2 Chronicles 32:1

After all these acts of faithfulness, Sennacherib king of Assyria came and invaded Judah. He laid siege to the fortified cities, intending to conquer them for himself.

² When Hezekiah saw that Sennacherib had come to make war against Jerusalem,

³ he consulted with his leaders and commanders about stopping up the waters of the springs outside the city, and they helped him carry it out.

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BSB: After all these acts of faithfulness, Sennacherib king of Assyria came and invaded Judah. He laid siege to the fortified cities, intending to conquer them for himself.
KJV: After these things, and the establishment thereof, Sennacherib king of Assyria came, and entered into Judah, and encamped against the fenced cities, and thought to win them for himself.
WEB: 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.
ASV: After these things, and this faithfulness, Sennacherib king of Assyria came, and entered into Judah, and encamped against the fortified cities, and thought to win them for himself.
DARBY: After these things and this faithfulness, Sennacherib king of Assyria came and entered into Judah, and encamped against the fortified cities, and thought to break into them.
BLB: After these deeds and faithfulness, Sennacherib king of Assyria and entered came into Judah, and he encamped against the fortified cities and said to rend them to himself.

ÅB: En tid etter at Hiskia hadde utført dette og vist slik troskap, kom kongen i Assyria Sankerib og dro inn i Juda; han kringsatte de faste byer og tenkte han skulle få dem i sin makt.
OTB: Etter disse trofaste handlingene kom Sankerib, kongen av Assyria, og invaderte Juda, og slo leir mot de befestede byene og hadde til hensikt å bryte inn i dem for seg selv.
B1930: Nogen tid efterat Esekias hadde utført dette og vist sådan troskap, kom kongen i Assyria Sankerib og drog inn i Juda; han kringsatte de faste byer og tenkte han skulde få dem i sin makt.

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Cross references

2 Kings 18:13–37
In the fourteenth year of Hezekiah’s reign, Sennacherib king of Assyria attacked and captured all the fortified cities of Judah.
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2 Kings 18:11
The king of Assyria exiled the Israelites to Assyria and settled them in Halah, in Gozan by the Habor River, and in the cities of the Medes.
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Micah 2:13
One who breaks open the way will go up before them; they will break through the gate, and go out by it. Their King will pass through before them, the LORD as their leader.
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2 Kings 17:6
In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria captured Samaria and carried away the Israelites to Assyria, where he settled them in Halah, in Gozan by the Habor River, and in the cities of the Medes.
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Isaiah 7:17–18
The LORD will bring on you and on your people and on the house of your father a time unlike any since the day Ephraim separated from Judah—He will bring the king of Assyria.”
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Isaiah 10:5–11
Woe to Assyria, the rod of My anger; the staff in their hands is My wrath.
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Isaiah 36:1–37:38
In the fourteenth year of Hezekiah’s reign, Sennacherib king of Assyria attacked and captured all the fortified cities of Judah.
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Isaiah 8:6–8
“Because this people has rejected the gently flowing waters of Shiloah and rejoiced in Rezin and the son of Remaliah,
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