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• Some of the history of this time is so fascinating, and so tied up with the history of Hebrew and Aramaic, that we would do well to review it here. While there are many chapters that could be chosen to show the interaction between Israel and Assyria, the events surrounding Hezekiah’s reign are one of the most interesting.
• In 2 Kings chapter 18, we find that the Assyrian army, the might of the Assyrian empire, comes with a huge army and lays siege to Jerusalem. They had conquered everywhere else in the Middle East, and only Judah was left, with Jerusalem as its capital city. Humanly speaking, it looked inevitable that the Assyrians would conquer Jerusalem too, and would bring an end to the Israelite nation and their worship of the God of Israel.