note: King Hezekiah of Judah fell upon his face in pure humility, he entreated the Lord while by donning sackcloth and covering himself with ashes, and entered the Holy Temple of God in Jesuralem.
Hezekaih took with him the letter from Sennacherib the king of Assyria, which letter defamed the God of Israel as no better than all of the false gods of all of the nations which he had already conquered.
Hezekiah placed the letter from the king of Assyria before the LORD in the temple, and begged the Holy God to glorify His Name before the whole world,
» in order that all may know that the God of Abraham, the God of OUR Fathers, the Father of the Righteous, the only God who is Just and Merciful, the only Saviour of the world: beside HIM there is no god!
The Lord recognized the confession and repentance of Hezekiah,
» and of all the people of Jerusalem which he had gathered with him before the Thone of the Most HIgh.
That night, the LORD sent *ONE single* destroying angel against the Assyrian army,
» who slew in a moment 185,000 men.
