_HELP FROM THE SANCTUARY_ ‘When king Hezekiah heard it … he … went into the house of the Lord.’ 2 Kings 19:1 The first thing is that we should accept the Mastery of Jesus. It is to His disciples that He brings peace. Are we disciples? And the second thing is the resolution to live one day at a ti... [ Continue Reading ]
_SENNACHERIB’S INVASION_ ‘Shalt thou be delivered?’ 2 Kings 19:11 We can descry the vast army, with its multitudinous brown tents, environing the city of God, and the fierce people, whose deep guttural speech was unintelligible to the Jew, counting the towers and making preparation for the assaul... [ Continue Reading ]
_THE SPREAD LETTER_ ‘And Hezekiah received the letter … and spread it before the Lord.’ 2 Kings 19:14 I. HERE IS A GOOD MAN WHOSE FIRST THOUGHT IN TROUBLE IS TO CARRY THE DISTRESS TO GOD.—The Temple and the altar are Hezekiah’s natural and inevitable refuge; he never thinks of going anywhere els... [ Continue Reading ]
_HEZEKIAH’S PRAYER_ ‘And Hezekiah prayed before the Lord.’ 2 Kings 19:15 I. OBSERVE THE ONE PLEA UPON WHICH HEZEKIAH RESTS HIS CAUSE.—He says nothing of himself, and of the services which he had wrought, and the reformation which he had promoted throughout the land. It was but a small matter tha... [ Continue Reading ]
_THE DEATH OF SENNACHERIB_ ‘As he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his god … his sons smote him with the sword.’ 2 Kings 19:37 If we consider (1) the character of Sennacherib’s life, and compare with that (2) the character of his death, we shall discover both the reason and the instruction... [ Continue Reading ]