2 kings 20-21

This is interesting to me. It seems like God really does hear us, and actually changes his plans because of how he loves us. Exodus 32:12-14 This reminds me of when God was going to kill the Israelite and he didn't because Moses asked him not to. 12 Why should the Egyptians say, ‘It was with evil intent that he brought them out, to kill them in the mountains and to wipe them off the face of the earth’? Turn from your fierce anger; relent and do not bring disaster on your people. 13 Remember your servants Abraham, Isaac and Israel, to whom you swore by your own self: ‘I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and I will give your descendants all this land I promised them, and it will be their inheritance forever.’” 14 Then the Lord relented and did not bring on his people the disaster he had threatened. God could have totally killed them all off, but Moses asked and he did not. Many times I have read how God changes plans due to the prayers of his children. In this chapter it seems that its time for Hezekiah to die but he does not want to. I mean heaven sure does sound a whole lot better to me than living back, then or now for that matter but he was not ready to die. So God healed him, and gave him 15 more years. Here is the conversation: 2 kings 20:2 When Hezekiah heard this, he turned his face to the wall and prayed to the LORD, 3 "Remember, O LORD, how I have always tried to be faithful to you and do what is pleasing in your sight." Then he broke down and wept bitterly. 4 But before Isaiah had left the middle courtyard, this message came to him from the LORD: 5 "Go back to Hezekiah, the leader of my people. Tell him, 'This is what the LORD, the God of your ancestor David, says: I have heard your prayer and seen your tears. I will heal you, and three days from now you will get out of bed and go to the Temple of the LORD. Its amazing to me, just how much God cares. I guess I just never realized just how flexible that God can be with his children whom he loves. He let him him live the extra years and then he died and his son Manasseh became king for the next 55 years but didn't serve God, and here comes the those dreaded bales and Asharah poles. In 2 King 21 its always disturbing the horrible things that happen to children when things are out of order and people turn from God. 2 Kings 21:5 He built these altars for all the forces of heaven in both courtyards of the LORD's Temple. 6 Manasseh even sacrificed his own son in the fire. He practiced sorcery and divination, and he consulted with mediums and psychics. He did much that was evil in the LORD's sight, arousing his anger. Massasseh died and his son Amon became king at 22 years old. I guess his father didn't tell him about God, because he carried on the same things his father did, and reigned for two years. Then his servants killed him and his son Josiah became the next king.