. The training of the Chosen people. not hear it, nor do it (2 : 12). The author of the kings says of Hezekiahwhat had been said of no king since David, Jehovahwas with him, and he adds, whithersoever he wentforth he prospered (2 Ki. 18:7). It seems to beclear that the kingdom recovered from the povertyoccasioned by the tribute of Ahaz to Assyria (2 Ki. 20:13; comp. 16: 8), and that its territory was in part wonback from the Philistines. The defenses of Jerusalemwere greatly strengthened, and the provision made fora constant supply of water within the city by means ofa subterranean passag
. The training of the Chosen people. not hear it, nor do it (2 : 12). The author of the kings says of Hezekiahwhat had been said of no king since David, Jehovahwas with him, and he adds, whithersoever he wentforth he prospered (2 Ki. 18:7). It seems to beclear that the kingdom recovered from the povertyoccasioned by the tribute of Ahaz to Assyria (2 Ki. 20:13; comp. 16: 8), and that its territory was in part wonback from the Philistines. The defenses of Jerusalemwere greatly strengthened, and the provision made fora constant supply of water within the city by means ofa subterranean passage (2 Ki. 20: 20; 2 Chron. 32: 30;Ecclus. 48: 17) which was discovered in 1880 a. d. If we were more certain of the chronology of thereign of Hezekiah we could speak more confidently Chapter 35. The Hand of Jehovah 129 of his policy in revolting from Assyria as an indicationof his character. The strong probability seems to bethat during the last years of Sargon all Palestine wasseething with the spirit of revolt against Assyria. Sar-. Hezekiahs Pool, Jerusalem. gon, however, met the first symptoms of actual rebel-lion with such swift vengeance that at the time of hisdeath peace had been nominally restored. Largelythrough the efforts of Isaiah Judah kept out of this in-trigue against her suzerain. The politicians of West-ern Asia, however, regarded the assassination of Sar-gon in 705 b. c. as marking the close of an era. It didnot seem probable that Tiglath-pileser and Sargoncould be succeeded by a general as great as either ofthem. The fugitive king of Babylon, Merodach-bala-dan, who had been conquered by Sargon four yearspreviously, returned to Babylon and raised the stand-ard of revolt against Assyria. If we place at this pe-riod the visit to Hezekiah of the ambassadors fromBabylon (2 Ki. 20:12, 13), ostensibly to congratulatehim on his recovery from sickness, we see that thisvisit was a skilful attempt to draw Hezekiah into theBabylonian-Palestinian-Egyptian alliance against
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