Holy Scripture
2 Kings 19:16
A church father on this verse
“Prayer sometimes brings the dead back to life, but sometimes it may slay the living, as happened with the godly Peter: he brought Tabitha back to life by prayer, but he effected the death of Ananias and Sapphira. Elisha, that spiritual man, brought to life the young son of the Shunammite woman, but he brought to their…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
16Incline thine ear, O Lord, and hear: open, Lord, thine eyes, and see: and hear the words of Sennacherib, which he has sent to reproach the living God.
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14And Hezekiah took the letter from the hand of the messengers, and read it: and he went up to the house of the Lord, and Hezekiah spread it before the Lord,
15and said, O Lord God of Israel, that dwellest over the cherubs, thou art the only God in all the kingdoms of the earth; thou hast made heaven and earth.
— 2 Kings 19:16 —
17For truly, Lord, the kings of Assyria have wasted the nations,
18and have cast their gods into the fire: because they are no gods, but the works of men’s hands, wood and stone; and they have destroyed them.