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The Prayer Of Hezekiah
Contributed by Gregory Lilly on Nov 28, 2017 (message contributor)
Summary: Although faced with both opposition and intimidation. Hezekiah prayed and the seemingly impossible happened, Jerusalem was delivered.
F. Thus victory was given to the people of God, and by God's power were they delivered.
*An Historical Account:
*The prophecy: Jerusalem to be delivered from invasion and siege of the Assyrians. The Assyrian King Sennacherib to withdraw, and return to his own city, never again to attack Jerusalem.
*Biblical text: II Kings 19:32-33; II Chronicles 32:1-23; and Isaiah 37:33-35.
*Historical Fulfillment: Jerusalem spared in 701 B.C.
Sennacherib was assassinated in 681 B.C.
Bible Text: II Kings 19:35-37; II Chronicles 32:21, and Isaiah 37:36-38
*Archaeological Proof: The Taylor Prism records Sennacherib's boast of laying siege to Jerusalem, but not its capture.
Herodotus records the retreat of the Assyrian army.
Babylonian Chronicle records Sennacherib's assassination.
THE END.
* Source: Charts of Bible Prophecy, H. Wayne House and Randall Price, Zondervan Charts, copyright 2003.
