2 Kings 20:4 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And it came to pass, afore Isaiah was gone out into the middle court,b that the word of the LORD came to him, saying, ”

2 Kings 20:4 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The middle court - i. e., of the royal palace. This is preferable to the marginal reading.
2 Kings 20:4 - 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 20:4 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

came. The only occurrence of this in the case of Isaiah. Compare Genesis 15:1 .
2 Kings 20:4 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And it came to pass, afore Isaiah was gone out into the middle court, that the word of the LORD came to him, saying, Into the middle court - הצר hatstser, the court. This is the reading of the Masore...
2 Kings 20:4 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And it came to pass, afore Isaiah was gone out into the middle court, that the word of the LORD came to him, saying, Afore Isaiah was gone out into the middle court - of the royal castle.
2 Kings 20:4 - 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 20:4 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Into the middle court. — This is the reading of some Heb. MSS., and of all the versions. The Hebrew text ( city; see margin) is wrong. Before Isaiah had left the precincts of the palace, he was bi...
2 Kings 20:4 - 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 20:4 - 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 20:4 - 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 20:4 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

How delightful are those gracious answers of a most gracious God! not that there was any change in the divine mind, but that the Lord, having in his providence induced a state which, under grace, sha...
2 Kings 20:4 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And it came to pass, afore Isaiah was gone out into the middle court ,.... Of the king's palace, which is called the other court within the porch, 1 Kings 7:8 so it is according to the marginal re...
2 Kings 20:4 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And it came to pass, afore Isaiah was gone out into the middle court, that the word of the LORD came to him, saying, Ver. 4. Before Isaiah was gone out into the middle court. ] So the Chetib. Or...
2 Kings 20:4 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Afore Isaiah was gone out into the middle court Namely, of the king's palace. This is mentioned to show God's great readiness to hear the prayers of his children. Thus saith the God of thy father...
2 Kings 20:4 - 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 20:4 - 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 20:4 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Into the middle court, to wit, of the king's palace; of which See Poole on " 1 Kings 7:8 " . Or, into the middle city , as it is in the Hebrew. For some observe that there were three cities, or t...
2 Kings 20:4 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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...
2 Kings 20:4 - 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 20:4 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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 20:4 - 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 20:4 - 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 20:4 - 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 20:4 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Hezekiah's Sickness
2 Kings 20:4 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 7:8 ; 2 Kings 22:14
2 Kings 20:4 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Court — Of the king's palace. This is noted to shew God's great readiness to hear the prayers of his children.

2 Kings 20:4 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

2 Kings 20:4 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

2 Kings 20:4 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

2 Kings 20:4 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

2 Kings 20:4 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

2 Kings 20:4 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

2 Kings 20:4 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

2 Kings 20:4 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

2 Kings 20:4 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

2 Kings 20:4 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

2 Kings 20:4 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

2 Kings 20:4 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

2 Kings 20:4 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

2 Kings 20:4 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Kings 20:4 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

2 Kings 20:4 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

2 Kings 20:4 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

2 Kings 20:4 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

2 Kings 20:4 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

2 Kings 20:4 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

2 Kings 20:4 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Kings 20:4 - The Biblical Illustrator

2 Kings 20:4 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

2 Kings 20:4 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

2 Kings 20:4 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Kings 20:4 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes