¹⁸ So Samuel told him everything and hid nothing from him. And he said, ^(A)“It is the Lord. Let him do what seems good to him.”

²⁵ But Hezekiah ^(A)did not make return according to the benefit done to him, for ^(B)his heart was proud. Therefore ^(C)wrath came upon him and Judah and Jerusalem. ²⁶ But Hezekiah ^(D)humbled himself for the pride of his heart, both he and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so that the wrath of the Lord did not come upon them in the days of Hezekiah.