Hezekiah Spreads the Letter before the LORD

The letter is spread before the LORD who sits between the cherubim

And Hezekiah received the letter from the hand of the messengers, and read it: and Hezekiah went up unto the house of the LORD, and spread it before the LORD. And Hezekiah prayed unto the LORD, saying, O LORD of hosts, God of Israel, that dwellest between the cherubims, thou art the God, even thou alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth: thou hast made heaven and earth.

Paper is laid on the temple floor. The prayer begins with the enthroned creator, not with Judah's military honor. This is not nationalism. The God of all kingdoms is not a mascot.

Handmade gods are distinguished, and deliverance is asked so that kingdoms may know

Incline thine ear, O LORD, and hear; open thine eyes, O LORD, and see: and hear all the words of Sennacherib, which hath sent to reproach the living God. Of a truth, LORD, the kings of Assyria have laid waste all the nations, and their countries, and have cast their gods into the fire: for they were no gods, but the work of men's hands, wood and stone: therefore they have destroyed them. Now therefore, O LORD our God, save us from his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that thou art the LORD, even thou only.

The king grants the empire's facts about burned idols and denies the inference. Rescue is requested so that the earth knows the living God, not so that Judah can become the next empire. War propaganda and present-enemy mapping would steal the prayer.