1. After everything Hezekiah had done so faithfully, King Sennacherib of Assyria came to invade Judah. He set up camp ⌊to attack⌋ the fortified cities. He intended to conquer them himself.
2. When Hezekiah saw that Sennacherib had come to wage war against Jerusalem,
3. he, his officers, and his military staff made plans to stop the water from flowing out of the springs outside the city. They helped him do it.
4. A large crowd gathered as they stopped all the springs and the brook that flowed through the land. They said, “Why should the kings of Assyria find plenty of water?”
5. Hezekiah worked hard. He rebuilt all the broken sections of the wall, made the towers taller, built another wall outside ⌊the city wall⌋, strengthened the Millo in the City of David, and made plenty of weapons and shields.