And Hezekiah rejoiced, and all the people, that God had prepared the people: for the thing was done suddenly.
Hezekiah and all the people celebrated with joy because God had prepared their hearts for this work, and everything had happened so quickly.
The writer is showing how Hezekiah and the people rejoiced because they recognized that God had prepared their hearts to accomplish His work in an amazingly short time.
📚 Historical Context
This verse concludes the account of King Hezekiah's religious reforms in Judah around 715 BC. After years of his father Ahaz's idolatry and neglect of the temple, Hezekiah had just completed cleansing and rededicating the temple, restoring proper worship, and offering sacrifices. What normally would have taken months or years to accomplish happened in just a few weeks because the people's hearts were ready.
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