This is the second to the last edition of the OT survey course that I taught. Since there is such a huge amount of material I no longer use a text as my basis but go chronologically through the history to help people fit in the prophets with what was going on in the nation. I spend a lot of time on Ahaz and Hezekiah and the various Assyrian attacks. I think the contrast between Ahaz and Hezekiah is a fascinating one in how they dealt with a foreign threat. Ahaz refuses to trust God even when God tells him to ask for whatever he wants, but goes to Assyria for help against the Syro-Ephramite threat. Hezekiah works to  build up Jerusalem and tries to enlist the Babylonians when the Assyrians come, but he ultimately trust God. I also read out of Sennacherib's account of the attack and we look at how it compares with the OT. This is a fascinating time period in the life of Israel and Judah. I also spend a good chunk of time on Jonah and how he fits into the history of the time period and what it would have been like for Jonah to preach to the Assyrians: perhaps something like a Jew preaching to the Nazis.