Godly Reformer
736- 687BC
Bible Reference: 2 Kings 18:1-20:21; 2 Chronicles 29:1-32:33; Isaiah 36-39
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- Hezekiah was the twelfth sovereign king of Judah, the Southern Kingdom of Israel.
- He was the son of Ahaz and Abijah.
- He reformed the Southern Kingdom, turning them back to God through cleaning out the temple, reinstituting the Passover, and getting rid of the idolatrous practices.
- He built up the defenses and the city of Jerusalem, establishing an aqueduct for the city and expanding the walls.
- He stood against the Assyrian invasion after they conquered the Northern Kingdom of Israel.
- He was surrounded by the Assyrian King Sennacherib in Jerusalem until God delivered him from an illness and put 180,000 Assyrian soldiers to death.
- In the end, he was rebuked for showing the Babylonians the treasures of Israel, and it was prophesied by Isaiah that Jerusalem would fall.
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