Because he humbled himself the wrath of the Lord turned from him, so as not to destroy them completely; moreover, conditions were good in Judah.
2 Chronicles 12:6 - New Revised Standard Version Then the officers of Israel and the king humbled themselves and said, “The Lord is in the right.” Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Whereupon the princes of Israel and the king humbled themselves; and they said, The LORD is righteous. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Then the princes of Israel and the king humbled themselves and said, The Lord is righteous. American Standard Version (1901) Then the princes of Israel and the king humbled themselves; and they said, Jehovah is righteous. Common English Bible Then the leaders of Israel and the king submitted. “The LORD is right,” they said. Catholic Public Domain Version And the leaders of Israel, and the king, being in consternation, said, "The Lord is just." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And the princes of Israel, and the king, being in a consternation, said: The Lord is just. |
Because he humbled himself the wrath of the Lord turned from him, so as not to destroy them completely; moreover, conditions were good in Judah.
He had brothers, the sons of Jehoshaphat: Azariah, Jehiel, Zechariah, Azariah, Michael, and Shephatiah; all these were the sons of King Jehoshaphat of Judah.
Then Hezekiah humbled himself for the pride of his heart, both he and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so that the wrath of the Lord did not come upon them in the days of Hezekiah.
While he was in distress he entreated the favor of the Lord his God and humbled himself greatly before the God of his ancestors.
His prayer, and how God received his entreaty, all his sin and his faithlessness, the sites on which he built high places and set up the sacred poles and the images, before he humbled himself, these are written in the records of the seers.
He did not humble himself before the Lord, as his father Manasseh had humbled himself, but this Amon incurred more and more guilt.
That person sings to others and says, ‘I sinned, and perverted what was right, and it was not paid back to me.
So Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh, and said to him, “Thus says the Lord, the God of the Hebrews, ‘How long will you refuse to humble yourself before me? Let my people go, so that they may worship me.
Then Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron, and said to them, “This time I have sinned; the Lord is in the right, and I and my people are in the wrong.
Say to the king and the queen mother; “Take a lowly seat, for your beautiful crown has come down from your head.”
They have shown no contrition or fear to this day, nor have they walked in my law and my statutes that I set before you and before your ancestors.
The Lord is in the right, for I have rebelled against his word; but hear, all you peoples, and behold my suffering; my young women and young men have gone into captivity.
And you, Belshazzar his son, have not humbled your heart, even though you knew all this!
So the Lord kept watch over this calamity until he brought it upon us. Indeed, the Lord our God is right in all that he has done; for we have disobeyed his voice.
I will return again to my place until they acknowledge their guilt and seek my face. In their distress they will beg my favor:
I tell you, this man went down to his home justified rather than the other; for all who exalt themselves will be humbled, but all who humble themselves will be exalted.”
For, being ignorant of the righteousness that comes from God, and seeking to establish their own, they have not submitted to God's righteousness.
But he gives all the more grace; therefore it says, “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”
Adoni-bezek said, “Seventy kings with their thumbs and big toes cut off used to pick up scraps under my table; as I have done, so God has paid me back.” They brought him to Jerusalem, and he died there.