Ascension 11:41: Because of these visions and prophecies Sammael Satan sawed Isaiah the son of Amoz, the prophet, in half by the hand of Manasseh. 8 See also Hebrews 11:37.
Tradition records that Isaiah died as a martyr by being sawed in two at the hands of Manasseh (see R. H. Charles, ed., The Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha of the Old Testament in English, 2:162; Hebrews 11:37).
Jeremiah probably died about 570 bce. According to a tradition that is preserved in extrabiblical sources, he was stoned to death by his exasperated fellow countrymen in Egypt.
He died from natural causes at the age of 54 in c. 687 BCE, and was succeeded by his son Manasseh.
A major theme is martyrdom of the prophets: six prophets are said to have been martyred.
The first person to die is Abel at the hands of his brother, which is also the first time that blood is mentioned in the Bible (4:10–11). Strangely, the first murder is accompanied by the first promise of divine protec- tion that allows the murderer to go off, raise a family and build the first recorded city (4:15–17).
When Hezekiah pleaded that his life would be prolonged, the Lord said, "I will heal thee: . . . And I will add unto thy days fifteen years. . . ." (2 Kings 20:5-6.) Bishop Vandenberg said: "Thus the Lord granted Hezekiah's request to extend his life.
Hezekiah had a potentially fatal boil which suggests that he had bubonic plague. This also destroyed the Assyrian army threatening Jerusalem. The king made a mi- raculous recovery. Isaiah fi rst predicted that the king would die for his sin (of de- stroying the high places) but he then promised recovery.
Hezekiah seemed to see through the wall to God Himself. Though the word had come to him from God through the prophet, he did not resign himself to this fate. He turned his face to the wall and prayed to the Lord. He did not accept as unchangeable the word of judgment that he had heard from the Lord.
Ebed-Melech is notable for rescuing the prophet Jeremiah from the cistern into which he had been cast to his death.
The prophet Jeremiah was a political prisoner. He had commited no crime except to speak out against the policies of his nation's leaders, declaring God's word. For this he was declared unpatriotic, and faced an imprisonment that could have killed him.
Known as “The Weeping Prophet,” Jeremiah was also a very important one, husbanding Israel and Judah through their long enslavement in Babylon and writing two of the Old Testament's key books, Lamentations and the one carrying his name.
The death of the prophet Zakarîyâ (Zacharias), who is killed when the tree in which he is hiding is sawed in two, fol.
Isaiah's vision
According to this account he “saw” God and was overwhelmed by his contact with the divine glory and holiness. He became agonizingly aware of God's need for a messenger to the people of Israel, and, despite his own sense of inadequacy, he offered himself for God's service: “Here am I!
Isaiah calls on God's people to renounce their idols, warning them of coming destruction if they do not obey.
The Chronicler states this explicitly: Hezekiah "did not make return according to the benefit done to him, for his heart was proud. Therefore wrath came upon him and Judah and Jerusalem" (2 Chron. 32:25).
"Go back and tell Hezekiah, the leader of my people, `This is what the LORD, the God of your father David, says: I have heard your prayer and seen your tears; I will heal you. On the third day from now you will go up to the temple of the LORD. I will add fifteen years to your life.
In the end, Hezekiah was one of the good ones, and he “succeeded in everything he undertook.” He left an amazing legacy of faith and prosperity, and the Bible says, “All Judah and Jerusalem honored him when he died.” A great leader, and a great example!
24 In those days Hezekiah became sick. He knew he was about to die. So he prayed to the Lord.
[2] Then Hezekiah turned his face toward the wall, and prayed unto the LORD, [3] And said, Remember now, O LORD, I beseech thee, how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in thy sight.
He begged God to vindicate himself and show his glory among the nations. Hezekiah was desperate, but he also knew that his prayer was in accordance with God's stated plans and purposes (2 Samuel 7:23; Psalm 67:1–2). The Lord answered with swift and decisive deliverance (2 Kings 19:35–37).
And Jacob served seven years for Rachel; and they seemed unto him but a few days, for the love he had to her. When the seven years were fulfilled at last, Jacob spent his wedding night only to discover at dawn that it wasn't Rachel, but her elder sister Leah whom Laban had delivered to Jacob's tent.
After all, they disobeyed God's command to not eat of the fruit of the tree of knowledge. God is the One who decides who does or does not enter heaven. There's no place in the Bible that says they were saved. But there is no place in the Bible that indicates the couple was lost, either.