[[2 Chron-32]] Prev: [[Prophecies in 2 Chron-31]] | Next: [[Prophecies in 2 Chron-33]] --- ### Yahweh sent an angel, who cut off all the mighty men of valor, and the leaders and captains, in the camp of the king of Assyria. So he returned with shame of face to his own land. *Type*: fulfillment *Summary*: The miraculous destruction of the Assyrian army that was besieging Jerusalem, fulfilling the divine promise of protection. *Historical context*: Sennacherib's own records (the Taylor Prism and the Jerusalem Prism) describe the siege and the tribute Hezekiah paid, but notably omit the capture of Jerusalem, which was the primary objective. The Greek historian Herodotus recorded a tradition of a disaster involving field mice (often interpreted as a plague) that decimated the Assyrian camp, providing external corroboration of a sudden, catastrophic withdrawal. *Related to*: [[Isa-37#v33|Isaiah 37:33]]-35 ### When he had come into the house of his god, those who came out of his own body killed him there with the sword. *Type*: fulfillment *Summary*: Sennacherib is assassinated by his own sons after his failed campaign against Jerusalem. *Historical context*: Historical records, including the Babylonian Chronicle and the inscriptions of Sennacherib's successor Esarhaddon, confirm that Sennacherib was murdered by his sons (identified as Arda-Mulissu and Nabu-shar-usur) in the temple of his god in 681 BC, approximately 20 years after the events in Jerusalem. *Related to*: [[Isa-37#v7|Isaiah 37:7]] ### In those days Hezekiah was terminally ill, and he prayed to Yahweh; and he spoke to him, and gave him a sign. *Type*: fulfillment *Summary*: God grants Hezekiah a miraculous sign—the retreat of the sun's shadow—to confirm he would be healed from a terminal illness. *Historical context*: The text in [[2 Chron-32#v31|2 Chronicles 32:31]] mentions that ambassadors from Babylon came specifically to 'inquire of the wonder that was done in the land.' This suggests the solar phenomenon was an observable astronomical event that attracted the attention of Babylonian astronomers, who were the foremost experts in celestial movements at that time. *Related to*: [[Isa-38#v7|Isaiah 38:7]]-8 ### Notwithstanding Hezekiah humbled himself for the pride of his heart, both he and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so that Yahweh's wrath didn't come on them in the days of Hezekiah. *Type*: prophecy *Summary*: The prediction of a future 'wrath' or judgment upon Judah and Jerusalem that would be postponed until after Hezekiah's reign. *Historical context*: This refers to the Babylonian Exile. After Hezekiah pridefully showed his treasures to the Babylonian envoys, the prophet Isaiah predicted that everything in his house would eventually be carried to Babylon. This was fulfilled in 586 BC when Nebuchadnezzar II destroyed Jerusalem and the Temple, taking the treasures and the people into captivity. *Related to*: [[Isa-39#v5|Isaiah 39:5]]-7 --- #ai_prophecy