452 A SHORT VIEW QF SCRIPTURE HISTORY. height till the sixth or seventh year ; at which time there was uo king in Israel, Hoshea, the last king, being taken and im= prisoned by the king of Assyria, and a great part of the people .being carried into captivity, in the sixth year of Hezekiah's reign. See 2 Chron. xxix. 3. and 2 Kings xviii. 9-11. ,40. Q. Did the other tribes of Israel come at his invitation ? A. Some mocked the message, but many out of several tribes came to the passover, so that there was not the like since the time of Solomon ; Verses 18-26. 41. Q. Were all these people sufficiently purified to keep the passover? A. 14To, but at the prayer of Hezekiah the Lord pardoned and accepted them, though several things in this passo- ver were not exactlyconformable to the holy institution ; Verses 18-20. 42. Q. Wherein did God shew his acceptance of Heze- kiah's zeal and piety ? A. God prospered him in his wars against his enemies, and enabled him to east off the yoke of the king of Assyria while he trusted in him ; 2 Kings xvii. 1, 8. 43. Q. What weakness was Hezekiah guilty of afterward, when Sennacherib king of Assyria invaded Judah ? A. He bribed him to depart, with gold and silver taken from the house of God; Verses 13 -16. 44. Q. What success had this conduct of Hezekiah ? A. Very ill success; for some few years after Sennacherib sent an army to take Jerusalem 2 Kings xviii. 9-13, 17. 45. Q. What did Hezekiah do in this distress ? A. When Sennacherib sent Rabshakeh with blasphemies against God, and threatenìngs against the people, Hezekiah humbled himself greatly, and spread the railing letter before the Lord in the temple, and prayed earnestly to God for deliverance ; 1 Kings xviii. and xix. 46. Q. What was the success of Hezekiah's prayer ? A. Isaiah the prophet assured him of deliverance ; and the angel of the Lord slew in the camp of the Assyrians, one hundred and fourscore and five thousand men at once ; 2 Kings xix. 20-35. 47. Q. What further favour did Hezekiah receive from God ?. A. When he was sick, near to death, God heard his prayer, and assured him he should livefifteen years longer ; 2 Kings xx. 1 -6. 48. Q. What sign did God give him to confirm his faith in this promise ? A. The shadow returned backward ten degrees upon the dial of Ahaz ; Verses 8-11. 49. Q. Wherein did Hezekiah misbehave himself after he had received all this mercy ? A. In the vanity and pride of his heart, he showed the messengers of the king of Babylon all his treasures; Verses 12,.13. and 2 Chron. xxiv. 31. 50. Q. How was Hezekiah's pride punished ? A. God
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