2 Chronicles 32:4

32:4 A large number of people gathered together and stopped up all the springs and the stream that flowed through the district.¹ They reasoned,² “Why should the kings of Assyria come and find plenty of water?”

2 Chronicles 32:9

32:9 Afterward King Sennacherib of Assyria, while attacking Lachish with all his military might, sent his messengers³ to Jerusalem. The message was for King Hezekiah of Judah and all the people of⁴ Judah who were in Jerusalem. It read:

2 Chronicles 32:11

32:11 Hezekiah says, “The Lord our God will rescue us from the power⁵ of the king of Assyria.” But he is misleading you and you will die of hunger and thirst!⁶

2 Chronicles 32:22

32:22 The Lord delivered Hezekiah and the residents of Jerusalem from the power of King Sennacherib of Assyria and from all the other nations.⁷ He made them secure on every side.⁸

2 Chronicles 33:11

33:11 So the Lord brought against them the commanders of the army of the king of Assyria. They seized Manasseh, put hooks in his nose,⁹ bound him with bronze chains, and carried him away to Babylon.

¹tn Heb “and they closed up all the springs and the stream that flows in the midst of the land.” Here אָרֶץ (’arets, “land”) does not refer to the entire land, but to a smaller region like a district.

²tn Heb “land, saying.”

³tn Heb “servants.”

⁴tn Heb “all Judah.” The words “the people of” are supplied in the translation for clarity. The Hebrew text uses the name “Judah” here by metonymy for the people of Judah.

⁵tn Heb “hand.”

⁶tn Heb “Is not Hezekiah misleading you to give you over to die by hunger and thirst, saying, ‘The Lord our God will rescue us from the hand of the king of Assyria’?’

⁷tn Heb “and from the hand of all.”

⁸tc The Hebrew text reads literally, “and he led him from all around.” However, the present translation assumes an emendation to וַיָּנַח לָהֶם מִסָּבִיב (vayyanakh lahem missaviv, “and he gave rest to them from all around”). See 2 Chr 15:15 and 20:30.

⁹tn Heb “and they seized him with hooks.”