044. Prayer Of Hezekiah.

Prayer Of Hezekiah. The Prayer as recorded.—2 Kings 19:14-19. The Answer, by Isaiah.—2 Kings 19:20.

Hezekiah had just received a letter from Sennacherib, the king of Assyria, who, having invaded and laid waste much of the kingdom of Judah, was contemplating an attack on the capital. Hezekiah proposed to capitulate on certain terms, but was answered by a most insolent letter from Sennacherib. This haughty king had dared to raise his voice against the Most High, his heart was filled with pride and ambition, and he laughed to scorn the counsels of the God who could crush him as a moth. Hezekiah goes into the house of God to consult him by prayer in this matter. His mind is stayed on the Almighty, and his prayer is fervent and heartfelt. “Jehovah, the God of Israel who dwells between the cherubim on the mercy-seat, had been regarded by Sennacherib as the local deity of a small region, but Hezekiah implored the Lord to make himself known as the Creator of all things, the God of the heaven and the earth.”