King Hezekiah was most distraught by King Sennacherib of Assyria's ridiculing of the living God and he tore his clothes and put on sackcloth. He then sent his palace administrator, his secretary and his leading priests to consult the prophet Isaiah. Isaiah sent word to Hezekiah for him not to be afraid of Sennacherib's threatening words or the fact that he had surrounded Jerusalem. When Hezekiah received the message he prayed to God asking for his intervention on Judah's behalf.
Then Isaiah sent another message to King Hezekiah communicating God's answer to his prayers. God rejected Sennacherib's blasphemy and ridicule saying he will put his hook in his nose and his bit in his mouth making him return the way he came, not entering Jerusalem. God guarantees that he will defend the city. And that night the angel of the Lord put 185,000 Assyrians to death making Sennacherib withdraw and return to Nineveh. Then 2 of his sons killed Sennacherib and his son Esarhaddon replaced him as king.
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