Hezekiah trusted in the Lord, the God of Israel. There was no one like him among all the kings of Judah

2 Kings 18:1-18

Hezekiah son of Ahaz king of Judah began to reign. He was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem twenty-nine years.

He did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, just as his father David had done. He removed the high places, smashed the sacred stones and cut down the Asherah poles. He broke into pieces the bronze snake Moses had made, for up to that time the Israelites had been burning incense to it.

Hezekiah trusted in the Lord, the God of Israel. There was no one like him among all the kings of Judah, either before him or after him. 

So Samaria was captured in Hezekiah’s sixth year, which was the ninth year of Hoshea king of Israel.

In the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah’s reign, Sennacherib king of Assyria attacked all the fortified cities of Judah and captured them. So Hezekiah king of Judah sent this message to the king of Assyria at Lachish: “I have done wrong. Withdraw from me, and I will pay whatever you demand of me.” The king of Assyria exacted from Hezekiah king of Judah three hundred talents of silver and thirty talents of gold. So Hezekiah gave him all the silver that was found in the temple of the Lord and in the treasuries of the royal palace.

At this time Hezekiah king of Judah stripped off the gold with which he had covered the doors and doorposts of the temple of the Lord, and gave it to the king of Assyria.

Isaiah 36 recounts the Assyrian invasion and Micah 1:10-16 probably also refers to it. Hezekiah is one of Judah's finest kings. He rules for 29 years plus a cor-regency. Having dealt with Israel, in Hezekiah's reign the Assyrians turn their attention to rebel Judah.

Why?

There was no one like him among all the kings of Judah, is the writer gave Hezekiah good commend.

Even those Hezekiah's faced the attack of Assyria has to pay much money to exchange the peace.

To be a good follower of the Lord, God gives us challenges and suffering is good to our faith and spiritual life.

How?

No matter what happens around us, trust in the Lord and obey the word of the Lord, God will bring us to peace and He makes me lie down in green pastures.