2 Kings 20:5

5 “Turn back, and say to Hezekiah ¹the leader of my people, Thus says the Lord, the God of David your father: ²I have heard your prayer; ³I have seen your tears. Behold, I will heal you. On the third day you shall go up to the house of the Lord,

2 Kings 20:5 Meaning and Commentary

Turn again, and tell Hezekiah the captain of my people,.... The king of them, as the Targum:

thus saith the Lord God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears; See Gill on "Isa 38:5"

behold, I will heal thee; instantly, miraculously; and none but God could heal him, his disease being in its kind mortal, and he had been told from the Lord that he should die:

on the third day thou shalt go up unto the house of the Lord: the temple, to give thanks for his recovery; and this he should do on the third day from thence; so soon should he be well, which would show the cure to be miraculous.

2 Kings 20:5 In-Context

3 “Now, O Lord, please remember how I have walked before you in faithfulness and with a whole heart, and have done what is good in your sight. ” And Hezekiah wept bitterly.

4 And before Isaiah had gone out of the middle court, the word of the Lord came to him:

5 “Turn back, and say to Hezekiah the leader of my people, Thus says the Lord, the God of David your father: I have heard your prayer; I have seen your tears. Behold, I will heal you. On the third day you shall go up to the house of the Lord,

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

7 And Isaiah said, “Bring a cake of figs. And let them take and lay it on the boil, that he may recover. ”

Cross References

• 1. 20:5 1 Sam. 9:16; 10:1
• 2. 20:5 ch. 19:20; [Ps. 65:2]
• 3. 20:5 Ps. 39:12; 56:8