1. 2 Chronicles 29:3-4
“In the first month of the first year of his reign, he
[Hezekiah] opened the doors of the temple of the LORD
and repaired them. He brought in the priests and the
Levites, assembled them in the square on the east side and
said, “… consecrate yourselves now and consecrate the
temple of the LORD…:
The most important thing to do in a time of crisis is
to renew our commitment to the Lord. Only after
we have done that are we free to seek His guidance
on how to deal with the urgent problem we have.

2. 2
Chronicles
30:
6
At
the
king’s
command,
couriers
went
throughout
Israel
and
Judah
with
letters
from
the
king
and
from
his
officials,
which
read:
“People
of
Israel,
return
to
the
LORD,
the
God
of
Abraham,
Isaac
and
Israel,
that
He
may
return
to
you
who
are
left,
who
have
escaped
from
the
hand
of
the
kings
of
Assyria.
7
Do
not
be
like
your
parents
and
your
fellow
Israelites,
who
were
unfaithful
to
the
Lord,
the
God
of
their
ancestors,
so
that
He
made
them
an
object
of
horror,
as
you
see.
8
Do
not
be
stiff-­‐necked,
as
your
ancestors
were;
submit
to
the
LORD
Come
to
His
sanctuary,
which
He
has
consecrated
forever.
Serve
the
LORD
your
God,
so
that
His
fierce
anger
will
turn
away
from
you.
9
If
you
return
to
the
LORD,
then
your
fellow
Israelites
and
your
children
will
be
shown
compassion
by
their
captors
and
will
return
to
this
land,
for
the
LORD
your
God
is
gracious
and
compassionate.
He
will
not
turn
His
face
from
you
if
you
return
to
Him.”

3. • 2 Chron 31:21 “In everything that he undertook in
the service of God’s temple and in obedience to
the law and the commands, he sought his God and
worked wholeheartedly. And so he prospered.”
• 2 Chron 32:1 “After all that Hezekiah had so
faithfully done, Sennacherib king of Assyria came
and invaded Judah..”
• 2 Tim 3:12 “Everyone who wants to live a godly life in
Christ Jesus will be persecuted.”

4. • 2 Kings 18:14-15 So Hezekiah king of Judah sent this
message to the king of Assyria … : "I have done wrong.
Withdraw from me, and I will pay whatever you demand
of me." The king of Assyria demanded three hundred
talents of silver and thirty talents of gold. So Hezekiah
gave him all the silver that was found in the temple of the
LORD and in the treasuries of the royal palace.
• Verse 17 Nevertheless, the king of Assyria sent his
commander in chief, his field commander, and his chief
of staff from Lachish with a huge army to confront King
Hezekiah in Jerusalem.

5. 2 Chron 32:4-5
They gathered a large group of people who blocked all
the springs and the stream that flowed through the
land….. Then he worked hard repairing all the broken
sections of the wall and building towers on it. He built
another wall outside that one and reinforced the
terraces of the City of David. He also made large
numbers of weapons and shields.

6. 2 Chronicles 32:16
“Be strong and courageous; do not be afraid nor
dismayed before the king of Assyria, nor before all
the multitude that is with him; for there are more
with us than with him. With him is an arm of
flesh; but with us is the LORD our God, to help us
and to fight our battles.”
And the people were strengthened by the words of
Hezekiah king of Judah”

7. • Joshua and Caleb told the people: “Only do not rebel against
the LORD. And do not be afraid of the people of the land,
because we will devour them. Their protection is gone, but the
LORD is with us. Do not be afraid of them.” (Numbers 14:9)
• Young David said to giant Goliath: . “You come against me
with sword and javelin, but I come against you in the name of
the Lord Almighty whom you defiled. This day, the LORD will
hand you over to me and I will strike you down and cut off your
head. The battle is the LORD’s and He will give all of you into
our hands.” (1 Sam 17: 45-47)
• 1 John 4:4 “You dear children are from God & have overcome
them because the One who is in you is greater than the one in
the world.

9. 2 Kings 19:35
And that night the angel of the LORD went out and
struck down 185,000 in the camp of the Assyrians.
And when people arose early in the morning, behold,
these were all dead bodies.

10. • Prov 18:10 “The name of the Lord is a strong tower – the
righteous run to it & are safe.
• Eph 6: 13-18 “Therefore put on the full armour of God, so
that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to
stand your ground, and after you have done everything,
to stand. 14 Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled
around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness in
place, 15 and with your feet fitted with the readiness that
comes from the gospel of peace. 16 In addition to all this,
take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish
all the flaming arrows of the evil one. 17 Take the helmet of
salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of
God. 18 And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds
of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and
always keep on praying for all the Lord’s people.”

12. • 24 In those days Hezekiah became ill and was at the point of
death. He prayed to the LORD, who answered him and gave
him a miraculous sign.
• 25 But Hezekiah’s heart was proud and he did not respond to
the kindness shown him; therefore the LORD’s wrath was on
him and on Judah and Jerusalem.

13. 2 Kings 20:12-21
Hezekiah showed off the riches of the kingdom
to the Babylonian ambassadors
Romans 12:3 “Do not think of yourself more highly than you ought,
But rather think of yourself with sober judgment ….”
Like Hezekiah, we often are tempted to show off.