Hezekiah’s Surprising Salvation Isaiah 38 Featuring… 2 Kings 20 & 2 Chronicles 32.
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Hezekiah’s Surprising Salvation
Isaiah 38
Featuring… 2 Kings 20 & 2 Chronicles 32
• Prayer only true if before Isaiah 36
• Wealth only exists before Assyrian assault (2 Kings 18:13f, Isaiah 39)
2 Kings 18
• Removed and destroyed pagan artifacts and places of worship (v4)
• Trusted God fully (v5)
• Rebelled against Assyria (v7)
+ Samaria
Jerusalem +
ISRAEL
JUDAH
ASSYRIA
BABYLONBABYLON
Hezekiah’s Timeline
Becomes King 25 y.o
Samaria Besieged 3rd year
Israel falls to Assyria
6th year
Rejects the rule of Assyria
Relative peace
Dies aged 54
Hezekiah’s 14th year
Hezekiah’s 14th year
(Isaiah 38) Sickness/ Healing
Babylon envoys
Hezekiah offers
Assyria payment
(Isaiah 36-37)
Assyria comes
Hezekiah’s illness
• Hezekiah and Isaiah
• Prayer and a quick response
• A promise and a sign
Hezekiah’s Psalm
• A lament (vv 10 – 14)
• Response to salvation (vv 15 – 20)
– Praise God!
Our Song
• We too, have been saved
• So sing a song of praise
• A never-ending song
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