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Verse 2 Kings 20:13. _HEZEKIAH HEARKENED UNTO THEM_] Instead of
וישמע _vaiyishma, he hearkened_, וישמח vaiyismach, he
rejoiced or _was_ _glad_, is the reading of _twelve_ of _Kennicott's_
and _De Ros...
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HEZEKIAH HEARKENED UNTO THEM, AND SHEWED THEM - The Jewish king lent a
favorable ear to the proposals of the ambassadors, and exhibited to
them the resources which he possessed, in order to induce the...
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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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HEARKENED. He did not pray as in 2 Kings 20:2, or as in 2 Kings 19:15.
See the notes and Isaiah 39:2, "was glad".
ALL. Some codices, with Syriac and Vulgate, omit this "all".
HIS. The depletion of...
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_And Hezekiah hearkened unto them_ In Isaiah we read he -was glad of
them", and there is no doubt that is the correct reading. The LXX.
gives ἐχάρη, he rejoiced, in this passage. The difference in the...
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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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_AND HEZEKIAH HEARKENED UNTO THEM, AND SHEWED THEM ALL THE HOUSE OF
HIS PRECIOUS THINGS, THE SILVER, AND THE GOLD, AND THE SPICES, AND THE
PRECIOUS OINTMENT, AND ALL THE HOUSE OF HIS ARMOUR, AND ALL T...
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THE HOUSE OF HIS ARMOUR] Probably the house of the forest of Lebanon;
cp. 1 Kings 10:17; Isaiah 22:3....
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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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HEARKENED UNTO. — A scribe’s error for “was glad of them”
(Isaiah, and many MSS. and the versions here).
THE SILVER, AND THE GOLD. — This, as well as the phrase in 2 Kings
20:17, “that which thy fathe...
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וַ יִּשְׁמַ֣ע עֲלֵיהֶם֮
חִזְקִיָּהוּ֒ וַ יַּרְאֵ֣ם...
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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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And Hezekiah hearkened unto them, and shewed them all the house of his
precious things, the silver, and the gold, and the spices, and the
precious ointment, and [all] the house of his armour, and all...
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Rejoiced, at being honoured by so great a prince, (Menochius) who
afterwards defeated Asarhaddon. (Tirinus) --- Hebrew, "hearkened unto
them." But the sense of the Vulgate is preferable, and the
const...
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It is conjectured by some that as the Babylonians worshipped the sun,
the respect paid Hezekiah in the going back of the sun fifteen
degrees, as before related, (for either they had heard of it or see...
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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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2 Kings 20:12...
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And Hezekiah hearkened unto them, and shewed them all the house of his
precious things, the silver, and the gold, and the spices, and the
precious ointment, and [all] the house of his armour, and all...
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_Hezekiah hearkened unto them_, &c. He was so pleased, or rather,
transported with joy, at the honour the king of Babylon had done him,
that he not only gave his ambassadors a gracious audience, and g...
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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 Vanity...
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And Hezekiah, flattered by this show of interest on the part of a
great power, HEARKENED UNTO THEM, rejoicing on account of them and of
the prospect of becoming allied with the mighty Babylonian natio...
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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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PRECIOUS THINGS:
Or, spicery
ARMOUR:
Or, jewels. _Heb._ vessells...
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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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HEARKENED UNTO THEM, i.e. granted their desires of a league and amity
with them. THE SILVER AND THE GOLD, & c.; for though his country had
lately been harassed by the Assyrians, yet he had reserved al...
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2 Kings 20:13 Hezekiah H2396 attentive H8085 (H8799) showed H7200
(H8686) house H1004 treasures H5238 silver H3701
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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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_Berodach-baladan _. .. _ sent letters and a present unto Hezekiah._
HEZEKIAH AND THE AMBASSADORS, OR VAINGLORY REBUKED
Who among us would not have shown the strangers over our house, and
our garden,...
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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 20:13 HE SHOWED THEM ALL HIS TREASURE HOUSE.
Hezekiah is evidently proud of his wealth. After the kingdom falls,
though, NOTHING SHALL BE LEFT, and even some of the king’s...
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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 Kings 10:10; 1 Kings 10:15; 1 Kings 10:2; 1 Kings 10:25;...
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His treasures — For though his country had lately been harassed by
the Assyrians, yet he had reserved all his treasures and precious
things, which he and his fathers had gathered in Jerusalem. Besides...
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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, t...