Do you know why this man is praying to [God] ? Why has he laid these letters in front of God's alter? The man is Hezekiah. He is king of the southern two tribes of Israel. And he is in a lot of trouble. Why?
Because the Assyrian armies have already destroyed the northern ten-tribe. God let this happened because those people were so bad. And now the Assyrians army have come to fight against the southern two tribe kingdom.
The king of Assyria - king Sennacherib - has just sent a letter to king Hezekiah. These are the letters that King Hezekiah has put before God. The letter makes fun of God , and tell Hezekiah to give up. So this is why Hezekiah prays, "O Jehovah, save us from the king of Assyria. Then all the nations will know that you alone are God" Will God listen to Hezekiah?
Hezekiah is a good king. He is not like the bad kings of the ten-tribe kingdom of Israel, or like his bad father, king Ahaz. Hezekiah has been careful to obey all of God's laws. So, after Hezekiah finished praying, the prophet Isaiah sends him this message from God, "The king of Assyria will not come into Jerusalem. None of his soldiers will even come close to it. They will not shoot a single arrow art the city".
Look at the pictures above. Do you know who these dead bodies are? They are the Assyrian soldiers, God sent one of his angels, and in one night the angel killed 185,000 Assyrian soldiers. So the king of Assyria gives up and goes back home.
The two-tribe kingdom is saved and the people have peace for a while. But after Hezekiah dies, his son Manasseh becomes king, and latter his son Amon took over kingship. Manasseh and his sons Amon are very bad kings. So again, the land is filled with crime and violence. When king Among is murdered by his own servants, his son Josiah is made king of the southern two-tribe kingdom.
Excelente historia, me encanta, como un angel de jehova mato a 185000 soldados asirios en una sola noche!!!!