{"id":9096,"date":"2020-07-02T09:10:48","date_gmt":"2020-07-02T13:10:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/?post_type=oyb&#038;p=9096"},"modified":"2020-07-02T09:10:48","modified_gmt":"2020-07-02T13:10:48","slug":"now-the-rest-of-the-acts-of-hezekiah-all-his-might-and-how-he-made-a-pool-and-a-tunnel-and-brought-water-into-the-city-are-they-not-written-in-the-book-of-the-chronicles-of-t-2","status":"publish","type":"oyb","link":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/oyb\/now-the-rest-of-the-acts-of-hezekiah-all-his-might-and-how-he-made-a-pool-and-a-tunnel-and-brought-water-into-the-city-are-they-not-written-in-the-book-of-the-chronicles-of-t-2","title":{"rendered":"\u201cNow the rest of the acts of Hezekiah\u2014all his might, and how he made a pool and a tunnel and brought water into the city\u2014are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?&#8221; (2 Kings 20:20 NKJV)."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">HEZEKIAH&#8217;S TUNNEL STILL REMAINS<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/garycombsorg.s3.amazonaws.com\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Hezekiahs-Tunnel-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9097\" width=\"482\" height=\"321\" srcset=\"https:\/\/garycombsorg.s3.amazonaws.com\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Hezekiahs-Tunnel-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/garycombsorg.s3.amazonaws.com\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Hezekiahs-Tunnel-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/garycombsorg.s3.amazonaws.com\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Hezekiahs-Tunnel-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/garycombsorg.s3.amazonaws.com\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Hezekiahs-Tunnel-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 482px) 100vw, 482px\" \/><figcaption>Hezekiah&#8217;s Tunnel<br><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"5ni4p\" data-offset-key=\"d802c-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"d802c-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"d802c-0-0\">King Hezekiah was one of the greatest kings in Judah. In 2 Kings 18:5, he was described as one who &#8220;trusted in the Lord God of Israel, so that after him was none like him among all the kings of Judah, nor who were before him.&#8221; The only foolish event attributed to his reign happened near its end, as he invited emissaries from Babylon to see all of the wealth within Jerusalem, thus foreshadowing Babylon&#8217;s future overthrow of the city. Yet, despite this prideful lapse in judgment, Hezekiah remains one of the greatest kings to sit on David&#8217;s throne. <\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"5ni4p\" data-offset-key=\"1mvv9-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"1mvv9-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"1mvv9-0-0\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"5ni4p\" data-offset-key=\"clrhm-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"clrhm-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"clrhm-0-0\">Evidence of his reign still remains today. For the waters of the Gihon Spring still gush up and travel through the 1,750 feet of manmade tunnel to the pool of Siloam inside Jerusalem&#8217;s walls. The tool marks in the tunnels walls still show the human effort that went into Hezekiah&#8217;s Tunnel, which he had built to help the city survive a siege.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"5ni4p\" data-offset-key=\"75ld7-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"75ld7-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"75ld7-0-0\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"5ni4p\" data-offset-key=\"bo3n4-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"bo3n4-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"bo3n4-0-0\">My wife and I have waded through this manmade tunnel, which attests to ancient man&#8217;s genius and to the credibility of the Bible which describes its existence.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"5ni4p\" data-offset-key=\"4bra5-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"4bra5-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"4bra5-0-0\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"5ni4p\" data-offset-key=\"98vb1-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"98vb1-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"98vb1-0-0\">PRAYER: Dear Father, we trust Your Word for You have preserved it for our benefit. Even when men question it, the rocks cry out to attest to its accuracy. Thank You Father for the Word of God. And even more, thank You for the Living Word, Your Son, Jesus. For it&#8217;s in His name that we pray, amen.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HEZEKIAH&#8217;S TUNNEL STILL REMAINS King Hezekiah was one of the greatest kings in Judah. In 2 Kings 18:5, he was described as one who &#8220;trusted in the Lord God of Israel, so that after him was none like him among all the kings of Judah, nor who were before him.&#8221; The only foolish event attributed<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[],"scripture-book":[1279],"scripture-chapter":[1353],"oyb_day":[1710],"location":[2798,2477,2478],"class_list":["post-9096","oyb","type-oyb","status-publish","hentry","scripture-book-2-kings","scripture-chapter-1353","oyb_day-july-2","location-hezekiahs-tunnel-israel","location-israel","location-jerusalem"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oyb\/9096","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oyb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/oyb"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9096"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9096"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9096"},{"taxonomy":"scripture-book","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/scripture-book?post=9096"},{"taxonomy":"scripture-chapter","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/scripture-chapter?post=9096"},{"taxonomy":"oyb_day","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oyb_day?post=9096"},{"taxonomy":"location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/location?post=9096"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}