2 Kings 20:13 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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hearkened. He did not pray as in 2 Kings 20:2, or as in 2 Kings 19:15. See the notes and Isaiah 39:2, "was glad".

all. Some codices, with Syriac and Vulgate, omit this "all".

his. The depletion of 2 Kings 18:15; 2 Kings 18:16 was not of "his" house, but of the house of Jehovah as well as "the king's house".

and. Note the Figure of speech Polysyndeton (App-6) emphasizing each item.

all the house of his armour. all his armoury.

treasures. treasuries.

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2 Kings 20:13

13 And Hezekiah hearkened unto them, and shewed them all the house of his precious things,e the silver, and the gold, and the spices, and the precious ointment, and all the house of his armour, and all that was found in his treasures: there was nothing in his house, nor in all his dominion, that Hezekiah shewed them not.