When Hezekiah saw that Sennacherib intended to attack Jerusalem also, he and his officials decided to cut off the supply of water outside the city in order to keep the Assyrians from having any water when they got near Jerusalem. The king strengthened the city’s defenses by repairing the wall, building towers on it, and building an outer wall. In addition, he repaired the defenses built on the land that was filled in on the east side of the old part of Jerusalem.
Not a word about how Hezekiah pleaded with Sennacherib to accept money in exchange for sparing Jerusalem (2 Kings 18:13-15).
“I, Sennacherib, Emperor of Assyria, ask what gives you people the confidence to remain in Jerusalem under siege. Hezekiah tells you that the Lord your God will save you from our power, but Hezekiah is deceiving you and will let you die of hunger and thirst. He is the one who destroyed the Lord’s shrines and altars and then told the people of Judah and Jerusalem to worship and burn incense at one altar only. Don’t you know what my ancestors and I have done to the people of other nations? Did the gods of any other nation save their people from the emperor of Assyria? When did any of the gods of all those countries ever save their country from us? Then what makes you think that your god can save you? Now don’t let Hezekiah deceive you or mislead you like that. Don’t believe him! No god of any nation has ever been able to save his people from any Assyrian emperor. So certainly this god of yours can’t save you!”
To stand firm in the face of such poison! May I take up all the armor you make available for us, Lord (Ephesians 6:10-13).
Then King Hezekiah and the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz prayed to God and cried out to him for help.
The heavy guns… 😊
The Lord sent an angel that killed the soldiers and officers of the Assyrian army. So the emperor went back to Assyria disgraced. One day when he was in the temple of his god, some of his sons killed him with their swords.
May I behold your deliverance with my own eyes, Father.
Hezekiah succeeded in everything he did, and even when the Babylonian ambassadors came to inquire about the unusual event that had happened in the land, God let Hezekiah go his own way only in order to test his character.
Not a word about Hezekiah showing off the treasures to the Babylonian emissaries and washing his hands of the consequences (2 Kings 20:12-19).