The Story of Man - A Tyrant's Boast and Divine Justice - Basil Wolverton - January 1971

Basil Wolverton

HEZEKIAH soon learned that the king of Assyria had accepted special tribute from Judah without honoring the promise to cease war. The humiliation and distress of Hezekiah, king of Judah, wasn't easy to bear. (II Kings 18: 13-17.) But there wasn't time to brood. Rab-shakeh, one of the Assyrian officers, was addressing the people of Judah who were standing on top of the wall. He continued his loud tirade against Hezekiah. "Where is the military power of your king, who is so foolish as to rebel against the powerful Sennacherib?" Rab-shakeh roared. "Could it be that your Hezekiah is waiting for the Pharaoh of Egypt to come galloping to his rescue on his overrated horses? - Information Supplied By: Herbert W Armstrong Library