CH 18: Hezekiah son of Ahaz began to rule in the 3rd year of King Hoshea's reign in Israel, he was 25 yrs old and ruled 29 years. He did what was pleasing to the Lord like King David had done, and removed all the shrines, idols and worshiping poles in the high places everywhere. King Hezekiah trusted God fully and there was no one like him before or after his time in all the history of Judah of all the kings. So, he was successful in all he did! But in the 4th-6th year of his reign, the Assyrian king invaded (it took 3 yrs), conquered, and took all the Israelites prisoners in Samaria (King Hoshea's kingdom).
Then in the 14th year of King Hezekiah's reign, the Assyrian king invaded and conquered the towns of Judah, but not the main walled part where the king and the people had gone to keep safe. The king sent vast amounts of gold and silver to try to appease the Assyrian king, but that didn't work. The Assyrian king held the town under siege and so Hezekiah prayed to the Lord for help.
CH 19: Verses 15-34 is the beautiful prayer that King Hezekiah prayed to the Lord. And that night, the angel of the Lord went to the Assyrian camp and killed 185,000 Assyrian soldiers. When the surviving soldiers woke up the next morning all they found were corpses everywhere. The king of Assyria broke camp and returned to his own land. vs35-36
CH 20: Soon after King Hezekiah became very ill and was on the brink of death, and he was going to die; even the prophet Isaiah sent the message to him to put his affairs in order as he didn't have much time left. But again, Hezekiah turned to the Lord and prayed with all his heart: "Remember O Lord how I have always been faithful to you and have served you single-mindedly always doing what pleases you." And the wept bitterly. vs 2 And before Isaiah had left the courtyard of the King, he stopped and sent another message to Hezekiah: "...Thus says the Lord, I have heard your prayer and seen your tears and I will heal you..." vs 6
Unfortunately the King wasn't perfect and did make a very unwise decision in showing all the treasures of his kingdom to the Babylonian King while entertaining him. That king came back many years later after Hezekiah's reign to completely destroy and capture all the kingdom, and even Hezekiah's sons paid for that mistake by becoming prisoners of the Babylonian kingdom, as did all the people, as was predicted by the prophet Isaiah.
Then in the 14th year of King Hezekiah's reign, the Assyrian king invaded and conquered the towns of Judah, but not the main walled part where the king and the people had gone to keep safe. The king sent vast amounts of gold and silver to try to appease the Assyrian king, but that didn't work. The Assyrian king held the town under siege and so Hezekiah prayed to the Lord for help.
CH 19: Verses 15-34 is the beautiful prayer that King Hezekiah prayed to the Lord. And that night, the angel of the Lord went to the Assyrian camp and killed 185,000 Assyrian soldiers. When the surviving soldiers woke up the next morning all they found were corpses everywhere. The king of Assyria broke camp and returned to his own land. vs35-36
CH 20: Soon after King Hezekiah became very ill and was on the brink of death, and he was going to die; even the prophet Isaiah sent the message to him to put his affairs in order as he didn't have much time left. But again, Hezekiah turned to the Lord and prayed with all his heart: "Remember O Lord how I have always been faithful to you and have served you single-mindedly always doing what pleases you." And the wept bitterly. vs 2 And before Isaiah had left the courtyard of the King, he stopped and sent another message to Hezekiah: "...Thus says the Lord, I have heard your prayer and seen your tears and I will heal you..." vs 6
Unfortunately the King wasn't perfect and did make a very unwise decision in showing all the treasures of his kingdom to the Babylonian King while entertaining him. That king came back many years later after Hezekiah's reign to completely destroy and capture all the kingdom, and even Hezekiah's sons paid for that mistake by becoming prisoners of the Babylonian kingdom, as did all the people, as was predicted by the prophet Isaiah.