by admin | Dec 31, 2024 | Keys From Ancient Wisdom -- The Life of Hezekiah
II Kings 19:13 “Where is the king of Hamath, the king of Arpad, or the king of the city of Sepharvaim, the king of Hena, or the king of Ivvah?” Some of the people from these vanquished cities had been settled in Samaria. It was common these days that when...
by admin | Dec 31, 2024 | Keys From Ancient Wisdom -- The Life of Hezekiah
II Kings 19:16 Incline your ear, O Lord, and hear; open your eyes, O Lord, and see; and hear the words of Sennacherib, which he has sent to mock the living God. The word here for “incline” in Hebrew sounds a bit like “natah” – and...
by admin | Dec 31, 2024 | Keys From Ancient Wisdom -- The Life of Hezekiah
II Kings 19:15 And Hezekiah prayed before the Lord and said ” O Lord, the God of Israel, enthroned above the cherubim, you are God, you alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth; you have made heaven and earth.” In the last two thoughts, we have...
by admin | Dec 31, 2024 | Keys From Ancient Wisdom -- The Life of Hezekiah
II Kings 19:17 “Truly, O Lord, the kings of Assyria have laid waste the nations and their lands”. Hezekiah is praying to God, he has initially recognized who God is in his prayer – then he has asked God to be fully aware of what is happening....
by admin | Dec 31, 2024 | Keys From Ancient Wisdom -- The Life of Hezekiah
II Kings 19:20 Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent to Hezekiah, saying “Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel: Your prayer to me about Sennacherib king of Assyria I have heard.” Wow…..I love this – I love the drama of it – unseen by...