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Now in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah did Sennacherib king of Assyria come up against all the fortified cities of Judah, and took them.
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A Trial of Faith
Commentators explain the spiritual purpose behind this national crisis. God allowed the devastating invasion to test King Hezekiah's faith and to chastise the people for their spiritual lukewarmness. The trial was intended to purify the faithful and force them into a simple, complete dependence on God for their deliverance.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
In the fourteenth year - This note of time, which places the invasion of Sennacherib only eight years after the capture of Samaria, is hopel…
19th Century
Anglican
THE INVASION OF SENNACHERIB.
In the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah. —The fall of Samaria is dated 722-72…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Now in the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah Eight years after the captivity of Israel:
did Sennac…
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The invasion Sennacherib made upon Judah was a great calamity to that kingdom, by which God would try the faith of Hezekiah and chastise the people…
