The address also presents Hezekiah himself in a different light from the prophetic story of Kings. Although he appears there as a person of strong faith in the Lord, praying to him and sending a delegation to Isaiah to seek his word, the general tone is one of despair and loss of direction: ‘This day is a day of distress, of rebuke, and of disgrace’ (II Kings 19.3). In Chronicles, Hezekiah is a man of faith and resolution, and he is fully capable of leading and inspiring his people.
