2 Kings 20:10 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And Hezekiah answered, It is a light thing for the shadow to go down ten degrees: nay, but let the shadow return backward ten degrees. ”

2 Kings 20:10 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

It is a light thing - It seemed to Hezekiah comparatively easy that the shadow, which had already begun to lengthen, should merely make a sudden jump in the same direction; but, wholly contrary t...
2 Kings 20:10 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

And Hezekiah answered, It is a light thing for the shadow to go down ten degrees: nay, but let the shadow (g) return backward ten degrees. (g) Let the sun go so many degrees back, that the hours may...
2 Kings 20:10 - 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 (Is...
2 Kings 20:10 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

down . forward ( 2 Kings 20:9 ).
2 Kings 20:10 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And Hezekiah answered, It is a light thing for the shadow to go down ten degrees: nay, but let the shadow return backward ten degrees.
2 Kings 20:10 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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 o...
2 Kings 20:10 - 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...
2 Kings 20:10 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

It is a light thing for the shadow to go down. — Because that was the ordinary course of things. As a natural phenomenon, of course, the sudden extension of the shadow would have been as wonderfu...
2 Kings 20:10 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

HEZEKIAH'S SICKNESS, AND THE EMBASSY FROM BABYLON 2 Kings 20:1-19 "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...
2 Kings 20:10 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Shadow Turned Back on Life's Dial 2 Kings 20:1-11 What a contrast between Hezekiah and the Apostle Paul! To the great Christian hero, death seemed infinitely desirable. He was ready to be o...
2 Kings 20:10 - 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 duri...
2 Kings 20:10 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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. Surel...
2 Kings 20:10 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And Hezekiah answered, it is a light thing for the shadow to go down ten degrees ,.... That is, it was comparatively so, otherwise to go down ten degrees at once would be extraordinary and miraculou...
2 Kings 20:10 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And Hezekiah answered, It is a light thing for the shadow to go down ten degrees: nay, but let the shadow return backward ten degrees. Ver. 10. It is a light thing, ] viz., In comparison of the su...
2 Kings 20:10 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

It is a light thing for the sun to go down Namely, in an instant: for that motion of the sun is natural as to the kind of it, though miraculous for the swiftness of it; but the motion backward woul...
2 Kings 20:10 - L. 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...
2 Kings 20:10 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Hezekiah's Sickness and Recovery. B. C. 713. 1 In those days was Hezekiah sick unto deat...
2 Kings 20:10 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

To go down ten degrees, to wit, in an instant; for that course or motion of the sun is natural for the kind of it, though miraculous for the swiftness of it; but the other would be both ways miracu...
2 Kings 20:10 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Hezekiah Receives A Remarkable Sign Confirming That YHWH Will Do All That He Has Said ( 2 Kings 20:8-11 ). Prior to his healing in 2 Kings 20:7 a concerned Hezekiah asked for a sign that he woul...
2 Kings 20:10 - 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...
2 Kings 20:10 - 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...
2 Kings 20:10 - 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 labo...
2 Kings 20:10 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION 2 Kings 20:1-12 ILLNESS OF HEZEKIAH AND EMBASSY OF MERODACH - BALADAN . HEZEKIAH 'S DEATH . The writer proceeds to relate an illness and a recovery of Hezekiah, wh...
2 Kings 20:10 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Hezekiah's Sickness
2 Kings 20:10 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Kings 2:10 ; 2 Kings 3:18 ; Isaiah 49:6 ; John 14:12 ; Mark 9:28 ; Mark 9:29
2 Kings 20:10 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Go down — In an instant: for that motion of the sun is natural for the kind of it, though miraculous for the swiftness of it; but the other would be both ways miraculous.

2 Kings 20:10 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

2 Kings 20:10 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

2 Kings 20:10 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

2 Kings 20:10 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

2 Kings 20:10 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

2 Kings 20:10 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

2 Kings 20:10 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

2 Kings 20:10 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

2 Kings 20:10 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

2 Kings 20:10 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

2 Kings 20:10 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

2 Kings 20:10 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

2 Kings 20:10 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

2 Kings 20:10 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

2 Kings 20:10 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Kings 20:10 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

2 Kings 20:10 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

2 Kings 20:10 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

2 Kings 20:10 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

2 Kings 20:10 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

2 Kings 20:10 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Kings 20:10 - The Biblical Illustrator

2 Kings 20:10 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

2 Kings 20:10 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

2 Kings 20:10 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Kings 20:10 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes