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• In the next chapter, 2 Kings chapter 19, Hezekiah, the king of Israel, knows he cannot possibly stand against the might and power of the Assyrian army. He takes Sennacherib’s letter to the Temple, to God in prayer, and then shows the letter to Isaiah the prophet:
• 2Kings 19:1   And it came to pass, when king Hezekiah heard it, that he rent his clothes, and covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the house of the LORD. 2 And he sent Eliakim, which was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and the elders of the priests, covered with sackcloth, to Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz. 3 And they said unto him, Thus saith Hezekiah, This day is a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and blasphemy: for the children are come to the birth, and there is not strength to bring forth.