1 Corinthians This content provider does not have additional content available right now. Isaiahs prophecy came true during King Zedekiahs reign (2 Kings 24:13-16). Amazingly, God relented and Hezekiah was healed. May all the love and prayers heal Eileen Deighan and bring comfort to her lovely parents and family Rather, have it go back ten steps.. We pray to a Father who gives us what is good for us, not I believe he is appealing to God's promises to David concerning his son Solomon and Solomon's offspring: God promised an unbroken line of David's sons upon the throne. You restored me to health and let me live. Opposing idol worship (2 Chronicles 30:14), toppling the hilltop "high places" where Baal en Espaol The Bible says, This is the Lords sign to you that the Lord will do what has promised. this would have been to leave his country leaderless! "He rebelled against the king of Assyria and did not serve him" (1 Kings 18:7). Amazingly, God relented and Hezekiah was healed. To abstain from medicine like some extreme teaching is not scriptural at all. This could have even happened during the crisis with Assyria itself. As soon as Isaiah left, Hezekiah began to pray to God. He returned to Nineveh and stayed there. 2 Kings 18:6-7a says the righteous king held fast to the LORD and did not stop following him; he kept the commands the LORD had given Moses. Hezekiah chose the way that was not possible. Saul, David, Solomon, Rehoboam, Jeroboam and Hezekiah. The answer was not long in coming through Isaiah the prophet: After a poetic oracle or prophecy, the narrator recounts: God answered Hezekiah's prayer, but then another crisis Since God has less need for discipline, he has greater freedom to grant us answers to our prayers without hurting us. Songs of Ascent Get alone with God, spread your problems out before Him honestly, humbly, and boldly; then, allow His will to be done as you wait for His response. Hezekiah tried to appease the Assyrian king, Sennacherib, by giving him silver and gold from his own treasures and the Temple (2 Kings 18:13-16), but this appeasement didnt last long. And I will deliver you and this city from the hand of the kings of Assyria. could have predicted Manasseh's wickedness except God himself. Well, Hezekiah received the letter with all the threats and began to pray. God answers sincere prayers from our hearts. 18And some of your descendants, your own flesh and blood who will be born to you, will be taken away, and they will become eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon., 19The word of theLordyou have spoken is good, Hezekiah replied. . Finally, Jerusalem was besieged and Hezekiah was forced to admit his rebellion and pay a huge tribute to lift the siege. Hezekiah often became the target of warring nations. In following years, Hezekiah became ill and was near death when Isaiah the prophet said to him, Thus saith the LORD, Set thine house in order; for thou shalt die, and not live. (II Kings 20:1). He wanted to help the country to be better. The Assyrians controlled the countries to the north and west of Judah. He told Isaiah to go back and tell Hezekiah that he would live 15 more years. Thank you for signing up. b. Hezekiah learns from his illness. be like your servant Hezekiah, who trusted in you and your promises with all his heart, and wasn't afraid to ask you for what he needed. God has been his help in crisis many times. Judah's king Ahaz was wicked and disobeyed God's laws and led God's people to worship false gods. Early Church: Acts1-12 He knew this sign meant God would keep His promise and add fifteen years to his life when he went to the temple in three days. How do you pray in a time like this? Learn how your comment data is processed. Sometimes God answers the prayers of rank sinners and backslidden Christians. (present-day Iraq) and the Egyptians, who encouraged rebellion against Assyria. The principle is: "The Battle Is the Lord's!" In the case of Naaman in 2 Kings 5, he was asked to dip in the Jordan seven times. "Prayed" is plal, "intervene, interpose, pray," the most common Hebrew root for prayer and praying, the verb occurring 84 times in the Old Testament. King Hezekiah lived fifteen more years and was a good king. Edwin Thiele concluded that his reign was between c. 715 and 686 BC. We'll pause now and consider Hezekiah's prayer in verses 14-19. but that didn't happen. Without Manasseh, we wouldn't have had Josiah the boy king You need to understand that faith is always based on the promises of God. 35 That night the angel of the LORD went out and put to death a hundred and eighty-five thousand men in the Assyrian camp. The country needed him. For most of Hezekiahs years, he modeled godly character. Hundreds of thousands of He almost died. After all, everyone sins. 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