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| − | topic_name = Hezekiah, king of Judah |
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| − | subtopics = [[Kings of Israel Index]], [[Ancient Israel]]
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| − | * [[2 Kings 18]], [[2 Kings 19|19]], [[2 Chronicles 29]], [[2 Chronicles 30|30]], [[2 Chronicles 31|31]], [[2 Chronicles 32|32]] |
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| − | Hezekiah was a king of Judah, who trusted in God despite the advacing Assyrian army that destroyed much of his kingdom. 2 Kings records these words: "Hezekiah trusted in the Lord, the God of Israel. There was no one like him among all the kings of Judah, either before or after"
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| − | During the reign of Hezekiah, the kingdom of Israel was conquered by the Assyrians and the Israelites were deported to Assyria; the Assyrians then threatened Judah, and Hezekiah prayed and Isaiah predicted that God would force the Assyrians to withdraw from around Jerusalem – God caused 185,000 men in the Assyrian camp to die one night and the Assyrians then withdrew and returned to Nineveh
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| − | Hezekiah became ill and Isaiah told him that he would die – Hezekiah prayed out to the Lord, and the Lord heard him and added 15 years to his life
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| − | ==Quotes==
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| − | ==Links==
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| − | * [http://sharingknowledge.org/knownofhezekiah.html sharingknowledge.org - Prayers of Hezekiah]
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| − | {{returnto}} [[Christianity]] -> [[Bible]] -> [[Bible Characters Index]]
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