2 Chronicles 32:31

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Howbeit in the business of the ambassadors of the princes of Babylon, who sent unto him to inquire of the wonder that was done in the land, God left him, to try him, that he might know all that was in his heart.

In the business

2 Kings 20:12

The wonder

2 Kings 20:8

Isaiah 38:8

Left him

John 15:5

To try him

That he might

Deuteronomy 8:2

Deuteronomy 13:3

General references

Job 39:17

Bible References

In the business

At that time Berodach-baladan, the son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters and a present to Hezekiah. For he had heard that Hezekiah had been sick.

The wonder

And Hezekiah said to Isaiah, What shall be the sign that Jehovah will heal me, and that I shall go up into the house of Jehovah the third day?

behold, I will bring again the shadow of the steps, which has gone down in the sun dial of Ahaz, ten steps backward. So the sun returned ten steps, by which steps it had gone down.

Left him

And she said, The Philistines are upon you, Samson! And he awoke out of his sleep and said, I will go out as at other times before, and shake myself. And he did not know that Jehovah had departed from him.

Hide not Your face from me. Turn not Your servant away in anger; You have been my help; leave me not, neither forsake me, O God of my salvation.

Cast me not away from Your presence, and take not Your Holy Spirit from me.

Uphold me according to Your Word, that I may live; and let me not be ashamed of my hope.

I am the Vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, the same brings forth much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing.

To try him

And it happened after these things that God tested Abraham, and said to him, Abraham! And he said, Behold me.

And you shall remember all the way which Jehovah your God led you these forty years in the wilderness in order to humble you, to prove you, to know what is in your heart, whether you would keep His commandments or not.

But put forth Your hand now, and touch all that he has, and he will curse You to Your face.

And Jehovah said unto Satan, Have you set your heart on My servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one who fears God and turns away from evil? And still he is keeping hold of his integrity, although you moved Me against him to destroy him without cause.

To the Chief Musician, A Psalm of David. O Jehovah, You have searched me and have known me.

The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold, but Jehovah tries the hearts.

And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried. They shall call on My name, and I will answer them; I will say, It is My people; and they shall say, Jehovah is my God.

But who can endure the day of His coming? And who shall stand when He appears? For He is like a refiner's fire, and like fuller's soap.

so that the trial of your faith (being much more precious than that of gold that perishes, but being proven through fire) might be found to praise and honor and glory at the revelation of Jesus Christ,

Let no one being tempted say, I am tempted from God. For God is not tempted by evils, and He tempts no one.

That he might

you shall not listen to the words of that prophet or that dreamer of dreams. For Jehovah your God is testing you to know whether you love Jehovah your God with all your heart and with all your soul.

General references

because God has caused her to forget wisdom, and He has not given her a share in understanding.