| II Kings 20:20
| And the rest of the acts of Ezechias, and all his might, and how he made a pool, and a conduit, and brought waters into the city, are they not written in the Book of the words of the days of the kings of Juda?
| City. Probably before it was besieged by Sennacherib, 2 Paralipomenon 32:4. --- Juda, and in the works of Isaias, 2 Paralipomenon 32:32., and Isaias xxxvii., xxxviii., and xxxix. The prophet gives us the canticle of this pious king, who shone with so great splendour, and did so much for the good of his people, 4 Kings 18:4, 5., and Ecclesiasticus 48:19. (Calmet) --- He generously opposed the reign of vice, and though threatened with the most imminent dangers, came off with victory. Thus Jesus Christ declared war against idolatry and all vice, and established his Church in the midst of persecution. (Haydock) --- Ezechias was conducted to the gates of death, and brought back; Christ rose victorious from the grave, as the holy king seems to have foreseen, Isaias 38:19. (Calmet)
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