There is a greater power with us than with him.

2 Chronicles 32:1-23
After all that Hezekiah had so faithfully done, Sennacherib king of Assyria came and invaded Judah. He laid siege to the fortified cities, thinking to conquer them for himself. They gathered a large group of people who blocked all the springs and the stream that flowed through the land. “Why should the kings of Assyria come and find plenty of water?” they said. Then he worked hard repairing all the broken sections of the wall and building towers on it.
“Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or discouraged because of the king of Assyria and the vast army with him, for there is a greater power with us than with him. With him is only the arm of flesh, but with us is the Lord our God to help us and to fight our battles.” And the people gained confidence from what Hezekiah the king of Judah said.
Sennacherib’s officers spoke further against the Lord God and against his servant Hezekiah. The king also wrote letters ridiculing the Lord, the God of Israel, and saying this against him: “Just as the gods of the peoples of the other lands did not rescue their people from my hand, so the god of Hezekiah will not rescue his people from my hand.” Then they called out in Hebrew to the people of Jerusalem who were on the wall, to terrify them and make them afraid in order to capture the city.
King Hezekiah and the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz cried out in prayer to heaven about this. And the Lord sent an angel, who annihilated all the fighting men and the commanders and officers in the camp of the Assyrian king. So he withdrew to his own land in disgrace. And when he went into the temple of his god, some of his sons, his own flesh and blood, cut him down with the sword.
Having wiped out the northern kingdom, the Assyrians make inroads into Judah, whose people have been showing signs of independence. But in his campaign of 701 BC, Sennacherib fails to take Jerusalem. The reason, says the Chronicler, is that in the crisis Judah's king put his trust wholly in God. The theme is familiar.
The Assyrian attack on Lachish is pictured on Sennacherib's palace walls at Nineveh,
Why?
Hezekiah did what he should do to protect them from Assyria. later they rely on the Lord wholeheartedly.
Yes, there were many gods on the land that could not save them from the hands of Assyria. But Be strong and courageous. for there is a greater power with us than with him.
Victory belongs to the Lord Almighty. for with us is a greater power from heaven.
希加加強猶大的防衛力量。與我們同在的比他們的更大。
亞述在當時真的是世界最強的國家。人用經驗、法則來判斷，沒有任何一個神能救他們脫離他們的手。神的能力，超過人的經驗、智慧。誰知道主的心，誰能作神的謀士呢? 神一定能救投靠他們的人。
神只要差遣一個天使就能勝過千軍萬馬，神如何勝過亞，連先知也不知道。
西拿基立就是按照經驗，生存法則來行事的模式。
人們更是常用經驗法則否定有神，人用感官來測量是否存在。只用經驗只是顯明人的膚淺。
人用自己的經驗來否定神的作為。即使基督徒也是常常如此。
How?
Be strong and courageous, for God is with us.