2Ki 19:1 | Clarke | STEP | Hezekiah as greatly distressed, and sends to Isaiah to pray for him, . Isaiah returns a comfortable answer, and predicts the destruction of the king of Assyria and his army, . Sennacherib, hearing that his kingdom was invaded by the Ethiopians, sends a terrible letter to Hezekiah, to induce him to surrender, . Hezekiah goes to the temple, spreads the letter before the Lord, and makes a most affecting prayer, . Isaiah is sent to him to assure him that his prayer is heard; that Jerusalem shall be delivered; and that the Assyrians shall be destroyed, . That very night a messenger of God slays one hundred and eighty-five thousand Assyrians, . Sennacherib returns to Nineveh, and is slain by his own sons, , .

2 Kings 19:1

Introduction

Hezekiah as greatly distressed, and sends to Isaiah to pray for him, 2Kgs 19:1-4. Isaiah returns a comfortable answer, and predicts the destruction of the king of Assyria and his army, 2Kgs 19:5-8. Sennacherib, hearing that his kingdom was invaded by the Ethiopians, sends a terrible letter to Hezekiah, to induce him to surrender, 2Kgs 19:9-13. Hezekiah goes to the temple, spreads the letter before the Lord, and makes a most affecting prayer, 2Kgs 19:14-19. Isaiah is sent to him to assure him that his prayer is heard; that Jerusalem shall be delivered; and that the Assyrians shall be destroyed, 2Kgs 19:20-34. That very night a messenger of God slays one hundred and eighty-five thousand Assyrians, 2Kgs 19:35. Sennacherib returns to Nineveh, and is slain by his own sons, 2Kgs 19:36, 2Kgs 19:37.