2 Kings 20:6

fifteen years See above on verse 1.

I will deliver thee and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria Some stress has been laid on these words as though they necessarily implied that Jerusalem was still besieged. The preposition rendered -out of" is literally -from", and if that be borne in mind there is no reason why the words should not refer to the continued protection which Hezekiah and his city enjoyed afterwards when Sennacherib had been driven away.

for mine own sake, and for my servant David's sake These words, which occur before in 2 Kings 19:34, are not found in Isaiah 38.