Isaiah 37:14

And Hezekiah received the letter from the hand of the messengers, and read it: and Hezekiah went up unto the house of the Lord, and spread it before the Lord.

Cross-reference

Isaiah 37:1 Parallel

Isaiah 37:1 shows Hezekiah first going to the temple after hearing the threat — verse 14 continues his response with the letter.

1 Kings 8:28-30 is Solomon’s prayer that the Lord hear supplications made toward the temple — Hezekiah’s action exemplifies this.

1 Kings 8:38 describes spreading hands toward the temple in prayer — matching Hezekiah spreading the letter as an act of supplication.

1 Kings 9:3 Allusion

1 Kings 9:3 records God’s promise to hear prayers made in the temple — Hezekiah’s prayer in verse 14 claims that promise.

2 Kings 19:14 gives the identical account of Hezekiah spreading the letter before the Lord in the temple.

2 Chronicles 6:20-30 repeats Solomon’s temple dedication prayer — reinforcing that Hezekiah’s action follows the prescribed pattern.

Joel 2:17-20 shows priests interceding in the temple against enemy taunts, directly paralleling Hezekiah's temple prayer for God to act for his name.

2 Chronicles 32:17 Historical context

2 Chronicles 32:20 records the same event — Hezekiah and Isaiah crying out to heaven, reinforcing the prayer context of spreading the letter.

In 2 Chronicles 32:20, the parallel account shows Hezekiah and Isaiah crying out to heaven together, amplifying the response.

Psalm 74:10 Parallel

Psalm 74:10 asks how long the enemy will mock God — directly parallel to Sennacherib's taunts that Hezekiah brings before the Lord.