So manypeopleassembledand stoppedup allthe springsand the streamwhich flowedthroughthe region,saying,"Whyshould the kingsof Assyriacomeand findabundantwater?"
So he returnedfrom followinghim, and tookthe pairof oxenand sacrificedthem and boiledtheir fleshwith the implementsof the oxen,and gave[it] to the peopleand they ate.Then he aroseand followedElijahand ministeredto him.
"So giveYour servantan understandingheartto judgeYour peopleto discernbetweengoodand evil.For whois ableto judgethisgreatpeopleof Yours?"
Now in the fourteenthyearof KingHezekiah,Sennacheribkingof Assyriacameup againstallthe fortifiedcitiesof Judahand seizedthem.
Now in the fourthyearof KingHezekiah,whichwas the seventhyearof Hosheasonof Elahkingof Israel,Shalmaneserkingof Assyriacameup againstSamariaand besiegedit.
"Truly,O LORD,the kingsof Assyriahave devastatedthe nationsand their lands
Now the restof the actsof Hezekiahand allhis might,and howhe madethe pooland the conduitand broughtwaterinto the city,are they not writtenin the Bookof the Chroniclesof the Kingsof Judah?
They aroseand removedthe altarswhich[were] in Jerusalem;they also removedallthe incensealtarsand cast[them] into the brookKidron.
Aftertheseactsof faithfulnessSennacheribkingof Assyriacameand invadedJudahand besiegedthe fortifiedcities,and thoughtto breakinto them for himself.
he decidedwith his officersand his warriorsto cutoffthe [supply of] waterfrom the springswhich[were] outsidethe city,and they helpedhim.
It was Hezekiahwho stoppedthe upperoutletof the watersof Gihonand directedthem to the westsideof the cityof David.And Hezekiahprosperedin allthat he did.
For it says,"Are not my princesallkings?
And you madea reservoirbetweenthe twowallsFor the watersof the oldpool.But you did not dependon Him who madeit, Nordid you takeinto considerationHim who plannedit longago.
And you sawthat the breachesIn the [wall] of the cityof Davidwere many;And you collectedthe watersof the lowerpool.
Drawfor yourself waterfor the siege!Strengthenyour fortifications!Gointo the clayand treadthe mortar!Takeholdof the brickmold!
