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King Sennacherib of Assyria Invades Judah
(2 Chronicles 32.1-19; Isaiah 36.1-22)
In the fourteenth year of Hezekiah's rule in Judah, King Sennacherib of Assyria invaded the country and captured every walled city, except Jerusalem.
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Hezekiah Asks Isaiah the Prophet for Advice
(Isaiah 37.1-13)
As soon as Hezekiah heard the news, he tore off his clothes in sorrow and put on sackcloth. Then he went into the temple of the Lord.
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He told Prime Minister Eliakim, Assistant Prime Minister Shebna, and the senior priests to dress in sackcloth and tell the prophet Isaiah:
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When these leaders went to Isaiah,
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Hezekiah Prays
(Isaiah 37.14-20)
After Hezekiah had read the note from the king of Assyria, he took it to the temple and spread it out for the Lord to see.
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The Lord's Answer to Hezekiah
(Isaiah 37.21-35)
Isaiah went to Hezekiah and told him that the Lord God of Israel had said: Hezekiah, I heard your prayer about King Sennacherib of Assyria.
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The Death of King Sennacherib
(Isaiah 37.36-38)
That same night the Lord sent an angel to the camp of the Assyrians, and he killed 185,000 of them. And so the next morning, the camp was full of dead bodies.
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Hezekiah Gets Sick and Almost Dies
(2 Chronicles 32.24-26; Isaiah 38.1-8,21,22)
About this time, Hezekiah got sick and was almost dead. Isaiah the prophet went in and told him, “The Lord says you won't ever get well. You are going to die, so you had better start doing what needs to be done.”
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Before Isaiah got to the middle court of the palace,
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Then Isaiah said to the king's servants, “Bring some mashed figs and place them on the king's open sore. He will then get well.”
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Hezekiah asked Isaiah, “Can you prove that the Lord will heal me, so that I can worship in his temple in three days?”
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Isaiah replied, “The Lord will prove to you that he will keep his promise. Will the shadow made by the setting sun on the stairway go forward ten steps or back ten steps?”
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Isaiah prayed, and the Lord made the shadow go back ten steps on the stairway built for King Ahaz.
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The Lord Is Still with Hezekiah
(Isaiah 39.1-8)
Merodach Baladan, the son of Baladan, was now king of Babylonia. And when he learned that Hezekiah had been sick, he sent messengers with letters and a gift for him.
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Isaiah asked Hezekiah, “Where did these men come from? What did they want?” “They came all the way from Babylonia,” Hezekiah answered.
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“What did you show them?” Isaiah asked. Hezekiah answered, “I showed them everything in my kingdom.”
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Then Isaiah told Hezekiah: I have a message for you from the Lord.
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Hezekiah thought, “At least our nation will be at peace for a while.” So he told Isaiah, “The message you brought me from the Lord is good.”
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Everything else Uzziah did while he was king is in the records written by the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz.
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King Sennacherib of Assyria Invades Judah
(2 Kings 18.13-37; Isaiah 36.1-22)
After King Hezekiah had faithfully obeyed the Lord's instructions by doing these things, King Sennacherib of Assyria invaded Judah. He attacked the fortified cities and thought he would capture every one of them.
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The Death of King Sennacherib
(2 Kings 19.14-19,35-37; Isaiah 37.14-20; 37.36-38)
Hezekiah and the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz begged the Lord for help,
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Hezekiah Gets Sick and Almost Dies
(2 Kings 20.1-11; Isaiah 38.1-8)
About this same time, Hezekiah got sick and was almost dead. He prayed, and the Lord gave him a sign that he would recover.
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Hezekiah's Wealth
(2 Kings 20.12-19; Isaiah 39.1-8)
Hezekiah was very rich, and everyone respected him. He built special rooms to store the silver, the gold, the precious stones and spices, the shields, and the other valuable possessions.
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Hezekiah Dies
(2 Kings 20.20,21)
Everything else Hezekiah did while he was king, including how faithful he was to the Lord, is included in the records kept by Isaiah the prophet. These are written in The History of the Kings of Judah and Israel.
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I am Isaiah, the son of Amoz. And this is the message that I was given about Judah and Jerusalem when Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah were the kings of Judah:
