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When Hezekiah received the letter from the messengers and read it, he went up to the Temple of the Lord. He spread the letter out before the Lord
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and prayed to the Lord: "Lord, God of Israel, whose throne is between the gold creatures with wings, only you are God of all the kingdoms of the earth. You made the heavens and the earth.
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Hear, Lord, and listen. Open your eyes, Lord, and see. Listen to the words Sennacherib has said to insult the living God.
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It is true, Lord, that the kings of Assyria have destroyed these countries and their lands.
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They have thrown the gods of these nations into the fire, but they were only wood and rock statues that people made. So the kings have destroyed them.