Isaiah 37:14 Made Simple

KJV ORIGINAL

And Hezekiah received the letter from the hand of the messengers, and read it: and Hezekiah went up unto the house of the LORD, and spread it before the LORD.

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✦ MADE SIMPLE

Hezekiah took the letter from the messengers and read it. Then Hezekiah went up to the Lord's temple and spread the letter out before the Lord.

⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE

The writer is showing how King Hezekiah brought his problems directly to God by literally laying out a threatening letter in God's temple.

📚 Historical Context

This occurred around 701 BC when the Assyrian king Sennacherib sent threatening letters to King Hezekiah of Judah, demanding surrender. Hezekiah had already successfully resisted one Assyrian attack, but now faced renewed threats. The 'house of the LORD' refers to Solomon's temple in Jerusalem, which was the center of Jewish worship.

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2 Chronicles 30:1

Hezekiah sent messengers throughout all of Israel and Judah, and also wrote letters to the tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh, inviting them to come to the Lord's temple in Jerusalem to celebrate the Passover to the Lord God of Israel.

2 Chronicles 30:6

So the messengers carried letters from the king and his officials throughout all Israel and Judah. According to the king's command, the letters said, 'You children of Israel, come back to the LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, and he will return to help those of you who have survived and escaped from the Assyrian kings.'

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