In response, King Hezekiah and the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz cried out to heaven in prayer,
This story of the rage and blasphemy of Sennacherib, Hezekiah's prayer, and the deliverance of Jerusalem by the destruction of the Assyrian army, we had more at large in the book of Kings, 2 Kings 18 and 19. It is contracted here, yet large enough to show these three things: - I. The impiety and malice of the church's enemies.
Commenting on 2 Chronicles 32:9-23
In those days Hezekiah was sick,.... Of which sickness, and of his prayer, and of the sign given him, see Isa 38:1 and the notes there. and the notes there. 2 Chronicles 32:25 ch2 32:25 ch2 32:25 ch2 32:25But Hezekiah rendered not again according to the benefit done unto him,....
And for this [cause] Hezekiah the king, and the prophet Isaiah the son of Amoz, prayed and cried to heaven. (n) This shows what the best refuge in all troubles and dangers is.