 and as long as he prayed God did not destroy the city of Sodom where Abraham's nephew Lot was living Hezekiah prayed when his city was threatened by the invading armies of the Assyrians under the leadership of Sennacherib and the entire army of Sennacherib was destroyed and the nation spared for another generation because the king prayed I do not believe that the problems of our world will ever be settled until our national leaders bow their knees in prayer if only our leaders could discover