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2 Kings 20:21

Hezekiah slept with his fathers The Chronicler adds -and they buried him in the chiefest (R.V. the ascent) of the sepulchres of the sons of David; and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem did him honour at his death". The change of rendering in the R.V. is necessary and shews us that it was not in the tombs of the kings that Hezekiah was buried, but in some place of an elevated character near thereto. From this time the kings of Judah are no longer laid in the tombs of the kings.

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See also 2 Kings 20:21 in other biblical comments:

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    Consult the marginal references....

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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;...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    SLEPT WITH HIS FATHERS. See note on Deuteronomy 31:16....

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    AND HEZEKIAH SLEPT WITH HIS FATHERS— See on 2 Chronicles 32:30. In the innermost and chief room of the royal sepulchre of the house of David was the body of Hezekiah, placed in a niche, which was at t...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    IV. CONCLUSION TO THE REIGN OF HEZEKIAH 20:20-21 TRANSLATION (20) And the rest of the acts of Hezekiah and all of his might, and how he made a pool and a conduit that the water might come to the cit...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    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...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וַ יִּשְׁכַּ֥ב חִזְקִיָּ֖הוּ עִם ־אֲבֹתָ֑יו וַ...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    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...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    Here we arrive to the conclusion of Hezekiah's history and his life together. This indeed makes the sum total in the arithmetic of every man's life. In the 2d book of the Chronicles, indeed, we have a...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    REFLECTIONS READER! what a series of delightful instructions open to our view, in looking at Hezekiah on his supposed death-bed. The greatest favorites of heaven are exposed, in common with others, to...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    "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...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    AND HEZEKIAH SLEPT WITH HIS FATHERS,.... Died, as they did; no mention is here made of the place of his burial, but there is in 2 Chronicles 32:33 where he is said to be buried in the principal part...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    And Hezekiah slept with his fathers: and Manasseh his son reigned in his stead. Ver. 21. _And Hezekiah slept, &c._] He was most honourably buried, 2Ch 32:33 placed above all the house of David, as he...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    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...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    And Hezekiah slept with his fathers; and Manasseh, his son, REIGNED IN HIS STEAD. Hezekiah died in the faith and was given the testimony that lie was a king after the heart of God. Blessed is he who,...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Hezekiah's Vanity...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    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)...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    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....

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    No text from Poole on this verse....

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    2 Kings 20:21 Hezekiah H2396 rested H7901 (H8799) fathers H1 Manasseh H4519 son H1121 reigned H4427 (H8799)...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    THE FINAL COMMENTS ON THE REIGN OF HEZEKIAH (2 KINGS 20:20). The great act for which Hezekiah was remembered was that of ensuring the supply of water for the city in the time of siege. That is thus re...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    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...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    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

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Kings 11:43; 1 Kings 14:31; 1 Kings 2:10; 2 Chronicles 26:23;...

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