2 Kings 20:6 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Bible Comments

I will add unto thy days fifteen years. — In the Jewish reckoning fourteen years and a fraction of a year would count as fifteen years. With this very definite prediction comp. Isaiah 7:8; Isaiah 23:15; Jeremiah 25:11-12.

And I will deliver thee ... — So that the Assyrians had not yet retired from the West. For the rest of the verse see 2 Kings 19:34.

2 Kings 20:6

6 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 sake.