2 CHRONICLES 32:31 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 0
“Howbeit in the business of the ambassadors of the princes of Babylon, who sent unto him to enquire of the wonder that was done in the land, God left him, to try him, that he might know all that was in his heart.”
Hezekiah's humbling himself for the pride of his heart, undertaken after the wrath had come upon him, Judah, and Jerusalem, indicates the restoration of proper spiritual posture through repentance. The reference to earlier pride and subsequent humbling establishes the pattern of correction and restoration. The restoration of the Lord's blessing following Hezekiah's humbling indicates that repentance and recognition of sin reverse divine judgment. The specific effort to humble himself after pride had brought wrath indicates the necessity of sustained spiritual vigilance. The episode demonstrates that even great kings must remain humble before God and subject themselves to divine correction.
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