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 44:616 Listen closely, Lord, and hear; open your eyes, Lord, and see. 19:16 1Kg 8:28–29; Ps 115:4–6; Dn 9:18 Hear the words that Sennacherib has sent to mock the living God. 19:16 2Kg 19:4; Ps 31:2; Is 37:1717 Lord, it is true that the kings of Assyria have devastated the nations and their lands. 19:17 2Kg 18:3418 They have thrown their gods into the fire, for they were not gods but made by human hands — wood and stone. 19:18 Is 44:9–20; Jr 10:3–5; Ac 17:29 So they have destroyed them. 19 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