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Verse 2 Kings 20:19. _GOOD_ IS _THE WORD OF THE LORD_] _He_ has spoken
_right,_ I have done _foolishly_. I submit to his judgments.
IS IT _NOT_ GOOD _IF PEACE AND TRUTH BE IN MY DAYS?_] I believe
He...
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GOOD IS THE WORD ... - The language is, according to some, that of a
true spirit of resignation and humility; according to others, that of
a feeling of relief and satisfaction that the evil was not to...
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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;...
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THE EMBASSY OF MERODACH-BALADAN. The correct name of this king (_mg._)
is preserved in the parallel passage, Isaiah 39. The sickness of
Hezekiah and the embassy for which his recovery was an excuse mu...
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GOOD. Hezekiah's submission was like Eli's. Compare 1 Samuel 3:18.
IS IT NOT GOOD, IF: or, Is it not that, &c. Figure of speech
_Erotesis._ Septuagint reads "Let there be good"....
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_Good_is _the word of the Lord which thou hast spoken_ Bp Hall takes
these words of Hezekiah as uttered in a proper spirit. -The rod was
smart, yet good Hezekiah kisses it. His heart struck him no les...
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DISCOURSE: 379
HEZEKIAH’S RESIGNATION
2 Kings 20:19. _Then said Hezekiah unto Isaiah, Good is the word of
the Lord which thou hast spoken._
IF of active virtues it may be said, that they are more fas...
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B. HEZEKIAH'S FOOLISH MISTAKE AND SUBSEQUENT REBUKE 20:12-19
TRANSLATION
(12) At that time Berodach-baladan the son of Baladan king of Babylon
sent letters and a present unto Hezekiah, for he had hea...
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_THEN SAID HEZEKIAH UNTO ISAIAH, GOOD IS THE WORD OF THE LORD WHICH
THOU HAST SPOKEN. AND HE SAID, IS IT NOT GOOD, IF PEACE AND TRUTH BE
IN MY DAYS?_
Good is the word of the Lord - indicating a humbl...
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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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GOOD _IS_ THE WORD] Hezekiah showed the same submissiveness as Eli had
manifested on a similar occasion (1 Samuel 3:18)....
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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, wen...
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GOOD IS THE WORD OF THE LORD ... — Pious acquiescence in the will of
God. (Comp. Eli’s: “It is the Lord: let him do what seemeth him
good.” Comp, also a similar expression in 1 Kings 2:38.)
IS IT NOT...
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וַ יֹּ֤אמֶר חִזְקִיָּ֨הוּ֙ אֶֽל
־יְשַֽׁעְיָ֔הוּ טֹ֥וב...
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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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A MISTAKE AND ITS PENALTY
2 Kings 20:12
God does not always prolong life in answer to prayer, and we should
always leave such things submissively to Him, because He may see
reasons why it would be fa...
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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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Then said Hezekiah unto Isaiah, Good [is] the word of the LORD which
thou hast (l) spoken. And he said, [Is it] not [good], if (m) peace
and truth be in my days?
(l) He acknowledges Isaiah to be the...
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Let. Hebrew, "and he added, let," &c. (Calmet) --- Protestants, "he
said, is it not good, if peace and truth (or a solid and desirable
peace) be in my days?" He is not indifferent about his family, as...
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Reader! observe how men's punishments rise out of their very sins. Thy
backslidings shall correct thee. How little did Hezekiah think that
such events should follow. Oh! with what caution ought we to...
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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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_PEACE AND TRUTH GOOD FOR US_
‘And he said, Is it not good, if peace and truth be in my days?’
2 Kings 20:19
If _ war_ was, to a great extent, sanctioned and even commanded under
the Old Testament,...
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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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2 Kings 20:12...
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Then said Hezekiah unto Isaiah, Good [is] the word of the LORD which
thou hast spoken. And he said, [Is it] not [good], if peace and truth
be in my days?
Ver. 19. _Good is the word of the Lord, &c.,...
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_Good is the word of the Lord_ I heartily submit to this sentence, as
being most just and merciful. All true penitents, when they are under
divine rebukes, call them not only just, but good: not only...
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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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Then said Hezekiah unto Isaiah, submitting meekly to the decree of the
Lord, GOOD IS THE WORD OF THE LORD WHICH THOU HAST SPOKEN. He accepted
the reproof. AND HE SAID, as though to himself, IS IT NOT...
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Hezekiah's Vanity...
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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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IS IT NOT GOOD IF PEACE AND TRUTH BE IN MY DAYS? OR, SHALL THERE NOT
BE PEACE AND TRUTH? ETC....
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12-21 The king of Babylon was at this time independent of the king of
Assyria, though shortly after subdued by him. Hezekiah showed his
treasures and armour, and other proofs of his wealth and power....
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GOOD IS THE WORD OF THE LORD: I heartily submit to this sentence, as
being both just, because deserved and procured by mine and my people's
sins; and merciful, because the punishment is less than I ha...
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2 Kings 20:19 Hezekiah H2396 said H559 (H8799) Isaiah H3470 word H1697
LORD H3068 spoken H1696 (H8765) good...
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THE VISIT OF THE BABYLONIAN AMBASSADORS (2 KINGS 20:12).
News of Hezekiah's sickness had reached Babylon, who may already have
been in negotiations with him, and the consequence was that the king
of B...
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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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_Good is the word of the Lord which thou hast spoken._
THE PEACE
The text is susceptible of two propositions. First, that peace is a
blessing only on a basis of truth. “He said, Is it not good if pe...
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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 20:19 WHY NOT? Hezekiah is surprisingly
unmoved by Isaiah’s prophecy. All he cares about is PEACE AND
SECURITY IN his DAYS. Even this “king like David” has his da
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CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.—
2 Kings 20:12. MERODACH-BALADAN, KING OF BABYLON—This is the first
mention of a king of Babylon in Bible history, for hitherto Babylon
had only viceroys sent from the...
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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 midd
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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 Samuel 3:18; Esther 9:30; Jeremiah 33:6; Job 1:21; Lamentations 3:22