2 Chronicles 32 — Sennacherib’s invasion and Hezekiah’s later years — Hebrew and Greek compared
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Chapter 32 — Sennacherib’s invasion and Hezekiah’s later years
Defenses and encouragement
Verse 32:1 Different
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[BHS 32:1] After these deeds and this faithfulness, Sennacherib king of Assyria came. He entered Judah, camped against the fortified cities, and intended to break through them for himself.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[LXX 32:1] After these events and this faithfulness, Sennacherib king of the Assyrians came. He came against Judah, camped against the walled cities, and said he would seize them beforehand.
Classification & Notes
Different
Text: The Hebrew describes breaking into the cities for himself; the Greek uses advance seizure and an expressed intention. Both place the invasion after Hezekiah’s faithful actions.
Verse 32:2 Same
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[BHS 32:2] Hezekiah saw that Sennacherib had come and that his face was set for war against Jerusalem.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[LXX 32:2] Hezekiah saw that Sennacherib had arrived and that his face was set to wage war against Jerusalem.
Classification & Notes
Same
Text: Both use the image of a face directed toward war against Jerusalem.
Verse 32:3 Different
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[BHS 32:3] He consulted with his officials and mighty men about stopping the water of the springs outside the city, and they helped him.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[LXX 32:3] He consulted with his elders and mighty men about blocking the waters of the springs outside the city, and they joined in strengthening him.
Classification & Notes
Different
Text: The Hebrew has officials and help; the Greek has elders and joining in support. The water policy agrees.
Verse 32:4 Divergent
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[BHS 32:4] A great crowd gathered, and they stopped all the springs and the torrent flowing through the land, saying, “Why should the kings of Assyria come and find abundant water?”
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[LXX 32:4] He gathered a great crowd and blocked the waters of the springs and the river that divided the city, saying, “Let the king of Assyria not come and find abundant water and gain strength.”
Classification & Notes
Divergent
Text: The Hebrew makes the gathered people the acting subject and speaks of a torrent through the land and Assyrian kings in the plural. The Greek gives the king the action, locates the river through the city, and adds gaining strength.
Verse 32:5 Different
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[BHS 32:5] He strengthened himself, rebuilt the entire breached wall, and went up upon the towers; outside was another wall. He strengthened the Millo of the City of David and made weapons in abundance and shields.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[LXX 32:5] Hezekiah grew strong and built the entire demolished wall and towers, and outside another defensive wall. He strengthened the retaining work of the City of David and prepared many weapons.
Classification & Notes
Different
Text: The displayed Hebrew says that he went up upon the towers; its awkward construction is retained rather than silently changed to raising towers. The Greek coordinates towers with the building work. It renders Millo descriptively and does not separately name shields.
Verse 32:6 Different
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[BHS 32:6] He appointed military commanders over the people and gathered them to himself in the square at the city gate. He spoke to their hearts, saying,
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[LXX 32:6] He appointed commanders of war over the people, and they gathered to him in the square at the gate of the ravine. He spoke to their hearts, saying,
Classification & Notes
Different
Text: The Hebrew has the city gate and his gathering them; the Greek specifies the ravine gate and their gathering to him.
Verse 32:7 Similar
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[BHS 32:7] “Be strong and courageous. Do not fear or be dismayed before the king of Assyria or before all the multitude with him, for more are with us than with him.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[LXX 32:7] “Be strong and act courageously. Do not be terrified before the king of Assyria or before the entire nation with him, because more are with us than with him.
Classification & Notes
Similar
Text: Both ground courage in those who are with Judah. The Hebrew names fear and dismay separately; the Greek has one prohibition and calls the opposing company a nation.
Verse 32:8 Different
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[BHS 32:8] With him is an arm of flesh, but with us is YHWH our God, to help us and fight our battles.” The people rested on the words of Hezekiah king of Judah.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[LXX 32:8] With him are arms of flesh, but with us is the Lord our God, to save and to fight our war.” The people took courage from the words of Hezekiah king of Judah.
Classification & Notes
Different
Text: The Hebrew has one arm of flesh, help, and battles; the Greek has arms, salvation, and war in the singular. The concluding responses are reliance and renewed courage respectively.
The Assyrian challenge
Verse 32:9 Similar
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[BHS 32:9] After this, Sennacherib king of Assyria sent his servants to Jerusalem—he himself was at Lachish, with all his force with him—to Hezekiah king of Judah and all Judah in Jerusalem, saying,
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[LXX 32:9] After these things, Sennacherib king of the Assyrians sent his servants against Jerusalem; he himself was at Lachish, with all the army with him. He sent to Hezekiah king of Judah and all Judah in Jerusalem, saying,
Classification & Notes
Similar
Text: The Greek explicitly calls the accompanying force an army and repeats the sending verb. Both identify Lachish and the same recipients.
Verse 32:10 Same
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[BHS 32:10] “Thus says Sennacherib king of Assyria: On what are you trusting, remaining under siege in Jerusalem?
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[LXX 32:10] “Thus says Sennacherib king of the Assyrians: On what have you placed your trust, sitting within the siege in Jerusalem?
Classification & Notes
Same
Text: Both challenge the trust of those remaining in besieged Jerusalem.
Verse 32:11 Similar
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[BHS 32:11] Is Hezekiah not enticing you, to give you over to die of hunger and thirst, saying, ‘YHWH our God will rescue us from the hand of the king of Assyria’?
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[LXX 32:11] Is Hezekiah not deceiving you, to hand you over to death and hunger and thirst, saying, ‘The Lord our God will save us from the hand of the king of Assyria’?
Classification & Notes
Similar
Text: The Hebrew presents hunger and thirst as the means of death; the Greek coordinates death, hunger, and thirst. The attributed promise corresponds.
Verse 32:12 Different
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[BHS 32:12] Was it not this Hezekiah who removed His high places and His altars and told Judah and Jerusalem, ‘Before one altar you shall bow down, and upon it you shall burn offerings’?
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[LXX 32:12] Is this not Hezekiah who removed His altars and His high places and told Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, ‘Before this altar you shall bow down, and upon it you shall burn incense’?
Classification & Notes
Different
Text: The Hebrew stresses one altar; the Greek identifies this altar. The accusation treats the removed sanctuaries as belonging to the God invoked in the preceding verse; the order of altars and high places differs.
Verse 32:13 Different
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[BHS 32:13] Do you not know what I and my fathers did to all the peoples of the lands? Were the gods of the nations of the lands at all able to rescue their land from my hand?
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[LXX 32:13] Will you not learn what I and my fathers did to all the peoples of the countries? Were the gods of the nations of the whole earth at all able to save their people from my hand?
Classification & Notes
Different
Text: The Hebrew asks about knowledge and the rescue of land; the Greek asks about learning and the rescue of people.
Verse 32:14 Different
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[BHS 32:14] Who among all the gods of these nations that my fathers devoted to destruction was able to rescue his people from my hand, that your God should be able to rescue you from my hand?
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[LXX 32:14] Who among all the gods of these nations, whom my fathers destroyed? Were they able to save their people from my hand, that your God will be able to save you from my hand?
Classification & Notes
Different
Text: The Greek breaks the challenge into a hanging first question and a plural question about saving the people. The Hebrew gives one continuous question with a singular rescuing god.
Verse 32:15 Different
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[BHS 32:15] Now do not let Hezekiah deceive you or entice you like this, and do not believe him. No god of any nation or kingdom has been able to rescue his people from my hand or my fathers’ hand; how much less will your God rescue you from my hand!”
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[LXX 32:15] Now do not let Hezekiah deceive you or make you confident on these grounds, and do not believe him. The god of any nation and kingdom certainly cannot save his people from my hand and my fathers’ hand; your God certainly will not save you from my hand.”
Classification & Notes
Different
Text: The Hebrew argues how much less; the Greek closes with an emphatic denial. The displayed Hebrew ends with a plural verb attached to your God, whereas the Greek is singular. The singular English designation follows the addressed God without erasing that grammatical irregularity from the note.
Verse 32:16 Same
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[BHS 32:16] His servants spoke still more against YHWH God and against Hezekiah His servant.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[LXX 32:16] His servants spoke still more against the Lord God and against Hezekiah His servant.
Classification & Notes
Same
Text: The same two targets and Hezekiah’s status as God’s servant appear in both.
Verse 32:17 Different
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[BHS 32:17] He also wrote letters to reproach YHWH, the God of Israel, and to speak against Him, saying, “As the gods of the nations of the lands did not rescue their people from my hand, so the God of Hezekiah will not rescue His people from my hand.”
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[LXX 32:17] He wrote a letter to reproach the Lord God of Israel and spoke about Him, saying, “As the gods of the nations of the earth did not deliver their peoples from my hand, so the God of Hezekiah certainly will not deliver His people from my hand.”
Classification & Notes
Different
Text: The Hebrew has letters in the plural; the Greek has one letter. Both preserve the explicit analogy between Israel’s God and the defeated nations’ gods.
Verse 32:18 Different
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[BHS 32:18] They called out in a loud voice in the Judean language to the people of Jerusalem upon the wall, to frighten and alarm them so that they might capture the city.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[LXX 32:18] He shouted in a loud voice in the Judean language to the people of Jerusalem upon the wall, to frighten and bring them down so that they might seize the city beforehand.
Classification & Notes
Different
Text: The Hebrew has plural speakers and alarming the defenders; the Greek has a singular speaker and bringing them down. Both explicitly name the Judean language.
Verse 32:19 Similar
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[BHS 32:19] They spoke against the God of Jerusalem as against the gods of the peoples of the earth, the work of human hands.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[LXX 32:19] He spoke against the God of Jerusalem as also against the gods of the peoples of the earth, works of human hands.
Classification & Notes
Similar
Text: The Hebrew retains plural speakers and the Greek a singular speaker; the indictment of treating God like manufactured gods corresponds.
Prayer and deliverance
Verse 32:20 Same
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[BHS 32:20] King Hezekiah and Isaiah son of Amoz the prophet prayed about this and cried out to heaven.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[LXX 32:20] King Hezekiah and Isaiah son of Amoz the prophet prayed about these things and cried out to heaven.
Classification & Notes
Same
Text: Both name the king and prophet together and direct their cry to heaven.
Verse 32:21 Similar
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[BHS 32:21] YHWH sent an angel who destroyed every mighty warrior, leader, and official in the camp of the king of Assyria. The king returned to his land with shame of face. He entered the house of his god, and there some who had come from his own body struck him down with the sword.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[LXX 32:21] The Lord sent an angel, and he wiped out every mighty warrior, ruler, and commander in the camp of the king of Assyria. The king returned to his land with shame of face. He entered the house of his god, and some who had come from his own body struck him down with the sword.
Classification & Notes
Similar
Text: Both identify the killers as the king’s offspring and give no casualty number or name for his god here. The Hebrew explicitly says there at the killing; the Greek does not.
Verse 32:22 Different
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[BHS 32:22] YHWH saved Hezekiah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem from the hand of Sennacherib king of Assyria and from everyone’s hand, and He led them on every side.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[LXX 32:22] The Lord saved Hezekiah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem from the hand of Sennacherib king of Assyria and from everyone’s hand, and He gave them rest all around.
Classification & Notes
Different
Text: The Hebrew concludes with leading them around; the Greek concludes with giving them rest. The Hebrew has not been harmonized to the Greek’s more familiar wording.
Verse 32:23 Similar
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[BHS 32:23] Many brought an offering to YHWH at Jerusalem and precious gifts to Hezekiah king of Judah, and afterward he was exalted in the eyes of all the nations.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[LXX 32:23] Many brought gifts to the Lord at Jerusalem and presents to Hezekiah king of Judah, and afterward he was highly exalted in the eyes of all the nations.
Classification & Notes
Similar
Text: Both distinguish gifts to God and to the king; the Hebrew calls the latter precious gifts, while the Greek uses a general term for presents.
Hezekiah’s later years
Verse 32:24 Different
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[BHS 32:24] In those days Hezekiah became ill to the point of death. He prayed to YHWH, and He spoke to him and gave him a sign.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[LXX 32:24] In those days Hezekiah became ill to the point of death. He prayed to the Lord, and He listened to him and gave him a sign.
Classification & Notes
Different
Text: The Hebrew records God speaking to him; the Greek records God hearing him. Neither text describes the sign here.
Verse 32:25 Similar
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[BHS 32:25] Hezekiah did not repay according to the benefit bestowed upon him, for his heart became proud. Wrath came upon him and upon Judah and Jerusalem.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[LXX 32:25] Hezekiah did not repay according to the recompense He had given him, but his heart was lifted up. Wrath came upon him and upon Judah and Jerusalem.
Classification & Notes
Similar
Text: Both link failure to respond to the benefit with pride and wrath on king and people. The Greek makes the giving an explicit clause.
Verse 32:26 Similar
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[BHS 32:26] Hezekiah humbled himself for the pride of his heart, he and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and YHWH’s wrath did not come upon them in Hezekiah’s days.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[LXX 32:26] Hezekiah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem humbled themselves from the height of his heart, and the Lord’s wrath did not come upon them in Hezekiah’s days.
Classification & Notes
Similar
Text: The Hebrew speaks of humbling concerning his pride; the Greek retains the image of descending from the heart’s height. Both limit the stated reprieve to Hezekiah’s days.
Verse 32:27 Different
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[BHS 32:27] Hezekiah had very great wealth and honor. He made himself treasuries for silver, gold, precious stones, spices, shields, and every desirable article,
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[LXX 32:27] Hezekiah had exceedingly great wealth and glory. He made himself treasuries for silver, gold, precious stones, and spices, and armories, and places for desirable articles,
Classification & Notes
Different
Text: The Hebrew includes shields among the stored items; the Greek names armories as another kind of storage facility.
Verse 32:28 Different
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[BHS 32:28] and storehouses for the produce of grain, new wine, and oil, stalls for every kind of animal, and flocks for the stalls.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[LXX 32:28] and cities for the produce of grain, oil, and wine, mangers for every animal, and folds for the flocks,
Classification & Notes
Different
Text: The Hebrew has storehouses and the difficult closing order flocks for the stalls; the Greek has cities and the intelligible folds for the flocks. The Hebrew has not been silently inverted to follow the Greek.
Verse 32:29 Different
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[BHS 32:29] He made cities for himself and acquired abundant flocks and herds, for God gave him very many possessions.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[LXX 32:29] and cities that he built for himself, and a great stock of sheep and cattle, because the Lord gave him exceedingly many possessions.
Classification & Notes
Different
Text: Both name cities and plentiful livestock. The Hebrew attributes the gift to God; the Greek names the Lord and continues the preceding list grammatically.
Verse 32:30 Different
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[BHS 32:30] This Hezekiah stopped the upper outlet of the waters of Gihon and directed them downward to the west of the City of David. Hezekiah prospered in all his work.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[LXX 32:30] Hezekiah himself blocked the upper outlet of the water of Gihon and directed the waters downward toward the southwest of the City of David. Hezekiah prospered in all his works.
Classification & Notes
Different
Text: The Hebrew specifies westward; the Greek uses lips, the southwest wind or southwest direction. Both attribute the water diversion to Hezekiah.
Verse 32:31 Different
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[BHS 32:31] And so, concerning the envoys of the princes of Babylon sent to him to inquire about the sign that had happened in the land, God left him to test him, to know everything in his heart.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[LXX 32:31] And so, concerning the ambassadors of the rulers from Babylon sent to him to learn from him about the wonder that had happened upon the land, the Lord left him to test him, to know what was in his heart.
Classification & Notes
Different
Text: The Hebrew names God, the Greek the Lord. The Greek expressly says that the ambassadors were to learn from him; both give testing and knowledge of the heart as the purpose of leaving him.
Verse 32:32 Different
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[BHS 32:32] The rest of Hezekiah’s deeds and his acts of kindness are written in the vision of Isaiah son of Amoz the prophet, in the Book of the Kings of Judah and Israel.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[LXX 32:32] The rest of Hezekiah’s deeds and his mercy are written in the prophecy of Isaiah son of Amoz the prophet and in the Book of the Kings of Judah and Israel.
Classification & Notes
Different
Text: The Hebrew has vision and connects it to the royal book without and; the Greek has prophecy and explicitly coordinates the two records. Kindnesses is plural in Hebrew, mercy singular in Greek.
Verse 32:33 Similar
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[BHS 32:33] Hezekiah lay down with his fathers, and they buried him on the ascent to the tombs of David’s sons. All Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem honored him at his death, and his son Manasseh reigned in his place.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[LXX 32:33] Hezekiah lay down with his fathers, and they buried him on the ascent to the tombs of David’s sons. All Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem gave him glory and honor at his death, and his son Manasseh reigned in his place.
Classification & Notes
Similar
Text: Both preserve the ascent at the tombs of David’s sons; the Greek expands the funeral honor into glory and honor.