Title.. Song. Hebrew. shir. See note on Title of Psalms 120:1, and App-65.
of degrees . of the degrees (with article), as on Title of Psalms 120:1. See App-67, and note on p. 827.
of David . by David.. Psalm which Hezekiah found ready to his hand. Some codices, with Aram, and Syriac, omit "of David".
the house of the LORD. Hebrew. the house of Jehovah (App-4). This was Hezekiah's constant care, desire, and thought. It filled his heart. He began his reign by "opening its doors" and cleansing it. See. Chronicles 29-31, where it is mentioned seventeen times. He spread Sennacherib's letter before Jehovah there (Isaiah 37:14). In his mortal sickness his prayer and its answer related to it (2 Kings 20:5). The "sign" he asked related to it (2 Kings 20:8; Isaiah 38:22). His songs were to be sung there (Isaiah 38:20). See App-67.
the LORD. Hebrew. Jehovah. App-4.