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Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

2 Kings 20:6

The king of Assyria in 714 and 713 B.C. was Sargon (B.C. 721-705). If then the Biblical and Assyrian chronologies which agree exactly in the year of the taking of Samaria (721 B.C.), are to be depended on, the king of Assyria here must have been Sargon. It may be conjectured that he had taken offence at something in the conduct of Hezekiah, and have threatened Jerusalem about this time (compare Isaiah 20:6). There is, however, no evidence of actual hostilities between Judaea and Assyria in Sargon’s reign.

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse 2 Kings 20:6. _I WILL ADD UNTO THY DAYS FIFTEEN YEARS_] This is the _first_ and _only_ man who was ever informed of the _term of his_ _life_. And was this a _privilege_! Surely no. If Hezekiah...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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;...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    FIFTEEN YEARS. 603-588 B.C. DEFEND. be. shield to. Compare 2 Kings 19:34. MY SERVANT DAVID'S SAKE. See note on 2 Kings 20:5 and Psalms 132....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _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 Jerus...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    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...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _AND I WILL ADD UNTO THY DAYS FIFTEEN YEARS; AND I WILL DELIVER THEE AND THIS CITY OUT OF THE HAND OF THE KING OF ASSYRIA; AND I WILL DEFEND THIS CITY FOR MINE OWN SAKE, AND FOR MY SERVANT DAVID'S SAK...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    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...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    I WILL ADD UNTO THY DAYS FIFTEEN YEARS. — In the Jewish reckoning fourteen years and a fraction of a year would count as fifteen years. With this very definite prediction comp. Isaiah 7:8; Isaiah 23:1...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וְ הֹסַפְתִּ֣י עַל ־יָמֶ֗יךָ חֲמֵ֤שׁ עֶשְׂרֵה֙...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    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...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    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...

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

    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...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Assyrians. It is commonly supposed that this alludes to Sennacherib. But it might refer to his son, who was sending an army, Isaias xx. 1. We ought not to alter the scriptural order of the transactio...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    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...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    "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...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    AND I WILL ADD UNTO THY DAYS FIFTEEN YEARS,.... Isaiah 38:5 AND I WILL DELIVER THEE, AND THIS CITY, OUT OF THE HAND OF THE KING OF ASSYRIA; by which it appears that this sickness and recovery were b...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    And I will add unto thy days fifteen years; and I will deliver thee and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria; and I will defend this city for mine own sake, and for my servant David's sake...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _I will add to thy days fifteen years_ Beyond what thou dost now expect, and beyond the time thou wouldst live if I left thee to the force of thy disease. We have not an instance of any other who was...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    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...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    And I will add unto thy days fifteen years; and I will deliver thee and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria, who had started on his expedition against Jerusalem in this year, 2 Kings 18:1...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Hezekiah's Sickness...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    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)...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    FIFTEEN YEARS beyond what thou dost expect, and beyond what thou wouldst do if I should leave thee to the force of thy disease. OUT OF THE HAND OF THE KING OF ASSYRIA; this is added, either, first, Be...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    2 Kings 20:6 add H3254 (H8689) days H3117 fifteen H2568 H6240 years H8141 deliver H5337 (H8686) city...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _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...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    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...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    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

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    2 Chronicles 32:22; 2 Kings 19:34; Acts 27:24; Isaiah 10:24;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Fifteen years — We have not an instance of any other, who was told before — hand just how long, he should live. God has wisely kept us at uncertainties, that we may be always ready....

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