7 lessons on prayer from hezekiah

Hezekiah acceded to Judah’s throne from 715 to 686 BC.  In spite of the fact that his father, King Ahaz, was an evil king, Hezekiah surprisingly gave his full allegiance to Yahweh.  In fact, it was said that no other Judean king before or after him showed greater faithfulness and trust in God.  He obliterated the idol shrines, pillars, and poles, and in their place reinstituted Temple worship.

Then in 701 BC Sennacherib, the Assyrian king, besieged Jerusalem.  Sennacherib sent mocking messages to the Judeans:   “Is not your king the same one who did away with all the altars to the gods?” he taunted.  “Is this not the one who commanded that you worship only one God?  Don’t you know what Assyrian armies have done to all the peoples?  Who among all their gods were able to deliver them?  Do not let Hezekiah deceive you! What makes you imagine your Lord can save Jerusalem….?”

Wh Josiah bible.