EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries
Isaiah 37:1
Hezekiah goes to the *Temple. Probably his prayer is like the one in verses 15-20 of this chapter.
Hezekiah goes to the *Temple. Probably his prayer is like the one in verses 15-20 of this chapter.
CHAPTER XXXVII _Hezekiah is greatly distressed, and sends to Isaiah the prophet_ _to pray for him_, 1-4. _Isaiah returns a comfortable answer, and predicts the_ _destruction of the king of Assyria...
WHEN KING HEZEKIAH HEARD IT - Heard the account of the words of Rabshakeh Isaiah 36:22. THAT HE RENT HIS CLOTHES - (See the note at Isaiah 36:22). HE COVERED HIMSELF WITH SACKCLOTH - (See the note at
CHAPTER 37 Hezekiah in the House of the Lord and Sennacherib's Second Attempt 1. _Hezekiah's humiliation and Isaiah sent for (Isaiah 37:1)_ 2. _The message from the prophet (Isaiah 37:6)_ 3. Rabshake...
ISAIAH 36-39. This section has been extracted from 2 Kings 18:13 to 2 Kings 20:19, and the Song of Hezekiah has been added. For an exposition see the notes on 2 K.; here we have simply to deal with th...
WENT INTO THE HOUSE OF THE LORD. See Hezekiah's reference to his love for, and use of, the Temple in his "Songs of the Degrees" (Psalms 122:1; Psalms 122:9; Psalms 134:1;...
_went_into _the house of the Lord_ See Isaiah 37:14. Cf. 1 Kings 8:33-34....
B. PERSEVERANCE, CHAPTER 37 1. THE PLEA TEXT: Isaiah 37:1-7 1 And it came to pass, when king Hezekiah heard it, that he rent his clothes, and covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the house...
And it came to pass, when king Hezekiah heard it, that he rent his clothes, and covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the house of the LORD. SACKCLOTH - (note, .) HOUSE OF THE LORD - the su...
7. SEND.. HIM] RV 'put a spirit in him.'...
XXXVII. (1) COVERED HIMSELF WITH SACKCLOTH. — The king was probably accompanied by his ministers, all in the penitential sackcloth of mourners (Joel 1:8; Jonah 3:5)....
וַ יְהִ֗י כִּ שְׁמֹ֨עַ֙ הַ מֶּ֣לֶךְ חִזְקִיָּ
CHAPTER XXVI HAD ISAIAH A GOSPEL FOR THE INDIVIDUAL? THE two narratives, in which Isaiah's career culminates-that of the Deliverance of Jerusalem Isaiah 36:1; Isaiah 37:1 and that of the Recovery of...
Penitently, went Hezekiah immediately into the house of the Lord, while he sent messengers to Isaiah. The prophet sent them back with words of encouragement, declaring that God would deliver them. In...
And it came to pass, when king Hezekiah heard [it], that he (a) tore his clothes, and covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the house of the LORD. (a) In sign of grief and repentance....
_Sackcloth. Emblems of repentance. Sennacherib's boasting (ver. 13.) was chastised, ver. 36. (Worthington)_...
Isaiah 37:1...
1._And it came to pass. _The Prophet declares that the only hope of safety that was left to the pious king was to bring his complaints before God as a righteous judge; as it is said in the Psalm, that...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 36, 37, 38, AND 39. Chapter s 36-39 relate the history of the invasion of Sennacherib, its result, and the sickness unto death of Hezekiah, which preceded it:...
AND IT CAME TO PASS, WHEN KING HEZEKIAH HEARD IT,.... The report that his ministers made to him of the blasphemies and threatenings of Rabshakeh, the general of the Assyrian army: THAT HE RENT HIS CL...
And it came to pass, when king Hezekiah heard [it], that he rent his clothes, and covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the house of the LORD. Ver. 1. See 2 Kings 18:1,37 2Ki 19:1-37 with the...
THE EFFECT OF SENNACHERIB'S BOAST UPON HEZEKIAH...
And it came to pass, when King Hezekiah heard it, namely, the report of his envoys, that he rent his clothes and covered himself with sackcloth, the depth of his grief and distress being shown by the...
ISAIAH CHAPTER 37 Hezekiah mourneth, and sendeth to Isaiah to pray for them, ISAIAH 37:1. He comforteth them, ISAIAH 37:6,7. Sennacherib, called away against the king of the Ethiopians, sendeth a blas...
Isaiah 37:1 King H4428 Hezekiah H2396 heard H8085 (H8800) tore H7167 (H8799) clothes H899 covered H3680 ...
KING HEZEKIAH PLEADS FOR THE INTERCESSION OF ISAIAH (ISAIAH 37:1). Isaiah 37:1 ‘And it came about that when king Hezekiah heard it, he tore his clothes and covered himself with sackcloth, and went i...
CONTENTS: Jehovah's message to the people by Isaiah. Sennacherib's message to Hezekiah. Hezekiah's prayer and Jehovah's answer. Destruction of Assyrians. CHARACTERS: God, Hezekiah, Eliakim, Shebna, I...
Isaiah 37:3. _This is a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and of blasphemy._ What moral idea can we form of a conqueror? A man hailed, adored, and applauded by the world. History is full of his fame, and...
_Hezekiah. .. rent his clothes. .. and went into the house of the Lord_ THE DISTRESS, OF HEZEKIAH Hezekiah was probably weak in body, and therefore had lost true courage of soul. (_J. Parker, D. D....
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 37:1 Unlike his faithless father Ahaz in ch. Isaiah 7:1, Hezekiah responds to a crisis by turning to God and seeking a word from him....
A FOOLISH KING AND A WISE ONE Isaiah 37:1. _And it came to pass, &c._ The message to which our text refers was sent by a foolish king to a wise one. Look at them both. I. THE FOOLISH KING. Sennacher...
EXPOSITION This chapter is the sequel of the preceding, and is so closely connected with it that the two really constitute but one narrative. Isaiah 37:22 of Isaiah 36:1. is more closely connected wit...
And it came to pass, when king Hezekiah heard it, that he tore his clothes (Isaiah 37:1), Yeah, man, it is bad. Rip, you know. and he covered himself with sackcloth (Isaiah 37:1), Now sackcloth was...
2 Kings 19:1; 2 Kings 22:11; Ezra 9:5; Isaiah 36:22; Jeremiah 36:24;