Isa 37:1-4 | Clarke | STEP | Hezekiah is greatly distressed, and sends to Isaiah the prophet to pray for him, . Isaiah returns a comfortable answer, and predicts the destruction of the king of Assyria and his army, . Sennacherib, hearing that his kingdom was invaded by the Ethiopians, sends a terrible letter to Hezekiah, to induce him to surrender, . Hezekiah goes to the temple, spreads the letter before the Lord, and makes a most affecting prayer, . Isaiah is sent to him to assure him that his prayer is heard; that Jerusalem shall be delivered; and that the Assyrians shall be destroyed, . That very night a messenger of God slays one hundred and eighty-five thousand Assyrians, . Sennacherib returns to Nineveh, and is slain by his own sons, , .

‏ Isaiah 37:1-4

Introduction

Hezekiah is greatly distressed, and sends to Isaiah the prophet to pray for him, Isa 37:1-4. Isaiah returns a comfortable answer, and predicts the destruction of the king of Assyria and his army, Isa 37:5-7. Sennacherib, hearing that his kingdom was invaded by the Ethiopians, sends a terrible letter to Hezekiah, to induce him to surrender, Isa 37:9-13. Hezekiah goes to the temple, spreads the letter before the Lord, and makes a most affecting prayer, Isa 37:14-20. Isaiah is sent to him to assure him that his prayer is heard; that Jerusalem shall be delivered; and that the Assyrians shall be destroyed, Isa 37:21-35. That very night a messenger of God slays one hundred and eighty-five thousand Assyrians, Isa 37:36. Sennacherib returns to Nineveh, and is slain by his own sons, Isa 37:37, Isa 37:38.