2 Kings 19:1

2 Kings 19:1-7. Hezekiah sends messengers to Isaiah. Isaiah's answer in the name of the Lord. (Not in Chronicles. Isaiah 37:1-7)

1. Hezekiah … covered himself with sackcloth No doubt the words which his messengers reported were such as to tell upon the king, especially that saying of Rab-shakeh -The Lord said unto me, Go up against this place and destroy it". The king was struck with horror as much as his counsellors. But he feels that he has in his council one who has long been known as God's messenger to Judah. So while he himself falls to humiliation and prayer, going for that purpose into the house of the Lord, he sends his servants to enquire of the prophet what hope there is amid the terrible attack which may very soon be upon them.