Text: 2 Chronicles 32:31
OT Text Referred to: 2 Kings 20:1-11
Subject: Prophetic declaration
Source: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Allusion
Connection Method(s): None
Significance: The full narrative of Hezekiah's illness and recovery in 2 Kings 20:1-11 connects to the Chronicler's unique interpretation in 2 Chronicles 32:31: "God left him to test him (לְנַסּוֹתוֹ, lenassoto), that He might know all that was in his heart." The Chronicler applies the language of divine testing — the same word used for God testing Abraham (Gen 22:1) and Israel in the wilderness (Deut 8:2) — to Hezekiah's post-recovery period. What Kings presents as a sequence of events (illness, recovery, Babylonian visit), Chronicles reveals as a divinely orchestrated trial designed to expose the king's inner character.