he. Some codices, with four early printed editions, Septuagint, and Syriac, read "Hezekiah".
prayed. See note on 2 Kings 20:15. See his references to this in his "Songs of the degrees" (Psalms 120:1; Psalms 123:1-3; Psalms 130:1; Psalms 130:2); and App-67.