2 Kings 20:2

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.

Related Commentaries of 2 Kings 20:2

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Then he turned his face to the (a) wall, and prayed unto the LORD, saying, (a) That his mind might not be troubled.
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 afte...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

he. Some codices, with four early printed editions, Septuagint, and Syriac, read "Hezekiah". prayed. See note on 2 Kings 20:15 . See his refere...
Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

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,...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Then he turned his face to the wall, and prayed unto the LORD, saying,
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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...
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...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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 bec...
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, m...
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...
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...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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...
James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

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 k...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Ver. 2 2 Kings 20:1
John Trapp Complete Commentary

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 d...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
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 Ass...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Hezekiah's Sickness and Recovery. B. C. 713....
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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...
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...
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 occurre...
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 LO...
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 brou...
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...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION 2 Kings 20:1-12 ILLNESS OF HEZEKIAH AND EMBASSY OF MERODACH - BALADAN . HEZEKIAH 'S DEATH . The writer proceeds t...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Hezekiah's Sickness
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Then he turned his face to the wall, in order to commune with the Lord without interference and disturbance, and prayed unto the Lord, saying,
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 8:30 ; Isaiah 38:2 ; Isaiah 38:3 ; Matthew 6:6 ; Psalms 50:15
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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...

² Then he turned his face to the wall, and prayed unto the LORD, saying,

Related Commentaries of 2 Kings 20:2

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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