“ And Isaiah said unto Hezekiah, Hear the word of the LORD. ”
The Embassy of Merodach-baladan. The correct name of this king ( mg. ) is preserved in the parallel passage, Isaiah 39. The sickness of Hezekiah and the embassy for which his recovery was an excuse...
And Isaiah said unto Hezekiah, Hear the word of the LORD.
Then came Isaiah the prophet unto king Hezekiah, and said unto him, What said these men? and from whence came they unto thee? And Hezekiah said, They are come from a far country, even from Babylo...
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...
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...
a Mistake and Its Penalty 2 Kings 20:12-21 God does not always prolong life in answer to prayer, and we should always leave such things submissively to Him, because He may see reasons why it wo...
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...
Reader! observe how men's punishments rise out of their very sins. Thy backslidings shall correct thee. How little did Hezekiah think that such events should follow. Oh! with what caution ought we to...
2 Kings 20:12
And Isaiah said unto Hezekiah, Hear the word of the LORD. Ver. 16. Hear the word of the Lord. ] Divine truths must be spoken, however they be taken.
Isaiah said, Hear the word of the Lord Hear what his judgment is of this, and how wide his thoughts are from thy thoughts! Thou wast transported when the messengers of the king of Babylon arrived;...
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...
Hezekiah's Piety and Death. B. C. 713. 12 At that time Berodach-baladan, the son of Ba...
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The Visit Of The Babylonian Ambassadors ( 2 Kings 20:12-19 ). News of Hezekiah's sickness had reached Babylon, who may already have been in negotiations with him, and the consequence was that the...
CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES .— 2 Kings 20:12 . Merodach-baladan, king of Babylon —This is the first mention of a king of Babylon in Bible history, for hitherto Babylon had only viceroys sent f...
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...
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...
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...
Hezekiah's Vanity
1 Kings 22:19 ; 2 Kings 7:1 ; Amos 7:16 ; Isaiah 1:10