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THE CAPTAIN OF MY PEOPLE - This phrase (which does not occur elsewhere
in Kings) is remarkable, and speaks for the authenticity of this full
report of the actual words of the prophet’s message (abbrev...
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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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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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GOD OF DAVID (Hebrew. _Elohim._ This tells us the nature of Hezekiah's
prayer. He had no heir to the throne, but remembered Jehovah's word to
David in 2 Samuel 7:12. Hence his anxiety, as manifested i...
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_tell_[R.V. SAY TO] _Hezekiah the captain_[R.V. PRINCE] _of my people_
The first of these changes is in conformity with Isaiah. The latter
clause -the captain &c." is not in the parallel place in Isai...
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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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_TURN AGAIN, AND TELL HEZEKIAH THE CAPTAIN OF MY PEOPLE, THUS SAITH
THE LORD, THE GOD OF DAVID THY FATHER, I HAVE HEARD THY PRAYER, I HAVE
SEEN THY TEARS: BEHOLD, I WILL HEAL THEE: ON THE THIRD DAY TH...
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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, wen...
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THE CAPTAIN OF MY PEOPLE. — Or, _ruler_ (_nâgîd_)_;_ a designation
of honour (1 Kings 1:35; 1 Samuel 10:1). This is wanting in Isaiah 38,
as well as the end of the verse “I will heal thee,” &c. That
n...
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שׁ֣וּב וְ אָמַרְתָּ֞ אֶל
־חִזְקִיָּ֣הוּ נְגִיד...
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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; i...
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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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Turn again, and tell Hezekiah the captain of my people, Thus saith the
LORD, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy (d) prayer, I have
seen thy tears: behold, I will heal thee: on the third day...
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_Day, dating from the time when Isaias spoke. (Tostat) --- This shewed
that the cure was miraculous, and not effected by natural remedies
only. (Tirinus)_...
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How delightful are those gracious answers of a most gracious God! not
that there was any change in the divine mind, but that the Lord,
having in his providence induced a state which, under grace, shal...
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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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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; Isaiah 38:5...
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Turn again, and tell Hezekiah the captain of my people, Thus saith the
LORD, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have
seen thy tears: behold, I will heal thee: on the third day tho...
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_Afore Isaiah was gone out into the middle court_ Namely, of the
king's palace. This is mentioned to show God's great readiness to hear
the prayers of his children. _Thus saith the God of thy father D...
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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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Turn again and tell Hezekiah, the captain of My people, Thus saith the
Lord, the God of David, thy father, to whom Hezekiah had clung with
such firmness all his life, I HAVE HEARD THY PRAYER, I HAVE S...
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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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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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THE GOD OF DAVID THY FATHER; I am mindful of my promise made to David
and his house, and will make it good in thy person. ON THE THIRD DAY;
which shows that the cure was miraculous. THOU SHALT GO UP U...
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2 Kings 20:5 Return H7725 (H8798) tell H559 (H8804) Hezekiah H2396
leader H5057 people H5971 says H559 ...
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HEZEKIAH BECOMES MORTALLY ILL BUT IS HEALED BY ISAIAH IN ANSWER TO
PRAYER (2 KINGS 20:1).
Hezekiah's illness is now mentioned, not because it was important in
itself, but because in different ways it...
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2 Kings 20:1. _In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death. And the
prophet Isaiah the son of Amoz came to him, and said unto him, Thus
saith the LORD, Set thine house in order; for thou shalt die, and...
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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 20:5 ON THE THIRD DAY. This is a detail not
included in Isaiah’s parallel account (Isaiah 38:5). YOU SHALL GO
UP. God
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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), and...
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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 Chronicles 17:2; 1 Samuel 10:1; 1 Samuel 9:16; 2 Chronicles 13:12;...