by admin | Dec 31, 2024 | Keys From Ancient Wisdom -- The Life of Hezekiah
II Kings 19:18 “and have cast their gods into the fire, for they were not gods, but the work of men’s hands, wood and stone. Therefore they were destroyed.” We are following on from the previous verse, the Assyrians have destroyed everything...
by admin | Dec 31, 2024 | Keys From Ancient Wisdom -- The Life of Hezekiah
II Kings 19:19 So now, O Lord our God, save us, please, from his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that you, O Lord, are God alone. Hezekiah, in his prayer, recognises the facts of what is happening, and now, he turns his attention to God. He...
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 19:14 Hezekiah received the letter from the hand of the messengers and read it, and Hezekiah went up to the house of the Lord and spread it before the Lord. What a moment in history this is – the future of Jerusalem seemingly hangs in the...
by admin | Dec 31, 2024 | Keys From Ancient Wisdom -- The Life of Hezekiah
II Kings 19:27 “But I know your sitting down and your going out and coming in, and your raging against me.” Wow! Do you ever remember when you were younger someone said to you “I know where you live”, and it was meant to create a sense of fear...
by admin | Dec 31, 2024 | Keys From Ancient Wisdom -- The Life of Hezekiah
II Kings 19:28 – “because you have raged against me and your complacency has come to my ears, I will put a hook in your nose and my bit in your mouth, and I will turn you back on the way by which you came”. So here is my interpretation –...
