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International Sunday School Lesson for
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SENNACHERIB'S INVASION OF
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 Golden TeXt.-"God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble" Ps. 46: l.
 Lesson text.-2 Xxi. 19: 2022, 2S-37. (Read 2 Xxi. IS. 13-37. Memorize 19: 22, 33.)
 (20) Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent to Hezekiah, saying, Thus said the LORD God (the God) of Israel, That which thou (Whereas thou) hast prayed to me against Sennacherib king of Assyria I have heard (thee). (21) This is the word that the LORD hath spoken concerning him: The virgin daughter of Zion hath despised thee, and laughed thee to scorn; the daughter of Jerusalem hath shaken her head at thee. (22) Whom hast thou reproached and blasphemed and against whom hast thou exalted thy voice, and lifted up thine eyes on high? even against the Holy One of Israel. (2S) Because the rage (of thy raging) against me and thy tumult (. and for that thine arrograncy) is come up unto mine ears, therefore will I put mine hook in thy nose, and my bridle in thy lips, and I will turn thee back by the way by which thou earnest, (29) And this shall be a (the) sign unto thee, Ye shall eat this year such things as grow of themselves Chat which groweth of itsel), and in the second year that which springeth of the same; and in the third year SOW ye and reap, and plant vineyards, and eat the fruits (fruiD thereof (30) And the remnant that has escaped of the house of Judah shall yet again take root downward. and bear fruit upward (31) For out of Jerusalem shall come forth a remnant, and they that escape out of mount Zion (and out of Mount Zion they shall escape): :: the zeal of the Lord of hosts shall do (perform) this. (32) Therefore thus saith the Lord concerning the king of Assyria, He shall not come into this city. nor shoot an arrow there, nor come before it, with shield nor cast a bank (mount) against it. t33) By the way that he came by the same. shall he return, and (he) shall not come into this city, saith the LORD. (3D For I will defend this city, to save. it, for mine own sake. and for my serv- ant David's sake. (35) And it came to pass that night, that the angel of the LORD went out (forth), and smote in the camp of the Assyrians an hun dred fourscore and five thousand: and when they (men) arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead corpses. (36) So Sennacherib king of Assyria, departed. and went and re- turned, and dwelt at Ninevah. (37) And it came to pass as he was wor- shipping in the house of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons smote him with the sword |: and they escaped into the land of Ar 4 LVcor rI,o hfC son reigned in his stead.
 Time-712 B. C. Place.-Jerusalem, Nineveh.
 Exposition-I q have heard thee,' '' 2n-22. God hears prayer. God does things because we pray, that He would not have done if we had not prayed. There was more power in Hezekiah's prayers than there was in all his armies. His armies were pow erless against the overwhelming hosts of Sennacherib. but his prayers pre- vailed against him. Hezekiah's prayer laid 1S5,000 of his enemies in the grave. When God hears a prayer, He grants the thing He is asked to do, | Jno. 5: 15.) Hezekiah asked God to save them out of the hand of Sen nacherib (v. 19) and God did. One o-reat reason why God heard HeZe- kiah's prayer was because it was Gods glory that Hezekiah sought by his | prayer (v. 19). One great resaon why many prayers are not heard is because they are selfish,- seeking our gratifi- | ration and not Gods honor. (Jas. 4: | 3. R. VI Gods hearing Hezekiah's | prayer was a fulfilment of the prom ise He makes to all His children. CPS I 30: 51) He trusted Jehovah and re- ceived his reward. Comp. oh. 1S 5-7.) | We do not get deliverance from oul enemies because we do not trust Goo md ask for it. (Jas. 4:2.) God is a. ready to say to us as to Hezekiah thy prayer is heard" if we will mee the conditions of prevailing prayer
 q Jno. 3: 22; Jno. 5: IA. 15; Rom S: 26 27 Inc. IA: 13, IA. Jno. 15: [ | Mark II: 24, 25. 26) Sennacherib hat great armies on his side. but the vir- gin daughter of Zion had God Al
 mighty on her side The one who ha lGod on his side can laugh to SCOTT