Hezekiah's Pride and Achievements

2 Chronicles 32

24 d In those days Hezekiah was sick and near death, and he prayed to the LORD; and He spoke to him and gave him a sign. 25 But Hezekiah e did not repay according to the favor shown him, for f his heart was lifted up; g therefore wrath was looming over him and over Judah and Jerusalem. 26 h Then Hezekiah humbled himself for the pride of his heart, he and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so that the wrath of the LORD did not come upon them i in the days of Hezekiah.

27 Hezekiah had very great riches and honor. And he made himself treasuries for silver, for gold, for precious stones, for spices, for shields, and for all kinds of desirable items; 28 storehouses for the harvest of grain, wine, and oil; and stalls for all kinds of livestock, and 1 folds for flocks. 29 Moreover he provided cities for himself, and possessions of flocks and herds in abundance; for j God had given him very much property. 30 k This same Hezekiah also stopped the water outlet of Upper Gihon, and 2 brought the water by tunnel to the west side of the City of David. Hezekiah l prospered in all his works. 31 However, regarding the ambassadors of the princes of Babylon, whom they m sent to him to inquire about the wonder that was done in the land, God withdrew from him, in order to n test him, that He might know all that was in his heart.

32 Now the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, and his goodness, indeed they are written in o the vision of Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, and in the p book of the kings of Judah and Israel. 33 q So Hezekiah 3 rested with his fathers, and they buried him in the upper tombs of the sons of David; and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem r honored him at his death. Then Manasseh his son reigned in his place.

  1. Cross References
    2 Kings 20:1 - 11
    In those days Hezekiah was sick and near death. And Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, went to him and said to him, "Thus says the LORD: 'Set your house in order, for you shall die, and not live.'
    Isaiah 38:1 - 8
    In those days Hezekiah was sick and near death. And Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, went to him and said to him, "Thus says the LORD: 'Set your house in order, for you shall die and not live.'
  2. Cross References
    Psalms 116:12
    What shall I render to the LORD For all His benefits toward me?
  3. Cross References
    2 Chronicles 26:16
    But when he was strong his heart was lifted up, to his destruction, for he transgressed against the LORD his God by entering the temple of the LORD to burn incense on the altar of incense.
    Habakkuk 2:4
    Behold the proud, His soul is not upright in him; But the just shall live by his faith.
  4. Cross References
    2 Chronicles 24:18
    Therefore they left the house of the LORD God of their fathers, and served wooden images and idols; and wrath came upon Judah and Jerusalem because of their trespass.
  5. Cross References
    Jeremiah 26:18
    "Micah of Moresheth prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and spoke to all the people of Judah, saying, 'Thus says the LORD of hosts: "Zion shall be plowed like a field, Jerusalem shall become heaps of ruins, And the mountain of the temple Like the bare hills of the forest."'
    Jeremiah 26:19
    "Did Hezekiah king of Judah and all Judah ever put him to death? Did he not fear the LORD and seek the LORD's favor? And the LORD relented concerning the doom which He had pronounced against them. But we are doing great evil against ourselves."
  6. Cross References
    2 Kings 20:19
    So Hezekiah said to Isaiah, "The word of the LORD which you have spoken is good!" For he said, "Will there not be peace and truth at least in my days?
  7. Cross References
    1 Chronicles 29:12
    Both riches and honor come from You, And You reign over all. In Your hand is power and might; In Your hand it is to make great And to give strength to all.
  8. Cross References
    Isaiah 22:9 - 11
    You also saw the damage to the city of David, That it was great; And you gathered together the waters of the lower pool.
  9. Cross References
    2 Chronicles 31:21
    And in every work that he began in the service of the house of God, in the law and in the commandment, to seek his God, he did it with all his heart. So he prospered.
  10. Cross References
    2 Kings 20:12
    At that time BerodachBal'a-dan the son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters and a present to Hezekiah, for he heard that Hezekiah had been sick.
    Isaiah 39:1
    At that time MerodachBal'a-dan the son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters and a present to Hezekiah, for he heard that he had been sick and had recovered.
  11. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 8:2
    And you shall remember that the LORD your God led you all the way these forty years in the wilderness, to humble you and test you, to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep His commandments or not.
    Deuteronomy 8:16
    Who fed you in the wilderness with manna, which your fathers did not know, that He might humble you and that He might test you, to do you good in the end -
  12. Cross References
    Isaiah 36:1
    Now it came to pass in the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah that Sennacherib king of Assyria came up against all the fortified cities of Judah and took them.
    Isaiah 39:1
    At that time MerodachBal'a-dan the son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters and a present to Hezekiah, for he heard that he had been sick and had recovered.
  13. Cross References
    2 Kings 18:1
    Now it came to pass in the third year of Hoshea the son of Elah, king of Israel, that Hezekiah the son of Ahaz, king of Judah, began to reign.
    2 Kings 20:1
    In those days Hezekiah was sick and near death. And Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, went to him and said to him, "Thus says the LORD: 'Set your house in order, for you shall die, and not live.
  14. Cross References
    1 Kings 1:21
    "Otherwise it will happen, when my lord the king rests with his fathers, that I and my son Solomon will be counted as offenders."
    2 Kings 20:21
    So Hezekiah rested with his fathers. Then Manasseh his son reigned in his place.
  15. Cross References
    Psalms 112:6
    Surely he will never be shaken; The righteous will be in everlasting remembrance.
    Proverbs 10:7
    The memory of the righteous is blessed, But the name of the wicked will rot.
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