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:
Son
and successor of
Ahaz
.
Hezekiah
“did that which was right in the sight of the
Lord
, according to all that
David
his
father
did.” He trusted in the Lord
God
of
Israel
, so that there was none like him before or after. He reigned from B.C. 727 to 698.
Hezekiah began his reign by opening the doors of the
house
of the Lord, which was cleansed and repaired by the priests and
Levites
. Then he called the rulers, and sacrifices were offered as
sin
offerings for the
kingdom
and the
sanctuary
, and for
Judah
;
songs
were sung, and the king and all present bowed themselves and worshipped. He proposed to all Israel and Judah to come to the house of the Lord at
Jerusalem
to keep
the Passover
, and invitations were sent to
all
the tribes to turn to the Lord and to come and keep it. Though his messengers were in general mocked, there was a
remnant
that responded to the king’s invitation. Such was the
joy
that after the
seven
days of unleavened
bread
they kept another seven days with gladness.
What naturally followed this
worship
was the removal of all
signs
of
idolatry
. Because the people had burnt
incense
to the
brazen
serpent
, he brake it in pieces
calling
it “a piece of
brass
.” He clave to the Lord, and the Lord was with him, and prospered him whithersoever he went.
The unfaithfulness of Ahaz had given the Assyrians a footing in
Immanuel
’s land, against which Hezekiah rebelled, but afterward submitted to pay
tribute
.
Sennacherib
required
complete
submission, and the Assyrians came with a great host against Jerusalem. Their general not only reviled Hezekiah, but spoke against God, comparing Him with the
gods
of the nations which the Assyrians had conquered. Hezekiah rent his clothes, covered himself with
sackcloth
, and went into the house of the Lord. God wrought
deliverance
. There was a rumor of opposition elsewhere, and the general departed. Of the Assyrians 185,000 were slain in one
night
: Sennacherib returned to
Nineveh
and was subsequently killed by two of his own sons.
We next read of Hezekiah’s sickness, when Isaiah was sent to tell him to set his house in order, for he should die. Hezekiah wept sore and prayed for his
life
, and it was prolonged fifteen years. Though he had witnessed a great deliverance of the Lord, his
faith
was weak and he asked for a sign. God made the shadow go
back
ten
degrees on the
dial
of Ahaz. But Hezekiah rendered not to the Lord according to the benefit done to him, for his
heart
was lifted up, therefore there was
wrath
upon him and upon Judah and Jerusalem. Yet, on Hezekiah humbling himself with the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the wrath came not in his days.
Hezekiah had great riches; and when
Berodach-baladan
, king of
Babylon
, sent ambassadors to him with a present, for they heard that he had been sick, and to inquire of the wonder that had been done in the land (doubtless the shadow going back ten degrees), Hezekiah showed them all his riches; and then he had to hear the sorrowful tidings that all he had shown them should be carried into Babylon, and his sons should be made eunuchs in the
palace
of the king of Babylon. Hezekiah piously resigned himself to the will of
Jehovah
. We read that God had “left him, to try him, that he might know all that was in his heart.” It was pride; but God was gracious, and Hezekiah seemed to have the consciousness that God would give him
peace
and
truth
in his days (2 Kings 18-20; 2 Chron. 29-32; Isa. 36-39;
Jer. 26:18-19
18
Micah the Morasthite prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and spake to all the people of Judah, saying, Thus saith the Lord of hosts; Zion shall be plowed like a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of a forest.
19
Did Hezekiah king of Judah and all Judah put him at all to death? did he not fear the Lord, and besought the Lord, and the Lord repented him of the evil which he had pronounced against them? Thus might we procure great evil against our souls. (Jeremiah 26:18‑19)
;
Hos. 1:1
1
The word of the Lord that came unto Hosea, the son of Beeri, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel. (Hosea 1:1)
;
Mic. 1:1
1
The word of the Lord that came to Micah the Morasthite in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, which he saw concerning Samaria and Jerusalem. (Micah 1:1)
).
Related Books and Articles:
Hezekiah
From:
To the Parents of My Grandchildren: Meditations on Some Parents of the Bible for Christian Parents, by a Grandfather
By:
George Christopher Willis
Narrator:
Chris Genthree
Duration:
7min
Hezekiah: March 2017
Pamphlets
By:
Charles Stanley
Duration:
33hr 31min
Jerusalem-Time of Hezekiah
From:
History Maps
Narrator:
Chris Genthree
Duration:
8sec
Hezekiah: Brief Lessons on Church Truth, Part 1
From:
Young Christian: Volume 3, 1913
Narrator:
Chris Genthree
Duration:
10min
Hezekiah: Brief Lessons on Church Truth, Part 2
From:
Young Christian: Volume 3, 1913
Narrator:
Chris Genthree
Duration:
13min
Hezekiah: Brief Lessons on Church Truth, Part 3
From:
Young Christian: Volume 3, 1913
Narrator:
Chris Genthree
Duration:
12min
Hezekiah: Brief Lessons on Church Truth, Part 4
From:
Young Christian: Volume 3, 1913
Narrator:
Chris Genthree
Duration:
8min
Hezekiah: Brief Lessons on Church Truth, Part 5
From:
Young Christian: Volume 3, 1913
Narrator:
Chris Genthree
Duration:
6min
Hezekiah: Brief Lessons on Church Truth, Part 6
From:
Young Christian: Volume 3, 1913
Narrator:
Chris Genthree
Duration:
9min
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Porter's Situation, The
From:
Pamphlets
Hezekiah: Brief Lessons on Church Truth, Part 7
From:
Young Christian: Volume 3, 1913
Narrator:
Chris Genthree
Duration:
5min
Hezekiah: Brief Lessons on Church Truth, Part 8
From:
Young Christian: Volume 3, 1913
Narrator:
Chris Genthree
Duration:
8min
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