Hezekiah probably died in 687 *BC. The 15 years that God gave him shows the date of the king’s illness to be about 702 *BC.
• Later that same year (702 *BC), Merodach-Baladan’s second period as king of the country called Babylon (see Isaiah 39:1) came to an end. Sennacherib defeated him.
THE GOD OF DAVID THY FATHER - David is mentioned here, probably, because Hezekiah had a strong resemblance to him 2 Kings 18:3, and because a long and happy reign had been granted to David; and also b...
CHAPTER 38 Hezekiah's Sickness and Healing 1. _Isaiah's startling message (Isaiah 38:1)_ 2. _Hezekiah's prayer (Isaiah 38:2)_ 3. _The prayer heard and the sign (Isaiah 38:4)_ 4. The king's sorrow and...
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...
THE GOD OF DAVID. This Divine title reminds and assures Hezekiah that Jehovah would be faithful to His promise made to David in 2 Samuel 7. See App-67 and note on 2 Kings 20:5. FIFTEEN YEARS. Hence t...
The verse is greatly abbreviated from 2 Kings 20:5. After _Hezekiah_the words "the captain of my people" are omitted; and also the sentence "I will heal thee: on the third day thou shalt go up unto th...
C. PROSTRATION, CHAPTER 38 1. PERPLEXITY TEXT: Isaiah 38:1-8 1 In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death. And Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz came to him, and said unto him, Thus saith Jehovah....
Go, and say to Hezekiah, Thus saith the LORD, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will add unto thy days fifteen years. THE GOD OF DAVID THY FATH...
TO HEZEKIAH IN HIS SICKNESS ISAIAH promises 15 more years of life, and confirms the promise by a sign. 9-20. Hezekiah's song of thanksgiving. 21, 22. The remedy for the king's disease was suggested...
SICKNESS AND RECOVERY OF HEZEKIAH Continuation of the historical appendix to Isaiah's prophecies. The chapter is parallel to 2 Kings 20:1 (where see notes), but contains a considerable addition in the...
FIFTEEN YEARS] Hezekiah's sickness therefore befell him in his 14th year (714): see on Isaiah 36:1. Though some long time before Sennacherib's great invasion, danger was already apprehended from Assyr...
FIFTEEN YEARS. — The words fix the date of the illness, taking the received chronology, as B.C. 713. The next verse shows that there was danger at the time to be apprehended from Assyria, but does not...
הָלֹ֞וךְ וְ אָמַרְתָּ֣ אֶל ־חִזְקִיָּ֗הוּ כֹּֽה...
CHAPTER XI DRIFTING TO EGYPT 720-705 13. B.C. Isaiah 20:1; Isaiah 21:1; Isaiah 38:1; Isaiah 39:1 FROM 720, when chapter 11 m
BOOK 4 JERUSALEM AND SENNACHERIB 701 B.C. INTO this fourth book we put all the rest of the prophecies of the Book of Isaiah, that have to do with the prophet's own time: Chapter s 1, 22 and 33, wi...
In this chapter we have the story of the sickness of Hezekiah. That sickness would seem to have been intimately connected with the invasion of Sennacherib, for in Isaiah's message to Hezekiah that his...
5._Thus saith Jehovah the God of David thy father. _At first, when he struck terror alone, he reckoned it enough to mention the bare and simple name of God, to whose heavenly judgmentseat he summoned...
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:...
GO AND SAY TO HEZEKIAH,.... Turn again, and tell him, 2 Kings 20:5: THUS SAITH THE LORD THE GOD OF DAVID THY FATHER; this is said, to show that he remembered the covenant he made with David his fath...
Go, and say to Hezekiah, Thus saith the LORD, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will add unto thy days fifteen years. Ver. 5. See 2 Kings 20:5 _Se...
_In those days was Hezekiah sick_ See notes on 2 Kings 20:1....
Go and say to Hezekiah, Thus saith the Lord, the God of David, thy father, for whose sake he gave so many evidences of His goodness and mercy to many of the kings of Judah, I HAVE HEARD THY PRAYER, I...
HEZEKIAH'S ILLNESS AND RECOVERY...
1-8 When we pray in our sickness, though God send not to us such an answer as he here sent to Hezekiah, yet, if by his Spirit he bids us be of good cheer, assures us that our sins are forgiven, and th...
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Isaiah 38:5 Go H1980 (H8800) tell H559 (H8804) Hezekiah H2396 says H559 (H8804) LORD H3068 God...
HEZEKIAH'S ILLNESS AND THE GREAT SIGN (ISAIAH 38:1). The centrality and importance of this chapter must not be overlooked. It was God's final attempt to woo over the reigning house of David to a life...
CONTENTS: Hezekiah's sickness and recovery in answer to prayer. CHARACTERS: God, Isaiah, Hezekiah. CONCLUSION: Neither men's greatness nor goodness will exempt them from the arrests of sickness. If o...
Isaiah 38:1. _Set thine house in order, for thou shalt die, and not live._ This burden of the Lord placed the prophet in a critical situation. God saw that nothing milder than this harsh and tremendou...
_I have heard thy prayer_ WAS HEZEKIAH’S RECOVERY AN UNMITIGATED BLESSING? Most of us who have had some experience of life, have seen instances in which a man who has set his heart too fondly upon on...
_In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death_ HEZEKIAH’S SICKNESS: THE HISTORICAL FRAMEWORK It cannot surprise us now to be carried back to the time when Jerusalem was still under the despotic sceptre...
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 38:1 Man at his best cannot be trusted; as seen in these chapters, he is often self-centered and short-sighted. God himself is the only hope of his people. (See note on 36:1–39:8...
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 38:5 THE GOD OF DAVID YOUR FATHER. God emphasizes his own covenant faithfulness to David as the basis for his answer to Hezekiah’s prayer....
HEZEKIAH’S PRAYER Isaiah 38:1 In this narrative there are three points of difficulty and many points of instruction. I. THREE POINTS OF DIFFICULTY. 1. _Why was Hezekiah afraid to die?_ Answer: (1.)...
SECTION II.—HEZEKIAH'S ILLNESS, AND THE EMBASSY OF MERODACH-BALADAN (Isaiah 38:1; Isaiah 39:1.). EXPOSITION The present chapte
In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death. And Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz came unto him, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Set your house in order: for you shall die, and not live (Isai...
1 Chronicles 17:2; 1 John 5:14; 1 John 5:15; 1 Kings 11:12; 1