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Hezekiah’s Prayer 2 Kings 18:37-19:3

Hezekiah’s Prayer 2 Kings 18:37-19:3. Hezekiah is Troubled 2 Kings 18:37-19:3. Surrounded by Wrath & Might of Assyrian Empire 2 Kings 18:7,13,17-20. Who Are the Assyrians?.

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Hezekiah’s Prayer 2 Kings 18:37-19:3

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  1. Hezekiah’s Prayer2 Kings 18:37-19:3

  2. Hezekiah is Troubled2 Kings 18:37-19:3

  3. Surrounded by Wrath & Might of Assyrian Empire2 Kings 18:7,13,17-20

  4. Who Are the Assyrians? Assyrians were one of the most warlike people in history, lovers of the violence of the war and hunt. Amongst the people of the ancient Middle East, they were famous for their cruelty. At the peak of its power, Assyria stretched from Egypt to Persian Gulf. 

  5. Assyrians invented siege machines, like battering rams and mobile towers shooting arrows. The ram hanged on a rope inside the mobile tower. The whole population of the besieged towns would be massacred and the human heads piled outside the city's wall. 

  6. Besides massacring the enemy soldiers, Assyrians made mass deportations of the rulers (nobles, functionaries, craftsmen), so that the remaining people obeyed with humiliation (the most famous is that described in the Bible, of the Israeli to Babylon). Enemy kings were beheaded, and their heads hanged in trees and cities were destroyed. Women were made slaves.

  7. Defeat of Lachish

  8. King Jehu’s Tribute Black Obelisk

  9. Carried away with hooksAmos 4:2

  10. King Sennacherib: “No god of any nation or kingdom was able to deliver his people from my hand…How much less will your God deliver you from my hand?”2 Chron. 32:17

  11. In the midst of this crisis What would YOU do? Complain?Worry?Accuse?Blame? Give in?Quit?

  12. What did Hezekiah do? In the midst of this crisis HezekiahPRAISEDGOD!2 Ki. 19:14-19

  13. God Heard Hezekiah’s Praise2 Kings 19:20,32-36; 2 Chron 32:20-23 “The Lord sent an angel who cut down every mighty man of valor”

  14. Scripture is Filled with Praise of God • Angels (Isa. 6:3) • All Creation (Psa. 148) • Numerous Psalms • Prayers of faith • Day and night (Rev. 4:8)

  15. How do YOU handle the trials of life? Complain?Worry?Accuse? Give in?Quit? TOO OFTEN our lips are without praise! (Heb. 13:15)

  16. When We Praise God… • Deflates Enemy’s Power(Psa. 18:1-6) • Minimizes problems(Habk. 3:3,17-19; Rom. 8:31) • Takes focus off of self(Psa. 115:1f) • Empowers our walk(Exod. 15:1-5; Psa. 28:6-7) • Testimony to World (Psa. 57:9)

  17. “Praise the Lord, O my soul! While I live I will praise the Lord; I will sing praises to my God while I have my being” (Psa. 146:1-2)

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