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You might say, "We are depending on the Lord our God," but Hezekiah destroyed the Lord's altars and the places of worship. Hezekiah told Judah and Jerusalem, "You must worship only at this one altar in Jerusalem."
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"'Now make an agreement with my master, the king of Assyria: I will give you two thousand horses if you can find enough men to ride them.
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You cannot defeat one of my master's least important officers, so why do you depend on Egypt to give you chariots and horsemen?
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I have not come to attack and destroy this place without an order from the Lord. The Lord himself told me to come to this country and destroy it.'"
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Then Eliakim son of Hilkiah, Shebna, and Joah said to the field commander, "Please speak to us in the Aramaic language. We understand it. Don't speak to us in Hebrew, because the people on the city wall can hear you."