Text: 2 Chronicles 32:24
OT Text Referred to: Deuteronomy 8:2
Subject: testing through prosperity
Source: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Echo
Connection Method(s): None
Significance: Deuteronomy 8:2 identifies God's purpose in the wilderness as testing (נִסָּה, nissah) Israel to "know what was in your heart." 2 Chronicles 32:24 records Hezekiah's illness and the sign God gave him, and subsequent verses reveal that "his heart was proud" in response to divine favor. The Chronicler interprets Hezekiah's experience through the Deuteronomic lens of divine testing: God uses both adversity and blessing to expose the heart's true allegiance. Hezekiah's pride after healing illustrates the very danger Moses warned about—that divine provision would produce self-sufficiency rather than humble dependence.