2 Kings 18:5
18:5 He trusted in the
Lord God of Israel; in this regard there was none like him among the kings of Judah either before or after.
2 Kings 18:29-30
18:29 This is what the king says: ‘Don’t let Hezekiah mislead you, for he is not able to rescue you from my hand!
18:30 Don’t let Hezekiah talk you into trusting in the
Lord when he says, “The
Lord will certainly rescue us; this city will not be handed over to the king of Assyria.”
2 Kings 18:2
18:2 He was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem.
His mother
was Abi,
the daughter of Zechariah.
2 Kings 1:15
1:15 The
Lord’s angelic messenger said to Elijah, “Go down with him. Don’t be afraid of him.” So he got up and went down
with him to the king.
Isaiah 37:10-14
37:10 “Tell King Hezekiah of Judah this: ‘Don’t let your God in whom you trust mislead you when he says, “Jerusalem will not be handed over to the king of Assyria.”
37:11 Certainly you have heard how the kings of Assyria have annihilated all lands.
Do you really think you will be rescued?
37:12 Were the nations whom my predecessors
destroyed – the nations of Gozan, Haran, Rezeph, and the people of Eden in Telassar – rescued by their gods?
37:13 Where are the king of Hamath, the king of Arpad, and the kings of Lair,
Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivvah?’”
37:14 Hezekiah took the letter from the messengers and read it. Then Hezekiah went up to the Lord’s temple and spread it out before the Lord.