Hezekiah

Who is he? King of Israel When did he live/act? Reign 716–687 B.C.E What did he do? Hezekiah “trusted the Lord…he kept the commands the Lord had given Moses. And the Lord was with him”- basically a devout King in the minds of the writers of II Kings. He is also famous for the siege of Jerusalem. In 705 Hezekiah openly rebels with promise of Egyptian support. 701, Assyrians turn up and Egyptians don’t, whereupon Hezekiah prays to God, and the “angel of the Lord” kills a hundred and eighty-five thousand men of Sennacherib’s army overnight. He is also credited with the tactic of moving the water source behind the city walls. (Wikipedia, II Kings, Lecture Notes 20 Feb) What sources is he associated with? II Kings 17-20, Sennacherib’s Prism