19. The officials talked about the Lord God as if he were nothing but an ordinary god or an idol that someone had made.
20. Hezekiah and the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz asked the Lord for help,
21. and he sent an angel who killed every soldier and commander in the Assyrian camp.Sennacherib returned to Assyria, completely disgraced. Then one day he went into the temple of his god where some of his sons killed him.
22. The Lord rescued Hezekiah and the people of Jerusalem from Sennacherib and also protected them from other enemies.
23. People brought offerings to Jerusalem for the Lord and expensive gifts for Hezekiah, and from that day on, every nation on earth respected Hezekiah.
24. About this same time, Hezekiah got sick and was almost dead. He prayed, and the Lord gave him a sign that he would recover.
25. But Hezekiah was so proud that he refused to thank the Lord for everything he had done for him. This made the Lord angry, and he punished Hezekiah and the people of Judah and Jerusalem.
26. Hezekiah and the people later felt sorry and asked the Lord to forgive them. So the Lord did not punish them as long as Hezekiah was king.