# What did Hezekiah pray for Yahweh to do? First, Hezekiah asked Yahweh to hear and listen and to open his eyes and see all the words in Sennacherib's letter. Second, Hezekiah asked Yahweh to save Jerusalem from Sennacherib's hand. # What reason did Hezekiah give as motivation for God to save Jerusalem from Sennacherib? Hezekiah wanted Yahweh to save Jerusalem from Sennacheri so that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that Yahweh alone is God."