2 Kings 19:14-16

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Hezekiah Prays to the Lord

¹⁴ ·When [After] Hezekiah received the letter from the messengers and read it, he went up to the ·Temple [^Lhouse] of the Lord. He spread the letter out before the Lord ¹⁵ and prayed ·to [before] the Lord: “Lord, God of Israel, whose throne is ·between [above] the ·gold creatures with wings [^Lcherubim; Ex. 37:7], ·only you [you alone] are God of all the kingdoms of the earth. You made the heavens and the earth. ¹⁶ ·Hear [^LExtend/Incline your ear], Lord, and listen. Open your eyes, Lord, and see. Listen to the words Sennacherib has said to ·insult [defy; ridicule; mock] the living God.