2 Kings 20:20-21

Hezekiah's Death

20 The rest of the events of Hezekiah's [reign], along with all his might and how he made the pool and the tunnel and brought water into the city,^[a] are written about in the Historical Record of Judah's Kings.

21 Hezekiah rested with his fathers, and his son Manasseh became king in his place.^[b]

2 Kings 20:20-21 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.

Footnotes

• [a]. 2 Ch 32:30
• [b]. 2 Ch 32:32-33