Hezekiah said to Isaiah Or rather, had said; for it is evident this was said before his recovery, though his recovery be mentioned before it. What shall be the sign that the Lord will heal me? He asks a sign, not because he distrusted the divine promise, but for the strengthening of his faith, which otherwise might have been shaken by the greatness of his danger, and by the contradiction between this and the prophet's former message.
Verse 2 Kings 20:8. _WHAT_ SHALL BE _THE SIGN_] He wished to be fully convinced that his cure was to be entirely supernatural; and, in order to this, he seeks one miracle to prove the truth of the oth...
AND HEZEKIAH SAID - Previous to the actual recovery, Hezekiah, who at first may have felt himself no better, asked for a “sign” that he would indeed be restored to health. Asking for a sign is a pious...
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...
WHAT SHALL BE THE SIGN... ? Contrast Ahaz (Isaiah 7:11; Isaiah 7:12). GO UP INTO THE HOUSE OF THE LORD. See note on 2 Kings 19:14, and App-67....
_What_shall be _the sign_ The king would have some token at once that the promise made to him should come to pass, and though the time was out very brief to wait, yet his request is granted. In Isaiah...
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 HEZEKIAH SAID UNTO ISAIAH, WHAT SHALL BE THE SIGN THAT THE LORD WILL HEAL ME, AND THAT I SHALL GO UP INTO THE HOUSE OF THE LORD THE THIRD DAY?_ What shall be the sign that the Lord will heal me....
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...
WHAT _shall be_ THE SIGN, etc.] 2 Kings 20:8 ought to precede the statement of the king's recovery in 2 Kings 20:7....
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...
In Isaiah these two verses are given at the end of the narrative; a position in which they are obviously out of place. Probably some copyist, after accidentally omitting them where they properly belon...
WHAT SHALL BE THE SIGN ...? — Comp. 2 Kings 19:29 and note; Isaiah 7:11 _seq.,_ where Isaiah requests Ahaz to choose a sign. The sign was obviously a token that the prophet’s word would come true....
וַ יֹּ֤אמֶר חִזְקִיָּ֨הוּ֙ אֶֽל ־יְשַׁעְיָ֔הוּ מָ֣ה...
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...
_Signs. He is not incredulous, but gives the prophet an occasion of declaring by what authority he spoke thus. (Haydock)_...
We can hardly say on this occasion which to admire most, the want of faith in Hezekiah, in asking a sign, or the abundant grace of the Lord in granting one by way of confirming his sacred word. Surely...
"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 HEZEKIAH SAID UNTO ISAIAH,.... Or "had said", w before the plaster of figs was directed to, or, however, laid on, and as soon as he was told he should be healed: WHAT SHALL BE THE SIGN THAT THE L...
And Hezekiah said unto Isaiah, What [shall be] the sign that the LORD will heal me, and that I shall go up into the house of the LORD the third day? Ver. 8. _And Hezekiah said._] _Dixerat autem,_ He...
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 Hezekiah said unto Isaiah, What shall be the sign that the Lord will heal me, and that I shall go up into the house of the Lord the third day? This question was probably asked before Isaiah called...
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)...
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...
HEZEKIAH SAID; or rather, _had said_; for it is evident this was said before his recovery, though his recovery be mentioned before it; such transpositions being frequent in Scripture. WHAT SHALL BE TH...
2 Kings 20:8 Hezekiah H2396 said H559 (H8799) Isaiah H3470 sign H226 LORD H3068 heal H7495 (H8799) up...
HEZEKIAH RECEIVES A REMARKABLE SIGN CONFIRMING THAT YHWH WILL DO ALL THAT HE HAS SAID (2 KINGS 20:8). Prior to his healing in 2 Kings 20:7 a concerned Hezekiah asked for a sign that he would be healed...
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 20:8 A SIGN of the promised healing is provided in the unnatural movement of a SHADOW on some STEPS associated with AHAZ
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...
2 Kings 19:29; 2 Kings 20:5; Hosea 6:2; Isaiah 38:22; Isaiah 7:11;...