Kings II 22:6

6 the pangs of death surrounded me, the agonies of death prevented me.

Kings II 22:6 Meaning and Commentary

2 Kings 22:6

Unto carpenters, and builders, and masons
Who were employed, some in mending the woodwork, and others in repairing the stone walls

and to buy timber and hewn stone to repair the house;
not only money was to be given them for their workmanship, but to buy timber and stone to work with.

Kings II 22:6 In-Context

4 I will call upon the Lord who is worthy to be praised, and I shall be saved from my enemies.

5 For the troubles of death compassed me, the floods of iniquity amazed me:

6 the pangs of death surrounded me, the agonies of death prevented me.

7 When I am afflicted I will call upon the Lord, and will cry to my God, and he shall hear my voice out of his temple, and my cry shalt come into his ears.

8 And the earth was troubled and quaked, and the foundations of heaven were confounded and torn asunder, because the Lord was wroth with them.