This psalm points to the final deliverance of Israel in the time of the future kingdom age. However, much help is given to the believers of any age.
In this chapter, we see a great miracle performed on Hezekiah’s behalf in giving him fifteen additional years of life.
This chapter begins our study of the reign of king Hezekiah over Judah.
The Fall of Samaria and the Assyrian Captivity of Israel are dated at 722BC. The destruction of Jerusalem and the Babylonian Captivity of Judah are dated at 586BC, 136 years later. Much of this chapter deals with the sins of the people of Israel that led to their judgment. The last part of the chapter deals with the sins of the people who continue to inhabit the land after the captivity. This chapter actually describes the beginning of the Samaritans who will show up again in the New Testament.
This passage records the reigns of five kings of Israel and one king of Judah (in addition to the reign of Azariah of Judah in the first seven verses of the chapter). It is mostly a story of conspiracies and short reigns.
