#king hezekiah

[girlactionfigure]

[apenitentialprayer]

[W]e have to empty ourselves of the many small or great idols that we have and in which we take refuge, on which we often seek to base our security. They are idols that we sometimes keep well hidden; they can be ambition, careerism, a taste for success, placing ourselves at the center, the tendency to dominate others, the claim to be the sole masters of our lives, some sins to which we are bound, and many others. This evening I would like a question to resound in the heart of each one of you, and I would like you to answer it honestly: Have I considered which idol lies hidden in my life that prevents me from worshiping the Lord? Worshiping is stripping ourselves of our idols, even the most hidden one, and choosing the Lord as the center, as the highway of our lives.

Pope Francis (2013 Homily for the Third Sunday of Easter)

Cast each false idol from its throne, for Christ is Lord, and Christ alone: to God all praise and glory.

Johann Jakob Schütz (Sing Praise to God Who Reigns Above), trans. Frances Elizabeth Cox

I will sprinkle clean water over you to make you clean; from all your impurities and from all your idols I will cleanse you. I will give you a new heart, and a new spirit I will put within you. I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh. I will put My spirit within you so that you walk in My statutes, observe My ordinances, and keep them.

the Book of the Prophet Ezekiel (36:25-27)

King Hezekiah orders the destruction of Nehushtan, found in MSS Barb.Lat.613, folio 200r.

[allegraforchrist]

Me after reading the downfall of David’s kingdom through Solomon in 1 Kings, and then in 2 Kings seeing Hezekiah redeem Judah and David’s bloodline, and then see his son Manasseh undo all the work his father (Hezekiah) did for the Lord:

[quotesfromscripture]

Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or discouraged because of the king of Assyria and the vast army with him, for there is a greater power with us than with him.

2 Chronicles 32:7 NIV

[gettothedancing]

Israeli archaeologists uncover rare, 'magnificent' pieces of Biblical-era royal structure

Yaakov Billig, Director of the Israel Antiquities Authority's excavation, estimated the artifacts come from the time period between the reigns of King Hezekiah and King Josiah, and they indicate attempts at restoring Jerusalem after the Assyrian siege in the eighth century B.C.

"This is a very exciting discovery. This is a first-time discovery of scaled-down models of the giant Proto-Aeolian capitals, of the kind found thus far in the Kingdoms of Judah and Israel, where they were incorporated above the royal palace gates. The level of workmanship on these capitals is the best seen to date, and the degree of preservation of the items is rare," Billig said.

[mybeautifulchristianjourney]

King Hezekiah took the letter from the messengers and read it. Then he went to the Temple, placed the letter there in the presence of the Lord, and prayed, — Isaiah 37:14-15 | Good News Translation (GNT) The Holy Bible; Good News Translation Copyright © 1992 by American Bible Society.

[arcticdementor]

The solution to this is not to bare your throat. And it’s not even to wantonly destroy other men. It is to choose Life. The Creator of this world wants people to be fruitful and multiply. He wants me to do it, hence why I am torturing myself trying to learn game; and he wants you to do it as well. Your woman doesn’t have an ethical obligation to have children, she may have a desire, but female desires are like the breeze. Great if it’s there, irrelevant if it isn’t You on the other hand will be called to give account if you do not have at least one boy and one girl. And frankly you should have a lot more than that. When king Chizkiyahu saw with prophecy that his sons would be evil he intentionally separated from his wife. He the severly I’ll. I don’t remember offhand but I think it was the prophet Yeshayahu that was commanded by God to tell Chizkiyahu that he was going to die for not having children. Chizkiyahu said “but I saw with divine sight that they would be evil” the prophet replied “what is it to you what they will be or not? That is the business of God”. So Chizkiyahu repented and had children. Who not incidentally did turn out evil. That was king Menashe. But in the end Menashe actually repented.

Commentor “Ron,” in thread responding to “Carlylean Restorationist”’s comments (see here).

[mostly-history]

A clay bulla with the personal seal of King Hezekiah (700′s BC), found at the base of the southern wall of the Temple Mount in Jerusalem.