2 Reyes 19:1

Listen to 2 Reyes 19:1
1 Y sucedi贸 que cuando oy贸 esto el rey Ezequ铆as, rasg贸 sus vestidos, se cubri贸 de cilicio y entr贸 en la casa del SE脩OR.

2 Reyes 19:1 Meaning and Commentary

2 Kings 19:1

And it came to pass, when King Hezekiah heard it
The report of Rabshakeh's speech, recorded in the preceding chapter,

that he rent his clothes, and covered himself with sackcloth;
rent his clothes because of the blasphemy in the speech; and he put on sackcloth, in token of mourning, for the calamities he feared were coming on him and his people: and he went into the house of the Lord; the temple, to pray unto him. The message he sent to Isaiah, with his answer, and the threatening letter of the king of Assyria, Hezekiah's prayer upon it, and the encouraging answer he had from the Lord, with the account of the destruction of the Assyrian army, and the death of Sennacherib, are the same "verbatim" as in ( Isaiah 37:1 ) throughout; and therefore the reader is referred thither for the exposition of them; only would add what Rauwolff F20 observes, that still to this day (1575) there are two great holes to be seen, wherein they flung the dead bodies (of the Assyrian army), one whereof is close by the road towards Bethlehem, the other towards the right hand against old Bethel.


FOOTNOTES:

F20 Travels, par. 3. ch. 22. p. 317.
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2 Reyes 19:1 In-Context

1 Y sucedi贸 que cuando oy贸 esto el rey Ezequ铆as, rasg贸 sus vestidos, se cubri贸 de cilicio y entr贸 en la casa del SE脩OR.
2 Envi贸 entonces a Eliaquim, mayordomo de la casa real, con el escriba Sebna y los ancianos de los sacerdotes, cubiertos de cilicio, al profeta Isa铆as, hijo de Amoz.
3 Y ellos le dijeron: As铆 dice Ezequ铆as: "Este d铆a es d铆a de angustia, de reprensi贸n y de desprecio, pues hijos est谩n para nacer, pero no hay fuerzas para dar a luz.
4 "Tal vez el SE脩OR tu Dios oir谩 todas las palabras del Rabsaces, a quien su se帽or, el rey de Asiria, ha enviado para injuriar al Dios vivo, y lo reprender谩 por las palabras que el SE脩OR tu Dios ha o铆do. Eleva, pues, una oraci贸n por el remanente que a煤n queda."
5 Cuando llegaron los siervos del rey Ezequ铆as ante Isa铆as,
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