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Isaiah 39:2

ISAIAH—NOTE ON Isaiah 39:2 Hezekiah welcomed them gladly. The man whose faith stood firm against Assyrian intimidation now melts in the face of Babylonian flattery. He is foolish not to look for ulterior motives and is unguarded in his openness to their visit.

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See also Isaiah 39:2 in other biblical comments:

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    AND HEZEKIAH WAS GLAD OF THEM - Possibly he regarded himself as flattered by an embassage from so great a distance, and so celebrated a place as Babylon. It is certain that he erred in some way in reg...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    CHAPTER 39 Hezekiah's Self-Exaltation 1. _The ambassadors of Merodach-baladan (Isaiah 39:1)_ 2. _Hezekiah's boasting (Isaiah 39:2)_ 3. _Isaiah's inquiry (Isaiah 39:3)_ 4. The Babylonian captivity ann...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    GLAD OF THEM. This is further Divine information, given by Him Who knew Hezekiah's heart. 2 Kings 20:13 records what Hezekiah did: viz. "hearkened unto them". Man could see the _ear,_ but only Jehovah...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _And Hezekiah was glad of them_ Not only was his vanity flattered, but the arrival of the envoys fell in with political projects to which he was even then too ready to lend his ear. The reading is dec...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    AND HEZEKIAH WAS GLAD, &C.— This action of Hezekiah favoured of great weakness, as nothing more strongly excites the enmity of neighbouring states, than such an unseasonable display of riches: it favo...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    D. PRESUMPTION, CHAPTER 39 1. PRIDE TEXT: Isaiah 39:1-4 1 At that time Merodachbaladan the son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters and a present to Hezekiah; for he heard that he had been sic...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    And Hezekiah was glad of them, and shewed them the house of his precious things, the silver, and the gold, and the spices, and the precious ointment, and all the house of his armour, and all that was...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    39:2 oil, (a-27) Or 'precious ointment,' as Ecclesiastes 7:1 ....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    ALLIANCE WITH BABYLON DENOUNCED Conclusion of the historical appendix. The chapter belongs to the period when Merodach-Baladan of Babylon was making efforts to bring the various peoples of W. Asia int...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    ISAIAH: GOD CONTROLS THE NATIONS GOD DEFENDS *JERUSALEM ISAIAH CHAPTER S 31 TO 39 _NORMAN HILLYER_ CHAPTER 39 This chapter uses almost the same words as 2 Kings 20:12-19. VISITORS FROM BABYLO...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    Hezekiah tried to impress the *Babylonian visitors with his wealth. • But probably there was also a political reason. He wanted to show that he was well able to help in any war against the *Assyrian...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    SHEWED THEM THE HOUSE OF HIS PRECIOUS THINGS. — This fixes the date of the embassy at a time prior to the payment to Sennacherib (2 Kings 18:15), unless we were to assume that the treasury had been re...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וַ יִּשְׂמַ֣ח עֲלֵיהֶם֮ חִזְקִיָּהוּ֒ וַ יַּרְאֵ֣ם...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    CHAPTER XXV AN OLD TESTAMENT BELIEVER'S SICKBED; OR, THE DIFFERENCE CHRIST HAS MADE DATE UNCERTAIN Isaiah 38:1; Isaiah 39:1 To the great national drama of Jerusalem's deliverance, there have been...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    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

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    This brief chapter tells the story of Hezekiah's folly. After his recovery an embassy came from Babylon ostensibly to congratulate him. That their real motive was sinister is evident from the attitude...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    And Hezekiah was (c) glad of them, and showed them the house of his precious things, the silver, and the gold, and the spices, and the precious ointment, and all the house of his armour, and all that...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    2._And Hezekiah was glad _The Prophet performs the part of the historian; for he merely relates what Hezekiah did, and will afterwards explain why he did it; that is, that Hezekiah, blinded by ambitio...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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:...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    AND HEZEKIAH WAS GLAD OF THEM,.... Not of the presents, for he was very rich, and stood in no need of them, nor does it appear that he was covetous; but of the ambassadors, and of the honour that was...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    And Hezekiah, flattered by the attention shown him by this mighty power, WAS GLAD OF THEM, pleased by their visit, AND SHOWED THEM THE HOUSE OF HIS PRECIOUS THINGS, where he stored all the highest val...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    THE BABYLONIAN EMBASSY AND ITS CONSEQUENCES. Encouraged by the reverses which the Assyrian forces suffered in Syria, one of the viceroys of Babylon, the Chaldean Merodach-baladan, made himself, for a...

  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    PRECIOUS THINGS: Or, spicery ARMOR: Or, jewels. _Heb._ vessels or instruments...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    No text from Poole on this verse....

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Isaiah 39:2 Hezekiah H2396 pleased H8055 (H8799) showed H7200 (H8686) house H1004 treasures H5238 silver H3701 gold...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    ‘And Hezekiah was glad of them, and showed them the house of his precious things, the silver, and the gold, and the spices, and the precious oil, and all the house of his armour, and all that was foun...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Hezekiah's folly. Babylonian captivity of Judah foretold. CHARACTERS: Isaiah, Merodach-baladan, Hezekiah. CONCLUSION: It is folly for one whom God has dignified to be overproud of the resp...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Isaiah 39:1. _Merodach-Baladan._ He is called Berodach in 2 Kings 20:12; and being the son of Baladan, he joined his father's name to his own. Merodach is the name of an idol, and Baladan the name of...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Merodach-baladan, the son of Baladan, King of Babylon, sent letters and a present to Hezekiah_ MERODACH-BALADAN Marduk-apal-iddina, son of Yakin, is the Chaldean ruler who more than any other vassa...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _And Hezekiah was glad of them_ HEZEKIAH’S GREAT MISTAKE Look at Hezekiah; as he takes the men round he says in effect, What an ally I would make if Babylon should ever be in trouble! Or, What an op...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    HEZEKIAH’S STRENGTH AND WEAKNESS Isaiah 39:1. _At that time Merodach-baladan, &c._ A study of the character of Hezekiah is profoundly instructive. The sacred writers impartially present him to us in...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION This chapter is parallel with 2 Kings 20:12, and scarcely differs from it at all. Verse I has the additional words, "and was recovered;" 2 Kings 20:2, the phrase, "was glad of them," for "h...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    At that time Merodachbaladan, the son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters and a present to Hezekiah: for he heard that he had been sick, and that he had recovered (Isaiah 39:1). Now here's anot...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 John 1:8; 1 Kings 10:10; 1 Kings 10:15; 1 Kings 10:2; 1 Kings 10:25

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