2 KINGS 19:37 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 0
“And it came to pass, as he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons smote him with the sword: and they escaped into the land of Armenia. And Esarhaddon his son reigned in his stead.”
And so King Sennacherib of Assyria withdrew, and did not return; and Israel was delivered by the hand of Hezekiah from King Sennacherib of Assyria — the concluding formula indicates the totality of Jerusalem's deliverance: 'Israel was delivered by the hand of Hezekiah from King Sennacherib of Assyria.' The phrase 'by the hand of Hezekiah' credits human leadership (Hezekiah's faithfulness and prayer), yet the entire narrative demonstrates that divine agency was operative through Hezekiah's trust. The deliverance represents the vindication of Hezekiah's faith-based response to military crisis, in contrast to Ahaz's political capitulation.
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