HEZEKIAH’S SICKNESS AND RECOVERY
CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.—
2 Kings 20:1. IN THOSE DAYS WAS HEZEKIAH SICK—The Assyrian invasion
occurred in the fourteenth year of his reign (2 Kings 18:13), and now
fifteen more years are to be added (2 Kings 20:6), making twenty-nine
years, the total length... [ Continue Reading ]
CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.—
2 Kings 20:12. MERODACH-BALADAN, KING OF BABYLON—This is the first
mention of a king of Babylon in Bible history, for hitherto Babylon
had only viceroys sent from the Assyrian court. The name
“_Merodach_” is that of the Babylonian Mars. He has been variously
identif... [ Continue Reading ]