2 Chronicles 32:1-33 Comments by Stephen Ricker
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King Hezekiah's Faith Challenged
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I. Sennacherib, King of Assyria Threatens Jerusalem (32:1)

Episodes in the Life of Hezekiah

* The engraving to the right is by Klauber, Joseph Sebastian (1700-1768). This image depicts the angel of death flying above the Assyrian army, slaying thousands of them with his sword, in response to King Hezekiah's prayer. In the top-left corner Hezekiah supervises the work to rebuild the walls and towers protecting Jerusalem. In the bottom-left King Uzziah of Judah is given leprosy by God for being unfaithful, and thus is rushed out of the temple by the priest Azariah. To the right Ahaz the King of Judah sacrifices his son in the fire. In the background he is shown offering sacrifices and burning incense at a high place, as lions ravage Samaria after the new residents placed there by the King of Assyria fail to worship God. To the left King Hoshea of Israel is imprisoned by the King of Assyria. In the top-right King Hezekiah orders that the bronze serpent made by Moses in the wilderness be destroyed, because of its being treated as an idol by the Israelites. At the top the prophet Isaiah prophecies that Hezekiah will recover from his illness. In the bottom-right corner Hezekiah shows the envoys from Babylon his treasure. Courtesy of the Digital Image Archive, Pitts Theology Library, Candler School of Theology, Emory University: http://www.pitts.emory.edu.

>1. What major event took place in Judah during King Hezekiah's reign? (1)

* 2 Chronicles 32:1 "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."

* 2 Chronicles 32:1-23, Isaiah 36:1-37:38, and 2 Kings 18:17-19:37 record Judah's battles with the Assyrians.

* Chronicles continues from the previous chapter to record Judah's last kings and its eventual end. The author(s) records more about Hezekiah king of Judah than any other king of Judah since David and Solomon.

* 2 Kings 18:9 states that in "King Hezekiah's fourth year, which was the seventh year of Hoshea son of Eliah king of Israel Shalmaneser king of Assyria marched against Samaria and laid siege to it." 725 B.C. was the fourth year of Hezekiah's co-regency with Ahaz.

2 Kings 18:10 says the attack lasted 3 years until Samaria fell to the Assyrians. The northern kingdom ceased to exist. Hoshea was the last king of Israel.

2 Kings 18:13 states that "in the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah's reign, Sennacherib king of Assyria attached all the fortified dities of Judah and captured them." 701 B.C. was the fourteenth year of Hezekiah's sole reign. Sennacherib's own account of 701 campaign against Phoenicia, Judah, and Egypt confirms this.

2 Chronicles does not recall the fall of Samaria.

* "After all that Hezekiah had so faithfully done" -Just because we do what is good and right does not mean that hardship and trouble will come in our life. God always tests the faith of those who believe in him, not that the doesn't know. Rather, God tests our faith so that we will see how power and might and grow a stronger faith in him. The Bible is filled with many teachings and examples of this fact.

* "Sennacherib king of Assyria" -Sennacherib is an Assyrian royal name meaning, "Sin (the god) has replaced my brother." Sennacherib was king of Assyria from 704-681 BC.

* "the king of Assyria" -According to ancient Assyrian and Babylonian lists the kings of Assyria include; Ashurnasirpal II (883-859 B.C.), Adad-nirari III (811-783 B.C.), his son Shalmaneser IV (783-773), his son Ashur-Dan III (773-755), his uncle Ashur-nirari V (755-745), and his son Tiglath-Pileser III (745-727).

Shalmaneser III king of Assyria ruled Assyria from 858-824 B.C. He fought a group of small kingdoms, including Israel (northern kingdom) in the battle of Qarqar in 853 B.C. (1 Kings 17:3) Despite claiming victory, Shalmaneser proceeded no farther. Shalmanester V died (possibly assassination) and Sargon II (722/721-705) claimed the Assyrian throne. In his annals Sargon II lays claim to the capture of Samaria (Israel) at the beginning of his reign, but it was hardly more than a mopping-up operation.

The northern kingdom refused to be obedient to their covenant obligations. Therefore, in 722 B.C. the Lord brought on them the judgment pronounced already by Ahijah during the reign of the northern kingdom's first king, Jeroboam I (1 Kings 14:14).

In his annals Sargon II claims to have deported 27,290 Israelites. He then settled other captured people in the vacated towns of the northern kingdom. Sometime shortly after 705 B.C., when Sennacherib replaced Sargon II on the Assyrian throne, Hezekiah refused to pay the annual tribute due the Assyrians. It is now the 701 B.C. (2 Kings 18:13; Isaiah 36:1).

* "Assyria" -Assyria had been growing into the main power in the Middle East and Western Asia for around one hundred years before Hezekiah. Ashurnasirpal II (883-859 B.C.) conquered the peoples to the north in Asia Minor as far as Nairi (modern Turkey/Iran) and exacting tribute from Phrygia (modern Turkey), then invading Aram (modern Syria) conquering the Aramaeans and neo Hittites between the Khabur and the Euphrates Rivers. His harshness prompted a revolt that he crushed decisively in a pitched, two-day battle. According to his monument inscription while recalling this massacre he says, "their men young and old I took prisoners. Of some I cut off their feet and hands; of others I cut off the ears noses and lips; of the young men's ears I made a heap; of the old men's heads I made a marinet. I exposed their heads as a trophy in front of their city. The male children and the female children I burned in flames; the city I destroyed, and consumed with fire." Following this victory, he advanced without opposition as far as the Mediterranean and exacted tribute from Phoenicia.

Jonah, the prophet proceeding Hezekiah around one hundred years. He prophesied in Nineveh, Assyria's capital and they repented. During Hezekiah's life the prophet Nahum predicted their judgment. However, they didn't repent as they did during Jonah's ministry. Assyria returned to their oppression, cruelty, idolatry, and wickedness.

Shortly before the events recorded here Samaria had fallen to Assyria and was deported first in 734 B.C. and then finally in 722 B.C. In 612 B.C. Nineveh, the Assyrian capital, fell to the Medes, Babylonians, and Scythians; supported by the Egyptians.

battle of Qarqar

* See a picture a Kurkh stele of Shalmaneser III depicting The Battle of Qarqar in 853 B.C. to the right (the lighter one).

Adad nirari V Stela, Assyrian King

* See a picture of a stele of Adad-nirari V Stele, Assyrian King to the left (the darker one).

* King Shalmaneser III of Assyria fought against Damascus in campaigns in 853 (Battle of Qarqar), 849, 848, and 845 B.C. and managed to severely weaken it. Then he besieged it in 841 and receiving tribute again in 838. Damascus was finally defeated by the Assyrians in 797 B.C. (2 Kings 14:26-27) Jeroboam II, king of the northern kingdom (Samaria) took control of Damascus but lost it to the Assyrians in 732 B.C. Damascus sought to gain independence from Assyria in 727 and 720 but without success. In 721 B.C. Samaria fell to Assyria ending the northern kingdom of Israel. King Shalmaneser V of Assyria, assisted by the Phoenicians of the mainland, for five years besieged Tyre. Ammon submitted to the Assyrian king Tiglath-pileser. Ammon was part of an uprising that took place under Assyrian king Sennacherib; but they submitted and once again was tributary in the reign of the Assyrian king Esarhaddon. Beth Eden north of Syria proper was conquered by Ashurbanipal II in 856 B.C. An Assyrian representative bragged about conquering Beth-Eden, urging Hezekiah to surrender about 701 B.C. (2 Kings 19:12). Assyria was a major threat to Judah during this time.

* The Northern Kingdom of Israel (aka Samaria, Ephraim) was conquered by the Neo-Assyrian monarchs, Tiglath-Pileser III (Pul) and Shalmaneser V. The later Assyrian rulers Sargon II and his son and successor, Sennacherib, were responsible for finishing the twenty-year demise of Israel's northern ten-tribe kingdom. Sennacherib also invaded some parts of the Southern Kingdom of Judah. He records forty-six fortified towns captured from Judah, and presumably carried away into Assyria. Jerusalem was besieged, but not taken during Hezekiah's reign.

* "He laid siege to the fortified cities" -The most famous beside Jerusalem was Lachish. More on this below.

>What was the first thing King Hezekiah did? (2-5)

* 2 Chronicles 32:2-5 "When Hezekiah saw that Sennacherib had come and that he intended to make war on Jerusalem, 3 he consulted with his officials and military staff about blocking off the water from the springs outside the city, and they helped him. 4 A large force of men assembled, and they 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. 5 Then he worked hard repairing all the broken sections of the wall and building towers on it. He built another wall outside that one and reinforced the supporting terraces of the City of David. He also made large numbers of weapons and shields."

Hezekiah's tunnel

* See a picture of Hezekiah's tunnel to the right. (2 Chronicles 32:30; 2 Kings 20:20) View of the tunnel, accidentally discovered in 1880, which King Hezekiah built in 701 B.C. in anticipation of a long siege of Jerusalem by Sennacherib, King of Assyria. The tunnel runs for about 1700 feet through the rock on which the city is built and carries the water of the Gihon spring into the pool of Siloam, inside the old city walls. (The Bible as History in Pictures, Werner Keller)

* "he consulted with his officials and military staff" -Hezekiah was wise enough to seek the counsel of others.

* "blocking off the water from the springs outside the city" -The tunnels he created are still there to this day.

* "Then he worked hard repairing" -Hezekiah as stated to be a man who loved God and obeyed God. He feared God and had faith in him. However, this did not mean that he stayed back and did nothing. Jesus taught his disciples at the feeding of the five thousand by stating, "You give them something to eat." Faith is as more and action based on belief then doing nothing.

* "He built another wall outside that one" -The double wall was eventually tore down by the Babylonians.

* "He also made large numbers of weapons and shields" -Many of the weapons that David and Solomon made were sold off or given away for protection. New ones had to be made.

>2. How did Assyria's threat affected King Hezekiah and the rest of Judah? (6-8)

* 2 Chronicles 32:6-8 "He appointed military officers over the people and assembled them before him in the square at the city gate and encouraged them with these words: 7 "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. 8 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."

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* "Be strong and courageous" -Joshua said the same thing to Israel was they were about to go into the promised land with all the mighty Canaanites.

* "for there is a greater power with us than with him"

* "with us is the LORD our God to help us and to fight our battles"

* "the people gained confidence"

Hezekiah's tunnel Hezekiah's tunnel

* See two sketches of Hezekiah's tunnel to the right.

* To Judah's North was the poor Israelites left there by Assyria, and newly arrived Israelites, brought in by Assyria. They were subjects of Assyria, but freely travel to Jerusalem and worship at the temple, which Hezekiah reopened and restored.

Hezekiah did what was right in the eyes of God more than any other king of Judah. This does not include David and Solomon who were kings of Israel when Judah was part of that nation. Judah as a nation did not exist during David and Solomon's reigns.

Hezekiah watched Assyria besiege Samaria, the capital of Israel, early in his reign. He watch a long 3 year siege and must have heard of the horrible acts of the starving Samaritans during the 3 years.

Then eight years later Assyria came to do the same to Judah, Jerusalem, and the king. Jerusalem was under siege. Assyria threatened to destroy them.

We ask, "Why would a man like Hezekiah, who was so righteous in the eyes of God be threatened like this?" We ask, "Why am I seeing trouble? Where is my God? Why does bad happen to good people?" These are the questions all who have decided to live by faith in Jesus eventually ask. Perhaps we ask these questions for days, weeks, years or decades.

Many answers exist to these type of questions. Still, those questions may not be answered. Perhaps they will. Each person's situation is unique.

These questions maybe important ones to ask. They may not. Yet the one that question that must be asked and will be answered every time is, how am I going to respond even though all is gloom, terror, hopeless, and endless lonely misery? That is the one question I cannot avoid.

We can ask, "What would Jesus do?" That's ok. Perhaps even better I should ask, "What does Jesus want me to do?"

Hezekiah's tunnel

* See a picture of Hebrew words in Hezekiah's tunnel to the right. "The boring through is completed." So begins the inscription, written in ancient Hebrew characters, which was found in the famous tunnel which King Hezekiah built. "And this was the story of the boring through. While the workmen were hacking their way from opposite ends, and while there were still three cubits to be bored through, they heard voices calling from each side, for there was a crevice in the rock. And on the day when the boring was completed the stone/cutters hacked their way towards each other until they met. Then the water flowed from the spring to the pool twelve hundred cubits, and the height of the rock above the heads of the stone/cutters was a hundred cubits." (The Bible as History in Pictures, Werner Keller)

>How important is the proper words spoken to someone who is afraid and/or worried?

* "I long to see you so that I may impart to you some spiritual gift to make you strong- that is, that you and I may be mutually encouraged by each other's faith." (Romans 1:10-12)

* Follow the way of love and eagerly desire spiritual gifts, especially the gift of prophecy. For anyone who speaks in a tongue does not speak to men but to God. Indeed, no one understands him; he utters mysteries with his spirit. But everyone who prophesies speaks to men for their strengthening, encouragement and comfort." (1 Corinthians 14:1-3)

* "Therefore encourage one another and build each other up, just as in fact you are doing." (1 Thessalonians 5:11)

II. King Hezekiah and Isaiah Cried Out to the Lord (32:9-23)

>3. Where was Lachish? (9)

* 2 Chronicles 32:9 "Later, when Sennacherib king of Assyria and all his forces were laying siege to Lachish, he sent his officers to Jerusalem with this message for Hezekiah king of Judah and for all the people of Judah who were there:"

* 2 Kings 18:17-19:13 and Isaiah 36-37 also records Assyria's attack on Jerusalem during Hezekiah's reign.

Lachish Ramp

* See the Assyrian ramp built at Lachish, Israel to the right.

* "king of Assyria sent his supreme commander" -The Assyrians try unsuccessfully to defeat Judah during Hezekiah's reign in 701 B.C.

* "Lachish" -Lachish means "obstinate." Lachish was an important Old Testament city located in the Shephelah ("lowlands") southwest of Jerusalem. It has usually been identified in modern times with the archaeological site called tell ed-Duweir. The same site has more recently come to be called tel Lachish. Lachish is also mentioned in ancient Egyptian, Assyrian and Babylonian records. The earliest reference to Lachish is in the Amarna letters (about 1400 B.C). It was evidently one of the important Canaanite cities of the time. The Hebrew army under Joshua's command defeated the king of Lachish, killed him and conquered his city (Joshua 10:5, 23,32-33). Later, Lachish was apportioned to the Tribe of Judah (Joshua 15:39). The next Biblical reference to Lachish comes in 2 Chronicles 11:9, from the reign of Rehoboam who "fortified the city." Lachish was also the city of refuge for Amaziah who fled there from Jerusalem to escape a conspiracy against him (2 Kings 14:19; 2 Chronicles 25:27). Lachish is perhaps most well known for the story of its siege and conquest in 701 B.C. at the hands of the Assyrian King Sennacherib (2 Kings 18; 2 Chronicles 32; Isaiah 36). Two later brief references appear (Jerermiah 34:7; Nehemiah 11:30). (Holman Bible Dictionary)

* 2 Kings 18:17-18 add that the they stopped "on the road to the Washerman's Field". The Assyrian officials demand Judah's surrender on the very spot where Isaiah had warned Ahaz to trust in the Lord rather than in an alliance with Assyria for deliverance rom the threat against him from Aram and the northern kingdom of Israel. (16:5-10; Isaiah 7:1-17)

* "for Hezekiah king of Judah" -The Assyrian army had besieged Jerusalem. They were calling Hezekiah from outside the wall.

* "Eliakim son of Hilkiah the palace administrator" -He took care of the king's properties.

* "Shebna the secretary" -He took care of the king's day to day affairs.

* "Joah son of Asaph the recorder" -He keep record of all the king's words and actions.

* "went out to them" -The king sent his trusted officials to have a discussion. Hezekiah must have wanted to divert a long siege, death, and destruction. Hezekiah didn't want and really didn't have much of an army to defend itself. Several years earlier Assyria had wipe out Judah's fortresses and army.

* "for all the people of Judah who were there" -When the Assyrians invaded Judah the people in the country and in small villages and cities vacated their home and went to Jerusalem, a fortified city.

* The king of Assyria wanted the people to be demoralized. He wanted them to loss hope, turn on Hezekiah, and surrender to the Assyrian supreme commander. Thus the king hoped to gain Jerusalem without a costly and lengthy siege.

>What can we learn about human nature from the Assyrians and the Judeans?

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>4. How did the Assyrian field commander challenge Hezekiah's faith in the Lord?(10-11)

* 2 Chronicles 32:10-11 "This is what Sennacherib king of Assyria says: 'On what are you basing your confidence, that you remain in Jerusalem under siege? 11 When Hezekiah says, 'The LORD our God will save us from the hand of the king of Assyria,' he is misleading you, to let you die of hunger and thirst."

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>How does the beginning of the commander's speech sound like what we think when all looks doom and gloom?

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>How did the commander back up his claims? (12-15)

* 2 Chronicles 32:12-15 "Did not Hezekiah himself remove this god's high places and altars, saying to Judah and Jerusalem, 'You must worship before one altar and burn sacrifices on it'? 13 "Do you not know what I and my fathers have done to all the peoples of the other lands? Were the gods of those nations ever able to deliver their land from my hand? 14 Who of all the gods of these nations that my fathers destroyed has been able to save his people from me? How then can your god deliver you from my hand? 15 Now do not let Hezekiah deceive you and mislead you like this. Do not believe him, for no god of any nation or kingdom has been able to deliver his people from my hand or the hand of my fathers. How much less will your god deliver you from my hand!"

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>By speaking to the Judean's who was he really insulting? (16-17)

* 2 Chronicles 32:16-21 "Sennacherib's officers spoke further against the LORD God and against his servant Hezekiah. 17 The king also wrote letters insulting 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."

* "spoke further" -Chronicles omits several facts that are found in Kings and Isaiah. Hezekiah's attempt at peace. (2 Kings 18:14-16) Some of the commander's speech which speak of Hezekiah seeking help from Egypt. (2 Kings 18:20-21) Also 2 Kings 18:23-27 (Isaiah 36:8-12) is omitted.

* "cried out in prayer to heaven about this" -When all seemed hopeless Hezekiah went to pray at the temple. He brought his problem to the Lord. He asks for others to pray. God gave him hope. God did not act right away. He told Isaiah what to do and say to Hezekiah and the Assyrian king so all would know the power of and deliverance of the Lord.

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>How did the commander try to discourage everyone's faith in the Lord? (18)

* 2 Chronicles 32:18 "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."

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>5. How were the Assyrians wrong about the God of Israel? (19)

* 2 Chronicles 32:19 "They spoke about the God of Jerusalem as they did about the gods of the other peoples of the world--the work of men's hands."

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>What did Hezekiah do when he heard the Assyrian's commander's words? (20-21)

* 2 Chronicles 32:20-21 "King Hezekiah and the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz cried out in prayer to heaven about this. 21 And the LORD sent an angel, who annihilated all the fighting men and the leaders 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 cut him down with the sword."

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>How was Hezekiah's faith being tested?

* 2 Kings 19:14-34 record the Isaiah's message to king Hezekiah that Chronicles does not.

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sennacherib destoyed

* See a drawing of Sennacherib's army destoyed by Dore to the right. (obtained from creationism.org)

>What happened the the boastful proud king of Assyria?

* 2 Chronicles 32:22-23 "So the LORD saved Hezekiah and the people of Jerusalem from the hand of Sennacherib king of Assyria and from the hand of all others. He took care of them on every side. 23 Many brought offerings to Jerusalem for the LORD and valuable gifts for Hezekiah king of Judah. From then on he was highly regarded by all the nations."

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III. Hezekiah's Pride, Success, and Death (32:24-33)

>6. What did the Lord tell Hezekiah about an illness he had? (24)

* 2 Chronicles 32:24 "In those days Hezekiah became ill and was at the point of death. He prayed to the LORD, who answered him and gave him a miraculous sign."

* 2 Kings 20:1-10 and Isaiah 38 also records Hezekiah's illness.

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>How did this take faith?

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* How many people does the Lord send a prophet to telling them that they are going to die? I assume that it was common in those day, for like today,, when Hezekiah got sick he wanted to know if he would die. He sent the question to a prophet. The Lord answered "Yes."

Hezekiah prayed and wept bitterly. He did not want to die. He enjoyed his life. He had reason to live. He was young and wanted to see and do more.

The Lord heard his prayer and saw his tears. He told him he would live. Hezekiah wanted a sign. The Lord gave a miracle. It is assumed that the Lord spun the world backwards, thus making the sun go back ten steps it had gone down. Someone once told me that China has historical records that record their ancient wiseman witnessing this.

My annual physical shows all is well, though one report is still being waited for. That does not mean that all is as it should be in my life. Debt and relationship problems cause sorrow similar to Hezekiah's illness. What to do but pray and look for signs.

>After being healed what happened? (25-26)

* 2 Chronicles 32:25-26 "But Hezekiah's heart was proud and he did not respond to the kindness shown him; therefore the LORD's wrath was on him and on Judah and Jerusalem. 26 Then Hezekiah repented of the pride of his heart, as did the people of Jerusalem; therefore the LORD's wrath did not come upon them during the days of Hezekiah."

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>7. Who gave great riches to king Hezekiah? (27-29)

* 2 Chronicles 32:27-29 "Hezekiah had very great riches and honor, and he made treasuries for his silver and gold and for his precious stones, spices, shields and all kinds of valuables. 28 He also made buildings to store the harvest of grain, new wine and oil; and he made stalls for various kinds of cattle, and pens for the flocks. 29 He built villages and acquired great numbers of flocks and herds, for God had given him very great riches."

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>8. What did Hezekiah do and when did he do it? (30)

* 2 Chronicles 32:30 "It was Hezekiah who blocked the upper outlet of the Gihon spring and channeled the water down to the west side of the City of David. He succeeded in everything he undertook."

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>9. What did Hezekiah do when envoys from Babylon showed up? (31; 2 Kings 20:12-21)

* 2 Chronicles 32:31 "But when envoys were sent by the rulers of Babylon to ask him about the miraculous sign that had occurred in the land, God left him to test him and to know everything that was in his heart."

* 2 Kings 20:12 "At that time Merodach-Baladan son of Baladan king of Babylon sent Hezekiah letters and a gift, because he had heard of Hezekiah's illness."

* Isaiah 39 and 2 Kings 12-21 also records this event.

* "Merodach-Baladan" -Merodach-Baladan II (aka Marduk-Baladan, Baladan and Berodach-Baladan) means, Marduk has given me an Heir. He reigned 722-710 B.C. and 703-702 B.C. He was a Chaldean prince who usurped the Babylonian throne in 721 B.C. He was one of the kings who maintained Babylonian independence in the face of Assyrian military supremacy.

Merodach-Baladan, Babylon King

* See a carving of Merodach-Baladan, Babylon King to the right.

* Hezekiah was a man of strong faith, love, and hope in the Lord. He not only turned away from his ancestors false religions and gods. He also destroyed their idols and places of worship. He restored the temple and Levitical service. He had the Bible taught throughout the land.

Hezekiah's faith had been tested with the threat of Assyria and a fatal illness. His faith did not waver.

Now when Babylon envoys came his pride caused him to do a bad thing. He showed them the riches of Judah. Hezekiah pride made him foolish. Beware of pride.

The Lord used Hezekiah's pride to tell Hezekiah the terrible future of Judah and his descendants. Strangely Hezekiah was happy because the remaining 15 years of his life that had been given him would be peaceful and secure. He didn't ask the Lord for his children, grandchildren and great grandchildren's well beingand salvation.

After someone has experienced great troubles and stress we often become content and withdraw from others when the trouble is gone. I have decisions to make everyday of my life that affect more than just me. Make them wisely.

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>How does this expose possible true reason Babylon's king sent an envoy to Hezekiah?

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>10. How can we see what it means to be devoted to the Lord through Hezekiah's life?

* 2 Chronicles 32:32-33 "The other events of Hezekiah's reign and his acts of devotion are written in the vision of the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel. 33 Hezekiah rested with his fathers and was buried on the hill where the tombs of David's descendants are. All Judah and the people of Jerusalem honored him when he died. And Manasseh his son succeeded him as king."

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