4, 5. (a) Hezekia aratidza sei kusabatana kwake neAsiria? (b) Chiito chipi chehondo icho Seniheribhi anoitira nyika yeJudha, uye matanhoi ayo Hezekia anotora kudzivisa kurwiswa kweJerusarema kwokukurumidza? (c) Hezekia anogadzirira sei kudzivirira Jerusarema pavaAsiria?

⁴ Miedzo yakakomba yakamirira Jerusarema. Hezekia aputsa sungano yakaitwa nababa vake vasina kutenda Ahazi nevaAsiria. Akurira kunyange vaFiristia, vari vatsigiri veAsiria. (2 Madzimambo 18:7, 8) Izvi zvatsamwisa mambo weAsiria. Saka, tinorava kuti: “Zvino negore regumi namana ramambo Hezekia, Seniheribhi mambo weAsiria, wakandorwa namaguta ose aJudha akakombwa namasvingo, akaakunda.” (Isaya 36:1) Pamwe achitarisira kudzivirira Jerusarema pakurwisa kwokukurumidza kweuto reAsiria risinganeti, Hezekia anobvuma kubhadhara Seniheribhi mutero mukuru wematarenda 300 esirivha nematarenda 30 endarama.a—2 Madzimambo 18:14.

⁵ Sezvo papfuma yamambo pasina ndarama nesirivha zvakakwana kubhadhara mutero wacho, Hezekia anobvisa simbi dzose dzinokosha dzaangagona mutemberi. Anotemawo masuo etemberi, akaiswa ndarama, oatumira kuna Seniheribhi. Izvi zvinogutsa muAsiria, asi kwenguva duku bedzi. (2 Madzimambo 18:15, 16) Sezviri pachena, Hezekia anoona kuti vaAsiria havasi kuzorega Jerusarema kwenguva refu. Naizvozvo, gadziriro dzinofanira kuitwa. Vanhu vanovhara matsime emvura aigona kupa mvura vaAsiria vari kupinda nechisimba. Hezekia anosimbisawo nhare dzeJerusarema ovaka dura rezvombo, kusanganisira “nhumbi dzokurwa nadzo nenhoo zhinji.”—2 Makoronike 32:4, 5.