2 Chronicles 32:20

Hezekiah the king and Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, prayed because of this, and cried to heaven.

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In The King James Version

And for this cause Hezekiah the king, and the prophet Isaiah the son of Amoz, prayed and cried to heaven.

In Context

19They spoke of the God of Jerusalem as of the gods of the peoples of the earth, which are the work of men’s hands.

21The LORD sent an angel, who cut off all the mighty men of valour, the leaders, and captains in the camp of the king of Assyria. So he returned with shame of face to his own land. When he had come into the house of his god, those who came out of his own body killed him there with the sword.

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Cross References

2 Kings 19:1When King Hezekiah heard it, he tore his clothes, covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the LORD’s house.

2 Kings 19:14Hezekiah received the letter from the hand of the messengers and read it. Then Hezekiah went up to the LORD’s house, and spread it before the LORD.

2 Chronicles 14:10Then Asa went out to meet him, and they set the battle in array in the valley of Zephathah at Mareshah.

2 Chronicles 20:6and he said, “LORD, the God of our fathers, aren’t you God in heaven? Aren’t you ruler over all the kingdoms of the nations? Power and might are in your hand, so that no one is able to withstand you.

Psalms 91:14“Because he has set his love on me, therefore I will deliver him. I will set him on high, because he has known my name.

Isaiah 37:14Hezekiah received the letter from the hand of the messengers and read it. Then Hezekiah went up to the LORD’s house, and spread it before the LORD.

Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 32:10-24

The Destruction of the Assyrians. ( b. c. 713.) 9 After this did Sennacherib king of Assyria send his servants to Jerusalem, (but he himself laid siege against Lachish, and all his power with him,) unto Hezekiah king of Judah, and unto all Judah that were at Jerusalem, saying, 10 Thus saith Sennacherib king of Assyria, Whereon do ye trust, that ye abide in the siege in Jerusalem? 11 Doth not Hezekiah persuade you to give over yourselves to die by famine and by thirst, saying, The Lord our God shall deliver us out… Read the whole commentary →

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