The Grands Letter

Dear Grands,

2 Chronicles 32:1-4, 20-22, “After these acts of faithfulness Sennacherib king of Assyria came and invaded Judah and besieged the fortified cities, and thought to break into them for himself.
2 Now when Hezekiah saw that Sennacherib had come and that he intended to make war on Jerusalem,
3 he decided with his officers and his warriors to cut off the supply of water from the springs which were outside the city, and they helped him.
4 So many people assembled and stopped up all the springs and the stream which flowed through the region, saying, “Why should the kings of Assyria come and find abundant water?”

20 But King Hezekiah and Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, prayed about this and cried out to heaven.
21 And the LORD sent an angel who destroyed every mighty warrior, commander and officer in the camp of the king of Assyria. So he returned in shame to his own land. And when he had entered the temple of his god, some of his own children killed him there with the sword.
22 So the LORD saved Hezekiah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem from the hand of Sennacherib the king of Assyria and from the hand of all others, and guided them on every side.

The kings of ancient times were not without intelligence!
When the Israelites knew the Assyrians were coming, they knew both Israel and Assyria would need water. So, King Hezekiah built an underground tunnel that would supply Israel, but would deny water to the Assyrians.

The tunnel was engineered from both ends, and amazingly connected at the midpoint.

Many years ago, my eldest son, Richard, and I walked waist deep for the entirety of that tunnel. Our only problem was the party we encountered coming from the other end!

Our LORD always has a plan –even when we don’t deserve it. “Trust in the LORD with all your heart…” the Scriptures say, “and He will make your paths straight” (Proverbs 3:5-6). We trusted and He led us out! He will do the same for you!

Heartily in Christ Jesus,

(Dado III)

Gene L. Jeffries, Th.D.
Springdale, Arkansas 72764
United States of America

“We never know that Christ is all we need until He becomes all that we have.” – Corrie ten Boom