Sennacherib Threatens Jerusalem and Hezekiah's Reign Summarized: 32:1–23  The next episode in Hezekiah’s reign is opened here with the phrase after all that Hezekiah had so faithfully done, referring to his reestablishment of the temple and the cult. Although this subsection depends heavily on the source text in 2 Kings 18–19 (|| Isa. 36–37), the Chronicler omitted substantial parts of the texts and altered and appended them in order to fit his own ideological construction.

Second Chronicles 32:1 is based on 2 Kings 18:13, which introduces the Assyrian campaign under Sennacherib into the narrative. In 2 Chronicles 32:2–8, however, the Chronicler adds his own material to describe the many measures Hezekiah took to make Jerusalem more defensible against the Assyrian siege. He secured the wate…