“ Then he turned his face to the wall, and prayed unto the LORD, saying, ”
He turned his face to the wall - Contrast 1 Kings 21:4 . Ahab turned in sullenness, because he was too angry to converse; Hezekiah in devotion, because he wished to pray undisturbed.
Then he turned his face to the (a) wall, and prayed unto the LORD, saying, (a) That his mind might not be troubled.
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...
he. Some codices, with four early printed editions, Septuagint, and Syriac, read "Hezekiah". prayed. See note on 2 Kings 20:15 . See his references to this in his "Songs of the degrees" ( Psalm...
DISCOURSE: 378 HEZEKIAH’S APPEAL TO GOD 2 Kings 20:2-3 . Then he turned his face to the wall, and prayed unto the Lord, saying, I beseech thee, O Lord, remember now how I have walked before thee...
Then he turned his face to the wall, and prayed unto the LORD, saying,
Then he turned his face to the wall, and prayed unto the LORD, saying, Turned his face to the wall. Not like Ahab (see the notes at 1 Kings 21:4 for an account of the position of beds), in...
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...
Then he turned his face . — And he turned his face round ( 1 Kings 21:4 ). Hezekiah did so to avoid being disturbed in his prayer; and perhaps because grief instinctively seeks a hiding-place.
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...
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...
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...
Hezekiah had learnt by experience the efficacy of prayer, and he therefore hath recourse to it again. But what I wish the Reader to notice with me in this prayer of the king of Judah is, that he turn...
HEZEKIAH’S PRAYER ‘He turned his face to the wall and prayed unto the Lord.’ 2 Kings 20:2 Hezekiah is reckoned as one of the three perfect kings of Judah, the other two being David and Josia...
Ver. 2 2 Kings 20:1
Then he turned his face to the wall, and prayed unto the LORD, saying, Ver. 2. Then he turned his face to the wall. ] Not so much out of fear of death, - though nature at death will have a bout wi...
Then he turned his face to the wall As he lay in his bed. He could not retire to his closet; but he retired as well as he could; he turned from the company to converse with God. When we cannot be s...
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 Sickness and Recovery. B. C. 713. 1 In those days was Hezekiah sick unto deat...
He turned his face to the wall; either because the temple lay that way; or rather, that by turning his face from the company he might intimate his desire of privacy, and so might with more freedom...
Hezekiah Becomes Mortally Ill But Is Healed By Isaiah In Answer To Prayer ( 2 Kings 20:1-7 ). Hezekiah's illness is now mentioned, not because it was important in itself, but because in different...
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 20:1 . In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death. And the prophet Isaiah the son of Amoz came to him, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Set thine house in order; for thou shalt die,...
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 Sickness
1 Kings 8:30 ; Isaiah 38:2 ; Isaiah 38:3 ; Matthew 6:6 ; Psalms 50:15
Turned his face — As he lay in his bed. He could not retire to his closet, but he retired as well as he could, turned from the company, to converse with God.