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He appointed military officers to take charge of the people, who gathered them together in the square near the city gate and spoke to them encouragingly, “Be strong and courageous.[a] Don’t be afraid or disheartened because of the king of Assyria or because of the army that accompanies him, because the one who is with us is greater than the one with him. He only has the strength of his own flesh, but the Lord our God is with us to help us and to fight our battles.” So the people were encouraged from what King Hezekiah of Judah told them.

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