2 Kings 20:7 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And Isaiah said, Take a lump of figs. And they took and laid it on the boil, and he recovered. ”

2 Kings 20:7 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

A lump of figs - The usual remedy in the East, even at the present day, for ordinary boils. But such a remedy would not naturally cure the dangerous tumor or carbuncle from which Hezekiah suffere...
2 Kings 20:7 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

And Isaiah said, Take a (f) lump of figs. And they took and laid [it] on the boil, and he recovered. (f) He declares that though God can heal without other medicines, he will not have these inferior...
2 Kings 20:7 - 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 20:7 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

lump . cake, or plaister.
2 Kings 20:7 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And Isaiah said, Take a lump of figs. And they took and laid it on the boil, and he recovered. Take a lump of figs - and laid it on the boil - We cannot exactly say in what Hezekiah's malady consis...
2 Kings 20:7 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And I will add unto thy days fifteen years; and I will deliver thee and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria; and I will defend this city for mine own sake, and for my servant David's...
2 Kings 20:7 - 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 20:7 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

In Isaiah these two verses are given at the end of the narrative; a position in which they are obviously out of place. Probably some copyist, after accidentally omitting them where they properly belo...
2 Kings 20:7 - 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 20:7 - 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 20:7 - 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 20:7 - 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 20:7 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And Isaiah said, take a lump of figs ,.... Not moist figs, but a cake of dried figs, as the word used signifies, and so the less likely to have any effect in curing the boil: and they took, and la...
2 Kings 20:7 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And Isaiah said, Take a lump of figs. And they took and laid [it] on the boil, and he recovered. Ver. 7. Take a lump of figs. ] This poultice was fit enough for the carbuncle, but yet could never...
2 Kings 20:7 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Take a lump of figs Though the deliverance was certainly promised, yet means must be used, and those suitable. The figs would help to ripen the bile, and bring it to a head, that the matter of the...
2 Kings 20:7 - 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 20:7 - 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 20:7 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Take a lump of figs: though the deliverance was certainly promised, yet means must be used, and those suitable; for this hath naturally a power of ripening and softening boils or sores, though that...
2 Kings 20:7 - 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 20:7 - 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 20:7 - 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 20:7 - 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 20:7 - 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 20:7 - 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 20:7 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Hezekiah's Sickness
2 Kings 20:7 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Kings 2:20-22 ; 2 Kings 4:41 ; Isaiah 38:21 ; Job 2:7

2 Kings 20:7 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

2 Kings 20:7 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

2 Kings 20:7 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

2 Kings 20:7 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

2 Kings 20:7 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

2 Kings 20:7 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

2 Kings 20:7 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

2 Kings 20:7 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

2 Kings 20:7 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

2 Kings 20:7 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

2 Kings 20:7 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

2 Kings 20:7 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

2 Kings 20:7 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

2 Kings 20:7 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

2 Kings 20:7 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Kings 20:7 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

2 Kings 20:7 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

2 Kings 20:7 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

2 Kings 20:7 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

2 Kings 20:7 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

2 Kings 20:7 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

2 Kings 20:7 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Kings 20:7 - The Biblical Illustrator

2 Kings 20:7 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

2 Kings 20:7 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

2 Kings 20:7 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge