezekiah became mortally ill, and he prayed to the LORD; and God answered him, and He gave him a miraculous sign. 25But Hezekiah had become proud, and did not respond in gratitude for the blessings done for him; provoking God’s wrath on him, and on Judah and Jerusalem. 26However, Hezekiah repented of the pride of their hearts - both his and the inhabitants of Jerusalem - so that the wrath of the LORD did not fall upon them in the days of Hezekiah.

27And Hezekiah had very great riches and honor; and he made himself treasuries for silver, gold, precious stones, spices, shields, and for all manner of costly articles. 28He also built storehouses, for the increase of grain, wine, and oil; and stalls for all manner of beasts, and cotes for flocks. 29Moreover, he provided cities for himself, and possessions of flocks and herds in abundance; for God had given him very much substance. 30This same Hezekiah also stopped the upper watercourse of Gihon, and brought it straight down to the west side of the city of David. And Hezekiah prospered in all his doings. 31However, in the business of the ambassadors of the leaders of Babylon, who sent to him to enquire of the wonder that was done in the land, God left him alone, to test him, and to know all that was in his heart.

32Now the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, and his goodness are written in the vision of Isaiah, the prophet, son of Amoz, and in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel. 33And Hezekiah died, and they buried him in the upper tombs of the sons of David; and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem honored him upon his death. And Manasseh, his son, reigned in his stead.