The account in this book of Hezekiah’s victory through prayer over the vast Assyrian army is summarized in 2 Chronicles. It is much more dramatically related in 2nd Kings. Hezekiah’s experience with the envoys from Babylon can also be used as a spiritual parable for us. We need to be careful what we just accept as fate, without asking God for something better.
https://www.bible.com/bible/116/2ch.33.nlt
A nugget of exceptional wisdom from Solomon was in yesterday’s reading:
12But even though a person sins a hundred times and still lives a long time, I know that those who fear God will be better off. 13The wicked will not prosper, for they do not fear God. Their days will never grow long like the evening shadows.
https://www.bible.com/bible/116/ecc.9
In yesterday’s reading in chapter 21, we heard of the triumphant entry, Jesus cleansing the Temple and cursing the fig tree, and the question about what right he had to do such a thing like cleansing the Temple.
Translation note:
32 For John the Baptist came and showed you the right way to live, but you didn’t believe him, while tax collectors and prostitutes did. And even when you saw [that miraculous thing//this] happening, you refused to believe him and repent of your sins.
https://www.bible.com/bible/116/mat.21
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