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BrLXXΚαὶ εἶδεν Ἐζεκίας ὅτι ἥκει Σενναχηρὶμ, καὶ τὸ πρόσωπον αὐτοῦ τοῦ πολεμῆσαι ἐπὶ Ἱερουσαλήμ. (Kai eiden Ezekias hoti haʸkei Sennaⱪaʸrim, kai to prosōpon autou tou polemaʸsai epi Hierousalaʸm. )
BrTrAnd Ezekias saw that Sennacherim was come, and that his face was set to fight against Jerusalem.
ULTAnd Hezekiah saw that Sennacherib had come and his face was to battle against Jerusalem.
USTWhen Hezekiah saw that Sennacherib had come with his army and that they intended to attack Jerusalem,
BSB § When Hezekiah saw that Sennacherib had come to make war against Jerusalem,
JPSAnd when Hezekiah saw that Sennacherib was come, and that he was purposed to fight against Jerusalem,
ASVAnd when Hezekiah saw that Sennacherib was come, and that he was purposed to fight against Jerusalem,
DRAAnd when Ezechias saw that Sennacherib was come, and that the whole force of the war was turning against Jerusalem,
YLTAnd Hezekiah seeth that Sennacherib hath come, and his face [is] to the battle against Jerusalem,
DrbyAnd when Hezekiah saw that Sennacherib was come, and that he was minded to fight against Jerusalem,
RVAnd when Hezekiah saw that Sennacherib was come, and that he was purposed to fight against Jerusalem,
WbstrAnd when Hezekiah saw that Sennacherib had come, and that he purposed to fight against Jerusalem,
KJB-1769And when Hezekiah saw that Sennacherib was come, and that he was purposed to fight against Jerusalem,[fn] (And when Hezekiah saw that Sennacherib was come, and that he was purposed to fight against Yerusalem, )
KJB-1611[fn]And when Hezekiah sawe that Sennacherib was come, and that hee was purposed to fight against Ierusalem, (Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above apart from footnotes)
BshpsAnd so when Hezekia sawe that Sennacherib was come, and that he was purposed to fight against Hierusalem, (And so when Hezekia saw that Sennacherib was come, and that he was purposed to fight against Yerusalem,)
GnvaWhen Hezekiah sawe that Saneherib was come, and that his purpose was to fight against Ierusalem, (When Hezekiah saw that Saneherib was come, and that his purpose was to fight against Yerusalem, )
CvdlAnd whan Ezechias sawe that Sennacherib came, and that his face stode to fighte agaynst Ierusalem, (And when Ezechias saw that Sennacherib came, and that his face stood to fight against Yerusalem,)
WyclAnd whanne Ezechie hadde herd this thing, that is, that Senacherib was comun, and that al the fersnesse of batel was turned ayens Jerusalem, (And when Ezechie had heard this thing, that is, that Senacherib was comun, and that all the fersnesse of battle was turned against Yerusalem,)
LuthUnd da Hiskia sah, daß Sanherib kam und sein Angesicht stund, zu streiten wider Jerusalem, (And there Hiskia saw, that Sanherib came and his face stund, to argue/battle against Yerusalem,)
ClVgQuod cum vidisset Ezechias, venisse scilicet Sennacherib, et totum belli impetum verti contra Jerusalem, (That when/with had_seen Ezechias, venisse scilicet Sennacherib, and totum belli impetum verti on_the_contrary Yerusalem, )
32:1-23 The Chronicler summarizes in twenty-three verses the lengthy account of the siege against Jerusalem (cp. 2 Kgs 18:17–19:37; Isa 36–38). God’s response to the attack of King Sennacherib of Assyria was a blessing that resulted from Judah’s and Hezekiah’s faithfulness in seeking the Lord.
(Occurrence 0) that Sennacherib had come and that he intended
(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_saw Ḩizqiyyāh that/for/because/then/when come Sennacherib and,face,he to_the,war on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in Yərūshālayim/(Jerusalem) )
Here Sennacherib also represents his army. Alternate translation: “that Sennacherib and his army had come and that they intended”
(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_saw Ḩizqiyyāh that/for/because/then/when come Sennacherib and,face,he to_the,war on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in Yərūshālayim/(Jerusalem) )
Here “Jerusalem” represents the people there. Alternate translation: “to fight against the people of Jerusalem” or “to fight against the army of Jerusalem”
The harrowing experience of the attack on Judah by King Sennacherib of Assyria during Hezekiah’s reign is recorded by three different writers of Scripture and even by Sennacherib himself. Many scholars also suspect that this event formed the basis for Herodotus’s story regarding an army of mice eating the bow strings of the Assyrian army during their campaign against the Egyptians (Histories, 2.141). The origins of this event stretch back into the reign of Hezekiah’s father Ahaz, who enticed the Assyrians to attack Israel and Aram in exchange for making Judah a vassal of Assyria (2 Kings 16-17; 2 Chronicles 28; Isaiah 7-8; also see “The Final Days of the Northern Kingdom of Israel” map). Judah continued to be a vassal of Assyria through the early part of Hezekiah’s reign, but Hezekiah also quietly made extensive preparations to throw off the yoke of Assyria one day (2 Kings 18:1-12; 1 Chronicles 4:39-43; 2 Chronicles 29-31; also see “Hezekiah Strengthens Judah” map). Hezekiah also appears to have been hoping for support from Babylon and Egypt regarding his efforts to revolt against Assyria’s rule, but the prophet Isaiah warned Judah against placing their hopes in these foreign powers (Isaiah 30:1-5; 31:1-3; 39:1-8; 40:10-15; 2 Kings 20:12-19). After a few years spent quashing rebellion among the Babylonians, the Kassites, and the Medes in the east, Sennacherib turned his sights westward and began a campaign to subdue the various vassal nations that were refusing to submit to Assyria’s rule any longer. He first reconquered the Phoenician cities of Sidon and Tyre and then moved south to Philistia. He subdued Joppa, Beth-dagon, Bene-berak, and Azor and then moved to capture the cities of the Shephelah, which guarded the entrances to the valleys leading into the central hill country of Judah. While Sennacherib was attacking Lachish he sent his officers to demand Hezekiah’s surrender. This may be the Assyrian advance upon Jerusalem from the north described in Isaiah 10:28-32, but this is not certain (see “Assyria Advances on Jerusalem” map). Hezekiah sent officers back to Sennacherib with gold and silver taken from Temple and the royal treasury, but he would not surrender. The officers then traveled to Libnah to meet with Sennacherib, for he gone to fight there by that time. In the meantime King Tirhakah of Cush, who was ruling over Egypt at this time, came to attack Sennacherib, so Sennacherib sent his officials back to Hezekiah with a message that Jerusalem would be taken if he resisted. Hezekiah laid the letter from the officials before the Lord and prayed, and the Lord sent word through the prophet Isaiah that Jerusalem would not be taken. Then that very night the angel of the Lord killed 185,000 Assyrian soldiers (probably those with Sennacherib fighting the Egyptians), and Sennacherib went back to Assyria. There while he was worshiping in the temple of Nisroch, Sennacherib’s sons killed him and fled to Ararat (see “Ararat” map).
