16. Some of them did that which was pleasing to God, And some multiplied sins.
17. Hezekiah fortified his city, And brought in water into the midst of them: He digged the sheer rock with iron, And builded up wells for waters.
18. In his days Sennacherib came up, And sent Rabshakeh, and departed; And he lifted up his hand against Sion, And boasted great things in his arrogancy.
19. Then were their hearts and their hands shaken, And they were in pain, as women in travail;
20. And they called upon the Lord which is merciful, Spreading forth their hands to him: And the Holy One heard them speedily out of Heaven, And delivered them by the hand of Isaiah.
21. He struck the camp of the Assyrians, And his angel utterly destroyed them.
22. For Hezekiah did that which was pleasing to the Lord, And was strong in the ways of David his father, Which Isaiah the prophet commanded, Who was great and faithful in his vision.
23. In his days the sun went backward; And he added life to the king.
24. He saw by an excellent spirit what should come to pass at the last; And he comforted them that mourned in Sion.