The Chronicler also employs alternating titles for the God of Israel. In these four verses the Lord is designated as ‘the Lord God’ (v. 16), ‘the Lord the God of Israel’, ‘the God of Hezekiah’ (v. 17), and finally ‘the God of Jerusalem’ (v. 19). All these should be understood in their very specific context: this major threat to the people of Israel, to king Hezekiah, and to the city of Jerusalem, will come to nothing because the Lord is very specifically their God.
