Geneva Study Bible Commentary
2 Kings 20:11
And Isaiah the prophet cried unto the LORD: and he brought the shadow ten degrees backward, by which it had gone down in the (h) dial of Ahaz.
(h) Which was set at the top of the stairs that Ahaz had made.
And Isaiah the prophet cried unto the LORD: and he brought the shadow ten degrees backward, by which it had gone down in the (h) dial of Ahaz.
(h) Which was set at the top of the stairs that Ahaz had made.
Verse 2 Kings 20:11. _HE BROUGHT THE SHADOW TEN DEGREES BACKWARD_] We cannot suppose that these _ten degrees_ meant _ten hours_; there were _ten_ _divisions of time_ on this dial: and perhaps it woul...
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...
DIAL. degrees. AHAZ. See note on 2 Kings 20:8....
_And Isaiah the prophet cried unto the Lord_ This verse and the two preceding are much compressed in the narrative of Isaiah, and nothing is said of Isaiah's supplication, nor of the alternatives offe...
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...
20:11 dial (d-25) Lit. 'degrees.'...
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 DIAL OF AHAZ] Probably a platform surrounded by steps and surmounted by a pillar, the shadow of which fell upon a smaller or larger number of the steps according as the sun mounted or declined in...
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...
AND ISAIAH THE PROPHET CRIED UNTO THE LORD. — Thus the sign is evidently regarded by the historian as something directly involving the Divine agency, _i.e.,_ as a miracle. HE BROUGHT... AHAZ. — Litera...
וַ יִּקְרָ֛א יְשַׁעְיָ֥הוּ הַ נָּבִ֖יא אֶל ־י
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...
Dial. Hebrew also, "steps." St. Jerome confesses that he followed Symmachus in Isaias xxxviii. 7. Whether this dial resembled one of ours, (Grotius) or was made in the form of steps, (St. Cyril, hom....
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 THE PROPHET CRIED UNTO THE LORD,.... Or prayed, as the Targum; and was very earnest in prayer, that what Hezekiah had desired might be granted: AND HE BROUGHT THE SHADOW TEN DEGREES BACKWA...
And Isaiah the prophet cried unto the LORD: and he brought the shadow ten degrees backward, by which it had gone down in the dial of Ahaz. Ver. 11. _And he brought the shadow._] Together with the bod...
_Isaiah the prophet cried unto the Lord_ Being moved by God's Spirit, first to offer him this sign, and then to pray for it. _And he brought the shadow ten degrees backward_ “The dial in use among the...
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 Isaiah, the prophet, cried unto the Lord; and He brought the shadow ten degrees backward, by which it had gone down in the dial of Ahaz. The miracle consisted either in a supernatural breaking of...
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)...
DIAL: _ Heb._ degrees...
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...
ISAIAH CRIED UNTO THE LORD; being moved by God's Spirit first to offer him this sign, and then to pray for it. TEN DEGREES BACKWARD. QUEST. 1. What were these degrees? ANSW. Lines in the dial; but wh...
2 Kings 20:11 Isaiah H3470 prophet H5030 out H7121 (H8799) LORD H3068 brought H7725 (H8686) shadow H6738 ten...
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...
_He brought the shadow ten degrees backward._ THE SUNDIAL OF AHAZ Here is the first timepiece of which the world has any knowledge. But it was a watch that did not tick and a clock that did not strik...
_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...
1 Kings 17:20; 1 Kings 17:21; 1 Kings 18:36; 2 Chronicles 32:24;...
Degrees — These degrees were lines in the dial: but whether each of these lines or degrees noted an hour, or half an hour, or a quarter of an hour, is uncertain. But the sun itself went back, and the...
How can these verses speak of the visitors from Berodach- Baladan as coming after the invasion of Sennacherib? PROBLEM: According to the sequence of events as they are presented in 2 Kings 20:12-15, t...