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From his siege camp Sennacherib taunts Hezekiah by naming the cities his ancestors had already destroyed — Gozan, Haran, Rezeph, Telassar — proof that no god had ever saved a city from Assyria.
When Sennacherib of Assyria marched against Judah in 701 BCE, he sent a second wave of intimidation aimed directly at King Hezekiah's faith.
The Assyrian empire has Jerusalem surrounded and Hezekiah pinned. But instead of surrendering, the king does something no military strategist would recommend — he takes the threatening letter straight to God. What happens next is one of the most dramatic reversals in the entire Old Testament.
IsaiahThe Night an Empire FellWhen the most powerful empire on earth threatens to crush Jerusalem, King Hezekiah does the one thing no military advisor would suggest — he takes the threat letter straight to God. What happens next is one of the most dramatic divine interventions in the entire Old Testament.
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