King Hezekiah 2 Chronicles 32

KINGSHIP: DIVIDED MONARCHY 722 BC ISRAEL Ahaz Assyrian Captivity 931 BC JUDAH Hezekiah 586 BC Babylonian Captivity

KING AHAZ 2 CHRONICLES 28 Sacrificed his children in the fire (v. 3) He made Judah act sinfully (v. 19) In his time of distress, he became yet more faithless to the Lord (v. 22)

ISRAEL 2 KINGS 17 In his time... feared other gods and walked in the customs of the nations (vv. 7-12) The Lord warned Israel, but they didn t listen (vv. 13-14) Despised His statutes and His covenant (vv. 15-17) None was left but the tribe of Judah (v. 18)

ISRAEL And they abandoned all the commandments of the LORD their God... 2 Kings 17:16a (ESV)

ISRAEL And they abandoned all the commandments of the LORD their God... JUDAH 2 Kings 17:16a (ESV) Judah also did not keep the commandments of the LORD their God, but walked in the customs that Israel had introduced. 2 Kings 17:19 (ESV) HEZEKIAH And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, according to all that David his father had done. 2 Kings 18:3 (ESV)

HEZEKIAH 2 KINGS 2 CHRONICLES ISAIAH 18-20 29-32 36-38 Highlights Play-by-Play Interview

HEZEKIAH RESTORATION & REIGN PLEA & PRIDE Crowned King Assyrian Threat Death

RESTORATION AND REIGN In the first year of his reign, in the first month, he opened the doors of the house of the LORD and repaired them. 2 Chronicles 29:3 (ESV) He removed the high places and broke the pillars and cut down the Asherah. And he broke in pieces the bronze serpent that Moses had made, for until those days the people of Israel had made offerings to it (it was called Nehushtan). 5 He trusted in the LORD, the God of Israel, so that there was none like him among all the kings of Judah after him, nor among those who were before him. 2 Kings 18:4-5 (ESV)

HEZEKIAH RESTORATION & REIGN PLEA & PRIDE Crowned King Assyrian Threat Death

ASSYRIAN THREAT After these things and these acts of faithfulness, Sennacherib king of Assyria came and invaded Judah and encamped against the fortified cities, thinking to win them for himself. 2 Chronicles 32:1 (ESV) This same Hezekiah closed the upper outlet of the waters of Gihon and directed them down to the west side of the city of David. And Hezekiah prospered in all his works. 2 Chronicles 32:30 (ESV)

ASSYRIAN THREAT Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or dismayed before the king of Assyria and all the horde that is with him, for there are more with us than with him. 2 Chronicles 32:7-8 (ESV)

ASSYRIAN THREAT Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or dismayed before the king of Assyria and all the horde that is with him, for there are more with us than with him. 8 With him is an arm of flesh, but with us is the LORD our God, to help us and to fight our battles. And the people took confidence from the words of Hezekiah king of Judah. 2 Chronicles 32:7-8 (ESV)

HEZEKIAH RESTORATION & REIGN PLEA & PRIDE Crowned King Assyrian Threat Death

PLEA In those days Hezekiah became sick and was at the point of death. And Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz came to him, and said to him, Thus says the LORD: Set your house in order, for you shall die, you shall not recover. 2 Then Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed to the LORD, 3 and said, Please, O LORD, remember how I have walked before you in faithfulness and with a whole heart, and have done what is good in your sight. And Hezekiah wept bitterly. Isaiah 38:1-3 (ESV)

PRIDE At that time Merodach-baladan the son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent envoys with letters and a present to Hezekiah, for he heard that Hezekiah had been sick. 13 And Hezekiah welcomed them, and he showed them all his treasure house, the silver, the gold, the spices, the precious oil, his armory, all that was found in his storehouses. There was nothing in his house or in all his realm that Hezekiah did not show them. 2 Kings 20:12-13 (ESV)

And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, according to all that David his father had done. 2 Kings 18:3 (ESV)

Do you trust the Lord? Then live like it.

Blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD, whose trust is the LORD. 8 He is like a tree planted by water, that sends out its roots by the stream, and does not fear when heat comes, for its leaves remain green, and is not anxious in the year of drought, for it does not cease to bear fruit. Jeremiah 17:7-8 (ESV)

Do you trust the Lord? Then live like it.