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Verse 2 Kings 20:11. _HE BROUGHT THE SHADOW TEN DEGREES BACKWARD_] We
cannot suppose that these _ten degrees_ meant _ten hours_; there were
_ten_ _divisions of time_ on this dial: and perhaps it woul...
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3. HEZEKIAH'S ILLNESS, RECOVERY, FAILURE, AND DEATH
CHAPTER 20
_ 1. Hezekiah's illness and recovery (2 Kings 20:1; 2 Chronicles
32:24)_
2. Hezekiah's failure (2 Kings 20:12; 2 Chronicles 32:25)
3....
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SICKNESS OF HEZEKIAH. This is related in the parallel passage, Isaiah
38, in a much abbreviated form, save that it adds the prayer of
Hezekiah after his recovery. Isaiah 38 omits 2 Kings 20:4 (Isaiah...
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DIAL. degrees.
AHAZ. See note on 2 Kings 20:8....
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_And Isaiah the prophet cried unto the Lord_ This verse and the two
preceding are much compressed in the narrative of Isaiah, and nothing
is said of Isaiah's supplication, nor of the alternatives offe...
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III. HEZEKIAH'S PERSONAL CRISIS 20:1-19
The chronological placement of the episode related in chapter 20 is
problematic. That the events of this chapter are earlier than the
crushing defeat of Sennach...
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_AND ISAIAH SAID, THIS SIGN SHALT THOU HAVE OF THE LORD, THAT THE LORD
WILL DO THE THING THAT HE HATH SPOKEN: SHALL THE SHADOW GO FORWARD TEN
DEGREES, OR GO BACK TEN DEGREES?_ NO JFB COMMENTARY ON THE...
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20:11 dial (d-25) Lit. 'degrees.'...
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HEZEKIAH'S SICKNESS AND RECOVERY
1. In those days] The incidents related in this chapter probably took
place _before_ Sennacherib's invasion, for (_a_) the deliverance from
the Assyrians is still futu...
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THE LAST KINGS OF *ISRAEL AND *JUDAH
BOOK OF 2 KINGS
_PHILIP SMITH_
CHAPTER 20
HEZEKIAH’S ILLNESS
V1 During that time, Hezekiah became ill. He almost died. The *prophet
Isaiah, son of Amoz, went...
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AND ISAIAH THE PROPHET CRIED UNTO THE LORD. — Thus the sign is
evidently regarded by the historian as something directly involving
the Divine agency, _i.e.,_ as a miracle.
HE BROUGHT... AHAZ. — Liter...
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וַ יִּקְרָ֛א יְשַׁעְיָ֥הוּ הַ
נָּבִ֖יא אֶל ־יְהוָ֑ה וַ יָּ֣שֶׁב אֶת
־הַ צֵּ֗ל בַּֽ֠ †...
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HEZEKIAH'S SICKNESS, AND THE EMBASSY FROM BABYLON
2 Kings 20:1
"Thou hast loved me out of the pit of nothingness,"
- Isaiah 38:17 (A.V, margin)
"See the shadow of the dial In the lot of every one...
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THE SHADOW TURNED BACK ON LIFE'S DIAL
2 Kings 20:1
What a contrast between Hezekiah and the Apostle Paul! To the great
Christian hero, death seemed infinitely desirable. He was ready to be
offered;...
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In this chapter we have the account of the last days of Hezekiah. From
a severe sickness he was delivered in answer to prayer and by the
intervention of the prophet. He again manifested weakness durin...
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And Isaiah the prophet cried unto the LORD: and he brought the shadow
ten degrees backward, by which it had gone down in the (h) dial of
Ahaz.
(h) Which was set at the top of the stairs that Ahaz had...
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Dial. Hebrew also, "steps." St. Jerome confesses that he followed
Symmachus in Isaias xxxviii. 7. Whether this dial resembled one of
ours, (Grotius) or was made in the form of steps, (St. Cyril, hom....
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We can hardly say on this occasion which to admire most, the want of
faith in Hezekiah, in asking a sign, or the abundant grace of the Lord
in granting one by way of confirming his sacred word. Surely...
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"And he sent Eliakim, which was over the household, and Shebna the
scribe, and the elders of the priests covered with sackcloth to Isaiah
the prophet, the son of Amoz" (2 Kings 19:1-37). He goes to Je...
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We find here again in a figure the principle with which Israel's
deliverance, and that of all men, is connected-a principle pointed out
in Elisha, and accomplished in Jesus. Hezekiah is raised as from...
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AND ISAIAH THE PROPHET CRIED UNTO THE LORD,.... Or prayed, as the
Targum; and was very earnest in prayer, that what Hezekiah had desired
might be granted:
AND HE BROUGHT THE SHADOW TEN DEGREES BACKWA...
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And Isaiah the prophet cried unto the LORD: and he brought the shadow
ten degrees backward, by which it had gone down in the dial of Ahaz.
Ver. 11. _And he brought the shadow._] Together with the bod...
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_Isaiah the prophet cried unto the Lord_ Being moved by God's Spirit,
first to offer him this sign, and then to pray for it. _And he brought
the shadow ten degrees backward_ “The dial in use among the...
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1 Hezekiah hauing receiued a message of death, by prayer hath his life
lengthned.
8 The
[HEZEKIAH SICKE.]
Sunne goeth tenne degrees backward, for a signe of that promise.
12 Berodach Baladan sendi...
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Hezekiah's Sickness...
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FIFTEEN YEARS ADDED TO HEZEKIAH'S LIFE
(vv.1-11)
"In those days was Hezekiah sick and near death" (v.1). This took
place about the time that Assyria captured the fortified cities of
Judah (ch.18:13...
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DIAL:
_ Heb._ degrees...
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1-11 Hezekiah was sick unto death, in the same year in which the king
of Assyria besieged Jerusalem. A warning to prepare for death was
brought to Hezekiah by Isaiah. Prayer is one of the best prepar...
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ISAIAH CRIED UNTO THE LORD; being moved by God's Spirit first to offer
him this sign, and then to pray for it. TEN DEGREES BACKWARD. QUEST.
1. What were these degrees? ANSW. Lines in the dial; but wh...
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2 Kings 20:11 Isaiah H3470 prophet H5030 out H7121 (H8799) LORD H3068
brought H7725 (H8686) shadow H6738 ten H6235 degrees H4609 backward
H322 by H4609 down H3381 (H8804) sundial H4609 Ahaz H271
crie...
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HEZEKIAH RECEIVES A REMARKABLE SIGN CONFIRMING THAT YHWH WILL DO ALL
THAT HE HAS SAID (2 KINGS 20:8).
Prior to his healing in 2 Kings 20:7 a concerned Hezekiah asked for a
sign that he would be heale...
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CONTENTS: Hezekiah's illness and recovery.
CHARACTERS: God, Hezekiah, Isaiah, Berodach-baladan.
CONCLUSION: Neither greatness nor goodness can exempt us from
sickness, yet often when the death sente...
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2 Kings 20:1. _In those days;_ the year after Hezekiah's deliverance
from the Assyrians, and the fifteenth of his reign.
2 Kings 20:11. _He brought the shadow ten degrees backward._ Signs of
the truth...
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_In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death._
THE BLESSING OF SICKNESS
A Christian man of intense business enterprise and activity was laid
aside by sickness. He who never would intermit his labours...
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2 KINGS—NOTE ON 2 KINGS 20:8 A SIGN of the promised healing is
provided in the unnatural movement of a SHADOW on some STEPS
associated with AHAZ (it moves BACK, even though the sun has already
caused...
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HEZEKIAH’S SICKNESS AND RECOVERY
CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.—
2 Kings 20:1. IN THOSE DAYS WAS HEZEKIAH SICK—The Assyrian invasion
occurred in the fourteenth year of his reign (2 Kings 18:13), an...
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EXPOSITION
2 KINGS 20:1
ILLNESS OF HEZEKIAH AND EMBASSY OF MERODACH-BALADAN. HEZEKIAH'S DEATH.
The writer proceeds to relate an illness and a recovery of Hezekiah,
which happened about the middle of...
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Now in those days Hezekiah was very sick (2 Kings 20:1).
Actually he was dying.
And Isaiah came to him, and said, Thus saith the LORD, Set your house
in order; for you're going to die, and not live...
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1 Kings 17:20; 1 Kings 17:21; 1 Kings 18:36; 2 Chronicles 32:24; 2
Chronicles 32:31; Acts 9:40; Exodus 14:15; Isaiah 38:8; Joshua 10:12...
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Degrees — These degrees were lines in the dial: but whether each of
these lines or degrees noted an hour, or half an hour, or a quarter of
an hour, is uncertain. But the sun itself went back, and the...
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How can these verses speak of the visitors from Berodach- Baladan as
coming after the invasion of Sennacherib?
PROBLEM: According to the sequence of events as they are presented in
2 Kings 20:12-15,...