Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes
2 Kings 20:9
degrees. It is to these degrees that Hezekiah's fifteen Songs refer (Psa 120. 134). The word "degrees" is repeated here six times (in the history), but five times in Isaiah's gracious words (2Ki 38:8).
degrees. It is to these degrees that Hezekiah's fifteen Songs refer (Psa 120. 134). The word "degrees" is repeated here six times (in the history), but five times in Isaiah's gracious words (2Ki 38:8).
TEN DEGREES - literally, “ten steps.” It is not, perhaps, altogether certain whether the “dial of Ahaz” 2 Kings 20:11 was really a dial with a gnomon in the center, and “degrees” marked round it, or a...
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...
_shall the shadow go forward ten degrees_[R.V. STEPS], _or go back ten degrees_ R.V. STEPS. In the Hebrew there is no sign of interrogation in the first clause. But instances are not rare in which the...
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 ISAIAH SAID, THIS SIGN SHALT THOU HAVE OF THE LORD, THAT THE LORD WILL DO THE THING THAT HE HATH SPOKEN: SHALL THE SHADOW GO FORWARD TEN DEGREES, OR GO BACK TEN DEGREES?_ NO JFB COMMENTARY ON THE...
20:9 that (c-13) Or 'for.'...
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...
SHALL THE SHADOW, etc.] better, as in RM, 'the shadow is gone forward ten steps, shall it go back ten steps?'...
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...
SHALL THE SHADOW GO FORWARD TEN DEGREES, OR GO BACK TEN DEGREES? — Rather, _the shadow hath marched_ (or _travelled_)_ ten steps; shall it return ten steps?_ This is what the Hebrew text seems to say...
וַ יֹּ֣אמֶר יְשַׁעְיָ֗הוּ זֶה ־לְּךָ֤ הָ אֹות
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...
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 ISAIAH SAID, THIS SIGN SHALT THOU HAVE OF THE LORD, THAT THE LORD WILL DO THE THING THAT HE HATH SPOKEN,.... Cure him of his disorder, so that he should be able to go to the temple on the third da...
And Isaiah said, This sign shalt thou have of the LORD, that the LORD will do the thing that he hath spoken: shall the shadow go forward ten degrees, or go back ten degrees? Ver. 9. _Shall the shadow...
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...
Hezekiah's Sickness...
And Isaiah said, This sign shalt thou have of the Lord, that the Lord will do the thing that He hath spoken shall the shadow, namely, on the shadow-measurer, or sun-dial, where the length of the shado...
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...
No text from Poole on this verse....
2 Kings 20:9 Isaiah H3470 said H559 (H8799) sign H226 LORD H3068 LORD H3068 do H6213 (H8799) thing...
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...
Isaiah 38:7; Isaiah 38:8; Luke 11:29; Luke 11:30; Mark 8:11;...