2 Kings 20:5-6

5 "Return and say to ¹Hezekiah the leader of My people, 'Thus says the LORD, the God of your father David, "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.

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; and ⁴I will defend this city for My own sake and for My servant David's sake.""'

2 Kings 20:5-6 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.

Cross References

• 1. 1 Samuel 9:16; 1 Samuel 10:1
• 2. 2 Kings 19:20
• 3. Psalms 39:12
• 4. 2 Kings 19:34

Footnotes

• [a]. Lit "days"