KJV ORIGINAL
And for this cause Hezekiah the king, and the prophet Isaiah the son of Amoz, prayed and cried to heaven.
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✦ MADE SIMPLE
Because of this situation, King Hezekiah and the prophet Isaiah, son of Amoz, prayed and called out to heaven for help.
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
The writer is showing us that when facing a desperate crisis, both the king and God's prophet turned to prayer as their response.
📚 Historical Context
This occurred during the Assyrian invasion when the powerful Assyrian king Sennacherib was threatening to destroy Jerusalem around 701 BC. Hezekiah had tried various political and military strategies, but now faced an impossible situation where only divine intervention could save his people. Isaiah was God's prophet who had been advising Hezekiah throughout this crisis.
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