Almost Persuaded

‘Turn again, and tell Hezekiah the captain of my people, Thus saith the Lord, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will heal thee:  on the third day thou shalt go up unto the house of the Lord.’—2 Kings 20:5

‘The Lᴏʀᴅ said unto him, I have heard thy prayer and thy supplication, that thou hast made before me:  I have hallowed this house, which thou hast built, to put my name there for ever; and mine eyes and mine heart shall be there perpetually.’—1 Kings 9:3

‘ Then said he unto me, Fear not, Daniel:  for from the first day that thou didst set thine heart to understand, and to chasten thyself before thy God, thy words were heard, and I am come for thy words.’— Then said he unto me, Fear not, Daniel: for from the first day that thou didst set thine hear‮…

‘When he was in affliction, he besought the Lᴏʀᴅ his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers,‘And prayed unto him:  and he was intreated of him, and heard his supplication, and brought him again to Jerusalem into his kingdom.  Then Manasseh knew that the Lᴏʀᴅ he was God.’—