Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary
2 Kings 20:4
The middle court - i. e., of the royal palace. This is preferable to the marginal reading.
The middle court - i. e., of the royal palace. This is preferable to the marginal reading.
Verse 2 Kings 20:4. _INTO THE MIDDLE COURT_] הצר _hatstser, the court_. This is the reading of the Masoretic _Keri_: העיר haair, "of the city," is the reading of the text, and of most MSS.; but the _v...
3. HEZEKIAH'S ILLNESS, RECOVERY, FAILURE, AND DEATH CHAPTER 20 _ 1. Hezekiah's illness and recovery (2 Kings 20:1; 2 Chronicles 32:24)_ 2. Hezekiah's failure (2 Kings 20:12;...
SICKNESS OF HEZEKIAH. This is related in the parallel passage, Isaiah 38, in a much abbreviated form, save that it adds the prayer of Hezekiah after his recovery. Isaiah 38 omits 2 Kings 20:4 (Isaiah...
CAME. The only occurrence of this in the case of Isaiah. Compare Genesis 15:1....
into _the middle court_ R.V. MIDDLE PART OF THE CITY. The variation is due to a difference of reading, the R.V. translating, as is nearly always the case, the _Kethib_. The LXX. and most of the versio...
III. HEZEKIAH'S PERSONAL CRISIS 20:1-19 The chronological placement of the episode related in chapter 20 is problematic. That the events of this chapter are earlier than the crushing defeat of Sennach...
_AND IT CAME TO PASS, AFORE ISAIAH WAS GONE OUT INTO THE MIDDLE COURT, THAT THE WORD OF THE LORD CAME TO HIM, SAYING,_ Afore Isaiah was gone out into the middle court - of the royal castle....
20:4 city (b-14) It appears to mean the 'lower town.'...
HEZEKIAH'S SICKNESS AND RECOVERY 1. In those days] The incidents related in this chapter probably took place _before_ Sennacherib's invasion, for (_a_) the deliverance from the Assyrians is still futu...
THE MIDDLE COURT] RV 'the middle part of the city.'...
THE LAST KINGS OF *ISRAEL AND *JUDAH BOOK OF 2 KINGS _PHILIP SMITH_ CHAPTER 20 HEZEKIAH’S ILLNESS V1 During that time, Hezekiah became ill. He almost died. The *prophet Isaiah, son of Amoz, wen...
INTO THE MIDDLE COURT. — This is the reading of some Heb. MSS., and of all the versions. The Hebrew text (_city;_ see margin) is wrong. Before Isaiah had left the precincts of the palace, he was bidde...
וַ יְהִ֣י יְשַׁעְיָ֔הוּ לֹ֣א יָצָ֔א _חָצֵ֖ר_† הַ...
HEZEKIAH'S SICKNESS, AND THE EMBASSY FROM BABYLON 2 Kings 20:1 "Thou hast loved me out of the pit of nothingness," - Isaiah 38:17 (A.V, margin) "See the shadow of the dial In the lot of every one...
THE SHADOW TURNED BACK ON LIFE'S DIAL 2 Kings 20:1 What a contrast between Hezekiah and the Apostle Paul! To the great Christian hero, death seemed infinitely desirable. He was ready to be offered; i...
In this chapter we have the account of the last days of Hezekiah. From a severe sickness he was delivered in answer to prayer and by the intervention of the prophet. He again manifested weakness durin...
_Court. Hebrew her, "city:" but in the margin, (Calmet) etsor. Septuagint Greek aule, "hall," or court, is retained, and followed by the Chaldean. (Calmet) --- Protestants, "the middle court." (Haydoc...
How delightful are those gracious answers of a most gracious God! not that there was any change in the divine mind, but that the Lord, having in his providence induced a state which, under grace, shal...
"And he sent Eliakim, which was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and the elders of the priests covered with sackcloth to Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz" (2 Kings 19:1-37). He goes to Je...
We find here again in a figure the principle with which Israel's deliverance, and that of all men, is connected-a principle pointed out in Elisha, and accomplished in Jesus. Hezekiah is raised as from...
AND IT CAME TO PASS, AFORE ISAIAH WAS GONE OUT INTO THE MIDDLE COURT,.... Of the king's palace, which is called the other court within the porch, 1 Kings 7:8 so it is according to the marginal reading...
And it came to pass, afore Isaiah was gone out into the middle court, that the word of the LORD came to him, saying, Ver. 4. _Before Isaiah was gone out into the middle court._] So the _Chetib._ Or,...
_Afore Isaiah was gone out into the middle court_ Namely, of the king's palace. This is mentioned to show God's great readiness to hear the prayers of his children. _Thus saith the God of thy father D...
1 Hezekiah hauing receiued a message of death, by prayer hath his life lengthned. 8 The [HEZEKIAH SICKE.] Sunne goeth tenne degrees backward, for a signe of that promise. 12 Berodach Baladan sendi...
And it came to pass, afore Isaiah was gone out into the middle court, he had not yet left the middle city, Mount Zion, where the royal palace was situated, THAT THE WORD OF THE LORD CAME TO HIM, SAYIN...
Hezekiah's Sickness...
FIFTEEN YEARS ADDED TO HEZEKIAH'S LIFE (vv.1-11) "In those days was Hezekiah sick and near death" (v.1). This took place about the time that Assyria captured the fortified cities of Judah (ch.18:13)...
COURT: Or, city...
1-11 Hezekiah was sick unto death, in the same year in which the king of Assyria besieged Jerusalem. A warning to prepare for death was brought to Hezekiah by Isaiah. Prayer is one of the best prepar...
INTO THE MIDDLE COURT, to wit, of the king's palace; of which SEE POOLE ON "1 KINGS 7:8". Or, _into the middle city_, as it is in the Hebrew. For some observe that there were three cities, or three pa...
2 Kings 20:4 Isaiah H3470 out H3318 (H8804) middle H8484 court H2691 (H8675) H5892 word H1697 LORD...
HEZEKIAH BECOMES MORTALLY ILL BUT IS HEALED BY ISAIAH IN ANSWER TO PRAYER (2 KINGS 20:1). Hezekiah's illness is now mentioned, not because it was important in itself, but because in different ways it...
2 Kings 20:1. _In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death. And the prophet Isaiah the son of Amoz came to him, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Set thine house in order; for thou shalt die, and...
CONTENTS: Hezekiah's illness and recovery. CHARACTERS: God, Hezekiah, Isaiah, Berodach-baladan. CONCLUSION: Neither greatness nor goodness can exempt us from sickness, yet often when the death sente...
2 Kings 20:1. _In those days;_ the year after Hezekiah's deliverance from the Assyrians, and the fifteenth of his reign. 2 Kings 20:11. _He brought the shadow ten degrees backward._ Signs of the truth...
_In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death._ THE BLESSING OF SICKNESS A Christian man of intense business enterprise and activity was laid aside by sickness. He who never would intermit his labours...
2 KINGS—NOTE ON 2 KINGS 20:4 THE MIDDLE COURT was the area between the temple and the palace. Isaiah is on his way back to the temple. ⇐...
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...
EXPOSITION 2 KINGS 20:1 ILLNESS OF HEZEKIAH AND EMBASSY OF MERODACH-BALADAN. HEZEKIAH'S DEATH. The writer proceeds to relate an illness and a recovery of Hezekiah, which happened about the midd
Now in those days Hezekiah was very sick (2 Kings 20:1). Actually he was dying. And Isaiah came to him, and said, Thus saith the LORD, Set your house in order; for you're going to die, and not live...
1 Kings 7:8; 2 Kings 22:14...
Court — Of the king's palace. This is noted to shew God's great readiness to hear the prayers of his children....