2 Kings 20:1-6

Hezekiah’s Illness

1 In those days Hezekiah became ill and was at the point of death. The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz went to him and said, “This is what the LORD says: Put your house in order, because you are going to die; you will not recover.”

2 Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed to the LORD,

3 “Remember, LORD, how I have walked before you faithfully and with wholehearted devotion and have done what is good in your eyes.” And Hezekiah wept bitterly.

4 Before Isaiah had left the middle court, the word of the LORD came to him:

5 “Go back and tell Hezekiah, the ruler of my people, ‘This is what the LORD, the God of your father David, says: I have heard your prayer and seen your tears; I will heal you. On the third day from now you will go up to the temple of the LORD.

6 I will add fifteen years to your life. And I will deliver you and this city from the hand of the king of Assyria. I will defend this city for my sake and for the sake of my servant David.’ ”

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2 Kings 20:1-6 Meaning and Commentary

In this chapter is an account of Hezekiah's sickness, and of the means of his recovery, and of the sign given of it, 2 Kings 20:1 of the king of Babylon's congratulatory letter to him upon it, when he showed to the messengers that brought it his treasures, in the pride and vanity of his heart, 2 Kings 20:12 for which he was reproved by the prophet Isaiah, and was humbled, and submitted to the sentence pronounced on his house, 2 Kings 20:14, and the chapter is concluded with his reign and death, 2 Kings 20:20.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 6

1. S Genesis 8:1; Nehemiah 1:8; Nehemiah 5:19; Nehemiah 13:14; Nehemiah 13:22
2. S Genesis 5:22
3. S 1 Kings 2:4; 2 Chronicles 31:20; 2 Kings 18:3-6
4. 1 Samuel 9:16; S 1 Kings 9:3; 2 Kings 19:20
5. Psalms 6:6,8; Psalms 39:12; Psalms 56:8
6. S 2 Kings 19:34; S 1 Chronicles 17:19

2 Kings 20:1-6

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Hezekiah’s Illness

2 Kings 20:1-6 Meaning and Commentary

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