Hezekiah
Hezekiah was a king of Judah who instituted religious reforms and trusted in God during the Assyrian invasion.
Hezekiah son of Ahaz was a king of Judah (approximately 715–686 BCE) who undertook sweeping religious reforms, removing high places and breaking the bronze serpent Moses had made (2 Kings 18:4), earning the accolade that 'there was no one like him among all the kings of Judah after him, nor among those who were before him' (2 Kings 18:5). His reign was tested by the Assyrian invasion of Sennacherib, whose massive army besieged Jerusalem; Hezekiah's prayer (2 Kings 19:14–19) was met with miraculous deliverance when an angel struck 185,000 Assyrian soldiers overnight. He also survived a life-threatening illness through prayer (Isaiah 38) and received the prophet Isaiah's counsel throughout his reign. However, his display of the royal treasury to Babylonian envoys drew Isaiah's warning of future Babylonian exile (2 Kings 20:12–19).