Thus saith Sennacherib king of Assyria, Whereon do ye trust, that ye abide in the siege in Jerusalem?
Wow!
Judah had been blessed in the days of Hezekiah. They had restored sincere worship to the living God. They had removed idolatry from throughout their land. They had seen the fame of their land, king, and their Lord exalted throughout the world.
But then came Sennacherib.
There will always be someone who thinks to win what belongs to God for himself.
Hezekiah did what he could.
- He built up the wall that was broken
- He strengthened himself. I think that means militarily
- He diverted the waters to prevent Sennacherib from having it
But then, knowing the fierceness of Assyria and the size of its army, Hezekiah placed his faith in God.
- Sennacherib had the strong arm of the flesh
- Judah had the Lord their God
Sennacherib knew precisely what the battle was about. It was about faith. “Whereon do ye trust…?”
He challenged the people. What follows is meant by Sennacherib to be both reasonable and then blasphemous.
- No other god had defeated him
- Hezekiah had probably offended God
And then the Bible says, “He wrote also letters to rail on the Lord God of Israel.”
2 Chronicles makes little of whatever conflict happened.
- Assyria lost their mightiest men
- Sennacherib returned home and
- His own children killed him, in all places, in the house of his god
God’s work goes through times of prosperity and challenge. But regardless of which, the test we face remains the same,
“Whereon do ye trust…?”
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