touching prayer of hezekiah

from the first reading for today: 2 kings 19

hezekiah's (king of judah) prayer at the temple when threatened and insulted by invasion by sennacherib (king of assyria):

[15] "... 'YHWH Sabbaoth, God of Israel, enthroned on the cherubs, YOU ALONE ARE GOD of all the kingdoms of the earth, you have made heaven and earth.

[16] 'Give ear, YHWH, and listen. Open your eyes, YHWH, and see. Hear the words of Seenacherib who has sent to insult THE LIVING GOD.

[17] " 'It is true, YHWH, that the kings of Assyria have exterminated all the nations. [1] They have thrown their gods on the fire, for these were not gods but the work of men's hands, wood and stone, and hence, they have destroyed them. [19] But now, YHWH our God, SAVE US from his hand, I pray you, and let all the kingdoms of the earth know that YOU ALONE ARE GOD, YHWH.'"

[35] "That same night the angel of YHWH went out and struck down 185,000 men in the Assyrian camp.

[37] "One day when he (Sennacherib) was worshipping in the temple of his god Nisroch, his sons Adrammelech and Sharezer struck him down with the sword anad escapead to the land of Ararat. His son Esarhaddan succeeded him."