6. And he set captains of war over the people and gathered them together to him in the plaza of the gate of the city and spoke unto their heart, saying,
7. Be strong and courageous; do not be afraid nor dismayed for the king of Assyria nor for all the multitude that is with him, for there are more with us than with him.
8. With him is an arm of flesh, but with us is the Lord our God to help us and to fight our battles. And the people were upheld by the words of Hezekiah, king of Judah.
9. After this Sennacherib, king of Assyria, sent his slaves to Jerusalem (but he himself laid siege against Lachish, and all his power with him) unto Hezekiah king of Judah, and unto all Judah that were at Jerusalem, saying,
10. Thus hath said Sennacherib, king of Assyria, In whom do ye trust that ye abide in the siege in Jerusalem?
11. Does not Hezekiah deceive you to give yourselves over to die by famine and by thirst, saying, The Lord our God shall deliver us out of the hand of the king of Assyria?
12. Has not the same Hezekiah taken away his high places and his altars and commanded Judah and Jerusalem, saying, Ye shall worship before one altar and burn incense upon it?
13. Have ye not known what I and my fathers have done unto all the people of other lands? Could peradventure the gods of the Gentiles of those lands deliver their lands out of my hand?