Through the prophet, the Lord said “…Set your house in order, for you shall die and not live.” In verse 3 Hezekiah prayed. He reminded the Lord of all the good he had done. The verse ended, “And Hezekiah wept bitterly.”

The Lord extended his life 15 years. I remember back when I was in high school. A dear friend was scheduled to have open heart surgery. I was there visiting him with a pastor friend. He told Buster, “You may want to live, but remember Hezekiah. He prayed and the Lord gave him 15 more years. Be careful what you do with your time left.”

Hezekiah’s son Manasseh was 12 years old when he became king. He was evil. He rebuilt all the high places that his father had torn down. He caused his sons to pass through the fire, he practiced soothsaying, used witchcraft and sorceries. He set up a carved image in the house of the Lord.

2 Kings 21:16 says that he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood from one end to the other. He made Judah sin by doing evil ~ all because Hezekiah wanted more time.