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In Hebrew, the passages of 2Kings Chapter 19 and Isaiah Chapter 37 are exactly the same:
http://faithofgod.net/Hebrew/tnk/kg2.htm#19:1
http://faithofgod.net/Hebrew/tnk/isa.htm#37:1

Here's the passages in English though translated by different authors during the reformation:

2 Kings 19

1When king Hezekiah heard that, he rent his clothes and put on sack, and went into the house of the LORD. 2Furthermore he sent Eliakim steward of the household and Sobnah the scribe, and the elders of the Priests clothed in sack, to Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz. 3And they said to him, thus sayeth Hezekiah: this day is a day of tribulation, rebuking and railing. Even as when the children are ready to be born, and the mothers have no power to be delivered. 4Oh that the LORD thy God would hear all the words of Rabsakeh whom the king of Assiria his master hath sent to rail on the living God, and to rebuke him with words which the LORD thy God hath heard. Wherefore lift up thy prayer for the remnant that are left. 5When the servants of king Hezekiah were come to Isaiah: 6Isaiah said to them: So shall we say to your master. Thus sayeth the LORD: be not afraid of the words thou heardest, with which the young men of the king of Assiria have railed on me. 7For I will send him a blast that he shall hear tidings, and so return to his own land: And I will overthrow him with the sword even in his own land. 8And Rabsakeh went back again and found the king of Assiria fighting against Lobnah: for he had heard how that he was departed from Lachis. 9And he heard tidings of Therhakah king of the black Moors, how that he was come out to fight against him. And thereupon he departed and sent messengers unto Hezekiah saying: 10Thus say to Hezekiah king of Juda, let not thy God carry thee out of the way, in whom thou so trustest saying: Jerusalem shall not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assiria. 11Behold, thou hast heard what the kings of Assiria have done to all lands, how they have utterly destroyed them. And how then shouldest thou escape? 12hath the gods of the heathen delivered them which mine ancestries have destroyed: as Gozan, Haran, Rezeph, and the children of Eden which were in Thelasar? 13where is the king of Hemath, the king of Arphad, the king of the city of Sepharuaim, and the king of Ana and the king of Auah? 14When Hezekiah had received the letter of the hand of the messenger and had read it: he went into the house of the LORD and laid it abroad before the LORD. 15And Hezekiah prayed before the LORD and said: LORD God of Israel which dwellest between the Cherubs, thou art God alone over all the kingdoms of the earth, and thou hast made both heaven and earth. 16LORD, bow thine ears and hear: Open LORD thine eyes and see: and hear the words of Sennaherib which hath sent to rail on the living God. 17But of a truth, LORD, the kings of Assiria have destroyed nations and their lands, 18and have set fire on their gods. For they were no Gods, but the work of the hands of man: even wood and stone. And therefore they destroyed them. 19Now therefore LORD our God, save thou us out of his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know, that thou LORD art God alone. 20And Isaiah the son of Amoz sent to Hezekiah saying: thus sayeth the LORD God of Israel, that thou hast prayed to me concerning Sennaherib king of Assiria, I have heard it. 21This is the thing that the LORD sayeth of him: he hath despised thee, O virgin daughter of Sihon: he hath shaked his head at thee, thou daughter of Jerusalem: 22whom hast thou railed on, and whom hast thou reviled? Against whom hast thou exalted thy voice, and hast lift up thine eyes so high? Even against the holy of Israel. 23By the hand of thy messengers thou hast railed on the Lord and said: with the multitude of my chariots I am come up to the height of the mountains even along by the sides of Libanon, and have cut off the high Cedar trees and the lusty fir trees thereof even to the wood of Carmel that belongeth thereto. 24I have digged and drunk strange waters, and have dried up with the soles of my feet pools enclosed. 25But hast thou not heard how I have ordained such a thing a great while ago, and have prepared it from the beginning? And now I bring it forth and it shall be to destroy and to bring strong cities in to rude heaps of stones. 26And the inhabiters of them shall be of little power, and faint hearted and confounded. They shall be like the grass of the field and green herbs, and as the hay on the tops of the houses which withereth or it come to any height. 27I wot where thou dwellest, and thy coming out and going in know I too, and how thou settest up thy bristles against me. 28And because thou settest up thy bristles against me, and that thy raging is come up to mine ears: therefore I will put a ring in thy nose and a bit in thy lips, and will bring thee back again the same way thou camest. 29And this shall be a sign unto thee: eat this year of the fruits of the seed that fell out, and the next year, that waxeth of itself. And the third year sow ye and reap, plant vineyards and eat the fruits thereof. 30For the daughter of Juda that is escaped and left, shall yet again take rooting downward and bear fruit upward. 31For out of Jerusalem shall go a remnant, and a number that shall escape out of mount Sion: the zeal of the LORD of Hosts shall bring this thing to pass. 32Wherefore thus sayeth the LORD, of the king of Assiria: he shall not come to this city, nor shoot arrow into it, nor come before with shield nor cast any bank against it: 33but shall go back again the way he came, and shall not come at his city sayeth the LORD. 34For I will defend this city and save it, for mine own sake and for David my servant's sake. 35And the self same night the Angel of the LORD went out and smote in the Host of the Assirians an hundredth and four score and five thousand. And when they were up early in the morning: behold, they were all dead corpses. 36And so Sennaherib king of Assiria avoided and departed and went again, and dwelt at Nineveh. 37And as he was in his devotion kneeling in the house of Nisroch his God, Adramelech and Sarafar smote him with the sword. And they escaped into the land of Ararat, and Asarhadon his son reigned in his stead.

Isaiah 37

1When Hezekiah heard that, he rent his clothes, put on sackcloth, and went in to the temple of the LORD. 2But he sent Eliakim the President, Sobna the Scribe, with the eldest priests clothed in sackcloth, unto the Prophet Esay the son of Amoz, 3and they said unto him: Thus sayeth Hezekiah: This is the day of trouble, of plague, and of wrath: like as when a child cometh to the birth, but the woman hath no power to bring it forth. 4The LORD thy God (no doubt) hath well considered the words of Rabsakeh, whom his lord the king of the Assyrians hath sent, to defy and blaspheme the living God: with such words as the LORD thy God hath heard right well. And therefore lift up thy prayer for the remnant, that yet are left. 5So the servants of king Hezekiah came to Esay. 6And Esay gave them this answer: say thus unto your lord: Thus sayeth the LORD: Be not afraid of the words that thou hast heard, wherewith the king of the Assyrians' servants have blasphemed me. 7Behold, I will cause a wind go over him, as soon as he heareth it, he shall go again into his country, there will I destroy him with the sword. 8Now when Rabsakeh returned, he found the king of Assyria laying siege to Lobnah, for he had understand, that he was departed from Lachis. 9For there came a rumour, that Tharhakah king of Ethiopia was come forth to war against him. And when the king of Assyeria heard that, he sent other messengers to king Hezekiah with this commandment: 10Say thus to Hezekiah king of Judah: Let not thy God deceive thee, in whom thou hopest, and sayest: Jerusalem shall not be given into the hands of the king of Assyria. 11For thou knowest well how the kings of Assyria have handled all the lands that they have subverted, and hopest thou to escape? 12Were the people of the Gentiles (whom my progenitors conquered) delivered at any time thorow their gods? As namely, Gozan, Haran, Rezeph, and the children of Eden, which dwell at Thalassar. 13Where is the king of Hemah, and the king of Arphad, and the king of the city Separvaim, Ena, and Ava? 14Now when Hezekiah had received the letter off the messengers, and read it, he went up into the house of the LORD, and opened the letter before the LORD. 15And Hezekiah prayed before the LORD on this manner: 16O LORD of Hosts, thou God of Israel, which dwellest upon Cherubin; Thou art the God, that only is God of all the kingdoms of the world, for thou only hast created heaven and earth. 17Incline thine ear LORD, and consider, open thine eyes, O LORD, and see, and ponder all the words of Sennacherib, which hath sent his embassage to blaspheme the living God. 18It is true, O LORD, that the kings of Assyria have conquered all kingdoms and lands, 19and cast their gods in the fire. Notwithstanding, those were no gods but the works of men's hands, of wood or stone, therefore have they destroyed them. 20Deliver us then, O LORD our God, from the hands of Sennacherib, that all kingdoms of the earth may know, that thou only art the LORD. 21Then Esay the son of Amoz sent unto Hezekiah, saying: Thus sayeth the LORD God of Israel: Whereas thou hast made thy prayer unto me, as touching Sennacherib, 22this is the answer, that the LORD hath given concerning him: Despised art thou, and mocked, O daughter of Sion, he hath shaken his head at thee, O daughter of Jerusalem. 23But thou Sennacherib, whom hast thou defied and blasphemed? And against whom hast thou lifted up thy voice, and exalted thy proud looks? even against the holy one of Israel. 24Thou with thy servants hast blasphemed the Lord, and thus holdest thou of thyself: I cover the high mountains, and sides of Libanus with my horsemen. And there will I cut down the high Cedar trees and the fairest Fir trees. I will up into the height of it, and into the chiefest of his timber woods. 25If there be no water, I will grave and drink. And as for waters of defense, I shall dry them up with the feet of mine Host. 26Yea (sayest thou) hast thou not heard, what I have taken in hand, and brought to pass of old time? That same will I do now also: waste, destroy, and bring the strong cities into heaps of stones. 27For their inhabiters shall be like lame men, brought in fear and confounded. They shall be like the grass and green herbs in the field, like the hay upon housetops, that withereth afore it be grown up. 28I know thy ways, thy going forth and thy coming home, yea and thy madness against me. 29Therefore thy furriousness against me, and thy pride is come before me. I will put a ring in thy nose, and a bridle bit in the chaws of thee, and turn thee about, even the same way thou camest. 30I will give thee also this token, (O Hezekiah) this year shalt thou eat that is kept in store, and the next year such as groweth of himself, and in the third year ye shall sow and reap, yea ye shall plant vineyards, and enjoy the fruits thereof. 31And such of the house of Judah as are escaped, shall come together, and the remnant shall take root beneath, and bring forth fruit above. 32For the escaped shall go out of Jerusalem, and the remnant from the mount Sion. And this shall the jealousy of the LORD of Hosts bring to pass. 33Therefore thus sayeth the LORD, concerning the king of the Assyrians: He shall not come into the city, and shall shoot no arrow into it, there shall no shride hurt it, neither shall they grave about it. 34The same way that he came, shall he return, and not come at this city, sayeth the LORD. 35And I will keep and save the city, sayeth he, for mine own, and for my servant David's sake. 36Thus the angel went forth, and slew of the Assyrians host, an hundredth and eighty five thousand. And when men arose up early (at Jerusalem:) Behold, all lay full of dead bodies. 37So Sennacherib the king of the Assyrians brake up, and dwelt at Nineve. 38Afterward it chanced, as he prayed in the temple of Nesrah his god, that Adramalech and Sarazer his own sons slew him with the sword, and fled into the land of Ararat. And Asarhadon his son reigned after him.

2Chronicles 36:22-23 is also the same as Ezra 1:1-3
http://faithofgod.net/Hebrew/tnk/ch2.htm#36:22
http://faithofgod.net/Hebrew/tnk/ezr.htm#1:1

2 Chronicles 36:22-23

22And the first year of Cyrus king of Persia to finish the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah, the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, that he made a proclamation thorowout all this kingdom, and thereto to set it up in writing, saying: 23Thus sayeth Cyrus king of Persia, all the kingdoms of the earth hath the LORD God of heaven given me, which hath charged me to build him an house in Jerusalem that is in the land of Juda. Wherefore whosoever is among you of all his people, the LORD his God be with him, and let him go up. The end of the second book of the Chronicles of the kings of Iuda.

Ezra 1:1-3

1In the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, (that the word of the LORD spoken by the mouth of Jeremy might be fulfilled) the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, that he caused it to be proclaimed thorowout all his empire, yea and by writing also, saying: 2Thus sayeth Cyrus the king of Persia: The LORD God of heaven hath given me all the kingdoms of the land and hath commanded me to build him an house at Jerusalem in Judah. 3Whosoever now among you is of his people, the LORD his God be with him, and let him go up to Jerusalem in Judah, and build the house of the LORD God of Israel. He is the God that is at Jerusalem.

Some carnally may say: "What author copied who?"

But the spiritual minded will remember:

Malachi 3:6

For I am the LORD that change not, and ye (O children of Jacob) will not leave off:

Hebrews 13:8

Jesus Christ yesterday and today, and the same continueth for ever.

2 Timothy 2:11-13

11It is a true saying: If we be dead with him, we also shall live with him; 12If we be patient, we shall also reign with him; If we deny him, he also shall deny us; 13If we believe not, yet abideth he faithful; He cannot deny himself.

And instead of exegesis; Here's the simplexes:

I. Faith of God.
a.) The New Testament has the definition of faith:

Hebrews 11:1-2

1Faith is a sure confidence of things which are hoped for, and a certainty of things which are not seen. 2By it the elders were well reported of.

...

Hebrews 11:6

but without faith it is unpossible to please him. For he that cometh to God, must believe that God is, and that he is a rewarder of them that seek him.

b.) We may not see the author, but we know he is there as it is written:

2 Peter 1:21

For the scripture came never by the will of man: but wholy men of God spake as they were moved by the wholy ghost.

c.) Having faith of God, honoring the way he reveals himself, even
gives us more faith about the possibility on how the hidden author
used different men in distant times to pen down the same exact
prophecy (in this case even a portion taken word for word.)

Matthew 19:26

Jesus beheld them, and said unto them: With men this is unpossible, but with God all things are possible.

hmm.. now that i think about it, it perhaps is the reason to have named the internet site: http://faithofgod.net

Notwithstanding, carnally we all have a tendency to:

II. Having Faith of men and in men;
Even the definition of the word "faith" itself can be problematic the way it is grasped or honored, even like the dictionary presumably limits faith:

Code:

1. Confident belief in the truth, value, or trustworthiness of a person, idea, or thing.
2. Belief that does not rest on logical proof or material evidence.
3. Loyalty to a person or thing; allegiance: keeping faith with one's supporters. (The body of dogma of a religion)
The American Heritage? Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

Romans 8:8

So then they that are given to the flesh, cannot please God.

Psalms 118:8

It is better to trust in the LORD, than to put any confidence in man.