they may help me.” So they became his downfall, and that of all Israel.… 27 Ahaz slept with his ancestors, and they buried him in the city, in Jerusalem, because they did not bring him into the tombs of the kings of Israel. His son Hezekiah reigned in his place. Poor Barack Obama was elected president of the United States in part on the basis of fantasies about his potential to be a messiah, which is a heavy enough burden. Then his election coincided with a great recession that not only made it harder