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The bulk of this chapter is a continued dialogue and discussion between the Assyrian messengers and the Jews within the besieged Jerusalem. Many of the themes of the chapter are explored elsewhere in the book, with the prophet telling the people that the Assyrians would never enter the city, would not build a ramp to overcome the wall (as they had to defeat the nearby Lachish as is visible in the Lachish reliefs), and would not even send an arrow into it (37:33-35).<\/span><\/p>\n

One night, as the people are sleeping in the city \u2013 unable to leave \u2013 and danger lurks outside the city, an angel of the Lord strikes the enemy camp thereby saving the Judans (37:36-38). The structure parallels that of the night of the Exodus \u2013 when again the Israelites are saved at night, while stuck inside, from an enemy lurking outside, without any effort of their own. For that reason, Jewish tradition imagines this salvation also took place on the first night of Pesach, and it is so commemorated in the Seder each year in Nirtzah.<\/span><\/p>\n

Hezekiah\u2019s salvation and the end of the Assyrian siege short of conquest is also attested to in two secular sources. Sennecharib\u2019s own chronicles express that the Jews in Jerusalem were held captive, \u201clike a bird in a cage\u201d and forced to pay tribute, but the chronicles noticeably refrain from cheering the defeat or conquest of the city. A passage in Herodotus (2:141) also describes the defeat of the Assyrian army one night, through a seemingly miraculous intervention.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Yet as we noted in our study of chapter 12, Hezekiah seems so weary from the risk and the fear that he refrains from composing the great song of thanks that might have been expected given the situation. The Assyrian threat ends, and the kingdom of Judah will enjoy a few decades of peace and quiet. New threats will come, but this threat has passed.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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