JULY 223435p a g e 938They will not march outside its gates with their shieldsnor build banks of earth against its walls.The king will return to his own countryby the same road on which he came.He will not enter this city,’says the LORD.‘For my own honor and for the sake of my servant David,I will defend this city and protect it.’”36That night the angel of the LORD went out to the Assyrian camp and killed185,000 Assyrian soldiers. When the surviving Assyrians* woke up the nextmorning, they found corpses everywhere. 37 Then King Sennacherib of Assyriabroke camp and returned to his own land. He went home to his capital of Nineveh and stayed there.38One day while he was worshiping in the temple of his god Nisroch, his sonsAdrammelech and Sharezer killed him with their swords. They then escapedto the land of Ararat, and another son, Esarhaddon, became the next king ofAssyria. 2 Chronicles 32:20-23Then King Hezekiah and the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz cried out in prayer toGod in heaven. 21And the LORD sent an angel who destroyed the Assyrian armywith all its commanders and officers. So Sennacherib was forced to return homein disgrace to his own land. And when he entered the temple of his god, some ofhis own sons killed him there with a sword.22That is how the LORD rescued Hezekiah and the people of Jerusalem fromKing Sennacherib of Assyria and from all the others who threatened them.So there was peace throughout the land. 23 From then on King Hezekiah becamehighly respected among all the surrounding nations, and many gifts for theLORD arrived at Jerusalem, with valuable presents for King Hezekiah, too.20JULY 22 Hezekiah’s Sickness and Recovery / 2 Kings 20:1-11 / ca. 700 BCAbout that time Hezekiah became deathly ill, and the prophet Isaiah son ofAmoz went to visit him. He gave the king this message: “ This is what the LORDsays: Set your affairs in order, for you are going to die. You will not recover fromthis illness.”2When Hezekiah heard this, he turned his face to the wall and prayed to theLORD, 3 “Remember, O LORD, how I have always been faithful to you and haveserved you single-mindedly, always doing what pleases you.” Then he brokedown and wept bitterly.4But before Isaiah had left the middle courtyard,* this message came to himfrom the LORD: 5 “Go back to Hezekiah, the leader of my people. Tell him, ‘ This iswhat the LORD, the God of your ancestor David, says: I have heard your prayerand seen your tears. I will heal you, and three days from now you will get out ofbed and go to the Temple of the LORD. 6I will add fifteen years to your life, and I137:36 Hebrew When they.reads the middle of the city.20:4 As in Greek version and an alternate reading in the Masoretic Text; the other alternate
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