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2 Kings 19 Summary
God Delivers Jerusalem from Assyria
Hezekiah tears his clothes and goes to the temple to pray. He sends officials to Isaiah the prophet with a plea for intercession. Isaiah assures them the LORD will defeat Sennacherib, saying a rumor will send him back to his own land where he will fall by the sword. When Sennacherib learns of Tirhakah of Ethiopia approaching, he sends threatening letters. Hezekiah spreads the letter before the LORD and prays, appealing to God's unique sovereignty. Isaiah announces deliverance: Jerusalem will be spared for the LORD's sake and David's. That night, the angel of the LORD strikes down 185,000 Assyrians, and Sennacherib departs to Nineveh, where his own sons kill him.
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2 Kings 19:1-2
“And it came to pass, when king Hezekiah heard it, that he rent his clothes, and covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the house of the LORD.”
2 Kings 19:6-7
“And Isaiah said unto them, Thus shall ye say to your master, Thus saith the LORD, Be not afraid of the words which thou hast heard, with which the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed me.”
2 Kings 19:15-19
“And Hezekiah prayed before the LORD, and said, O LORD God of Israel, which dwellest between the cherubims, thou art the God, even thou alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth; thou hast made heaven and earth.”
2 Kings 19:35
“And it came to pass that night, that the angel of the LORD went out, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians an hundred fourscore and five thousand: and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead corpses.”
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