Hezekiah’s Prayer
14 Hezekiah took 19:14–19 Is 37:14–20 the letter 19:14 2Kg 5:7 from the messengers’ hands, read it, then went up to the Lord’s temple, and spread it out before the Lord. 19:14 Is 37:1415 Then Hezekiah prayed before the Lord:
Lord God of Israel, enthroned between the cherubim, 19:15 Ex 25:22 you are God — you alone — of all the kingdoms of the earth. You made the heavens and the earth. 19:15 Gn 1:1; 2Kg 5:15; Is 44:619 Now, Lord our God, please save us from his power so that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that you, Lord, are God — you alone. 19:19 1Kg 8:42–43; Is 43:10–11
Defeat and Death of Sennacherib
35 That night the angel of the Lord went out and struck down one hundred eighty-five thousand in the camp of the Assyrians. When the people got up the next morning — there were all the dead bodies! 19:35 2Ch 32:21; Is 37:36