2 Kings 19:14–20

Hezekiah’s Prayer

¹⁴Then ^aHezekiah took the ¹letter from the hand of the messengers and read it, and he went up to the house of Yahweh and ²spread it out before Yahweh.

¹⁵And Hezekiah prayed before Yahweh and said, “O Yahweh, the God of Israel, ^awho is ¹enthroned above the cherubim, ^bYou are the God, You alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth. You have made heaven and earth.

¹⁶“^aIncline Your ear, O Yahweh, and hear; ^bopen Your eyes, O Yahweh, and see; and listen to the words of Sennacherib, who sent them ^cto ¹reproach the living God.

¹⁷“Truly, O Yahweh, the kings of Assyria have laid waste the nations and their lands

¹⁸and have put their gods into the fire, ^afor they were not gods but the work of men’s hands, wood and stone. So they have destroyed them.

¹⁹“But now, O Yahweh our God, I pray, save us from his hand ^athat all the kingdoms of the earth may know that You alone, O ^bYahweh, are God.”

Isaiah Speaks of Sennacherib’s Fall

²⁰Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent word to Hezekiah saying, “Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, ‘Because you have prayed to Me about Sennacherib king of Assyria, ^aI have heard you.’