Marginal Notes in the KJV (1611)
Isaiah 38:8
degress which is gone down in the sun dial:
Heb. degrees by, or with the Sun
degress which is gone down in the sun dial:
Heb. degrees by, or with the Sun
Verse Isaiah 38:8. _WHICH IS GONE DOWN_ - "By which the sun is gone down"] For בשמש _bashshemesh_, the _Septuagint, Syriac_, and _Chaldee_ read השמש, _hashshemesh_. - _Houbigant_. In the history of t...
BEHOLD, I WILL BRING AGAIN THE SHADOW - The shadow, or shade which is made by the interception of the rays of the sun by the gnomon on the dial. The phrase ‘bring again’ (Hebrew, משׁיב _mēshı̂yb_) me...
CHAPTER 38 Hezekiah's Sickness and Healing 1. _Isaiah's startling message (Isaiah 38:1)_ 2. _Hezekiah's prayer (Isaiah 38:2)_ 3. _The prayer heard and the sign (Isaiah 38:4)_ 4. The king's sorrow and...
ISAIAH 36-39. This section has been extracted from 2 Kings 18:13 to 2 Kings 20:19, and the Song of Hezekiah has been added. For an exposition see the notes on 2 K.; here we have simply to deal with th...
THE SHADOW OF THE DEGREES. It is to these "degrees", or steps of the sundial of Ahaz his father, that Hezekiah refers in the title for "The Songs of the Degrees". See App-67. DEGREES. steps. Note the...
The R.V. has (after _Ahaz_) the phrase "with the sun," which is wrongly taken by the A.V. as an adjunct of the word "dial" (_the sun dial_). It is necessary, however, to strike out the preposition "wi...
After Isaiah 38:6; Isaiah 38:2 Kings describes the prophet's prescription for the malady (see on Isaiah 38:21). The account of the sign also is given in a much fuller form there. It was granted at the...
BEHOLD, I WILL BRING AGAIN, &C.— The _dial_ in use among the Jews was a kind of stairs; the time of the day was distinguished not by _lines,_ but by _steps,_ here called _degrees;_ and the shade of th...
C. PROSTRATION, CHAPTER 38 1. PERPLEXITY TEXT: Isaiah 38:1-8 1 In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death. And Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz came to him, and said unto him, Thus saith Jehovah....
Behold, I will bring again the shadow of the degrees, which is gone down in the sun dial of Ahaz, ten degrees backward. So the sun returned ten degrees, by which degrees it was gone down. I WILL BR...
TO HEZEKIAH IN HIS SICKNESS ISAIAH promises 15 more years of life, and confirms the promise by a sign. 9-20. Hezekiah's song of thanksgiving. 21, 22. The remedy for the king's disease was suggested...
SICKNESS AND RECOVERY OF HEZEKIAH Continuation of the historical appendix to Isaiah's prophecies. The chapter is parallel to 2 Kings 20:1 (where see notes), but contains a considerable addition in the...
The. account in 2 Kings 20:8 is fuller. DEGREES.. SUN DIAL] RV 'steps.. steps.' Some kind of clock is evidently indicated, probably a pillar standing upon steps and casting a shadow in such a way that...
ISAIAH: GOD CONTROLS THE NATIONS GOD DEFENDS *JERUSALEM ISAIAH CHAPTER S 31 TO 39 _NORMAN HILLYER_ CHAPTER 38 HEZEKIAH IS SERIOUSLY ILL V1 About that time, Hezekiah became very ill. He believe...
This extraordinary event shows Hezekiah that God even controls time. So God is able to let Hezekiah live for another 15 years. HEZEKIAH RECOVERS AND HE THANKS GOD V9 (This is the prayer of Hezekiah...
הִנְנִ֣י מֵשִׁ֣יב אֶת ־צֵ֣ל הַֽ מַּעֲלֹ֡ות אֲ
CHAPTER XI DRIFTING TO EGYPT 720-705 13. B.C. Isaiah 20:1; Isaiah 21:1; Isaiah 38:1; Isaiah 39:1 FROM 720, when chapter 11 m
BOOK 4 JERUSALEM AND SENNACHERIB 701 B.C. INTO this fourth book we put all the rest of the prophecies of the Book of Isaiah, that have to do with the prophet's own time: Chapter s 1, 22 and 33, wi...
In this chapter we have the story of the sickness of Hezekiah. That sickness would seem to have been intimately connected with the invasion of Sennacherib, for in Isaiah's message to Hezekiah that his...
Behold, I will bring again the shadow of the degrees, which hath gone down on the (e) sun dial of Ahaz, ten degrees backward. So the sun returned ten degrees, by which degrees it had gone down. (e) R...
8._Lo, I bring back the shadow of degrees. _The sign which is here given to Hezekiah is the going back of the shadow on the sundial, along with the sun, _ten degrees by which it had already gone up, _...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 36, 37, 38, AND 39. Chapter s 36-39 relate the history of the invasion of Sennacherib, its result, and the sickness unto death of Hezekiah, which preceded it:...
BEHOLD, I WILL BRING AGAIN THE SHADOW OF THE DEGREES,.... Or lines made on a dial plate, to show the progress of the sun, and what time of day it was. Some think only the shadow was brought back by th...
Behold, I will bring again the shadow of the degrees, which is gone down in the sun dial of Ahaz, ten degrees backward. So the sun returned ten degrees, by which degrees it was gone down. Ver. 8. See...
_In those days was Hezekiah sick_ See notes on 2 Kings 20:1....
Behold, I will bring again the shadow of the degrees which is gone down in the sun-dial of Ahaz ten degrees backward. This dial seems to have been built up in semicircular form, in a series of steps,...
HEZEKIAH'S ILLNESS AND RECOVERY...
1-8 When we pray in our sickness, though God send not to us such an answer as he here sent to Hezekiah, yet, if by his Spirit he bids us be of good cheer, assures us that our sins are forgiven, and th...
No text from Poole on this verse....
Isaiah 38:8 bring H7725 (H8688) shadow H6738 sundial H4609 down H3381 (H8804) sundial H8121 H4609 Ahaz...
HEZEKIAH'S ILLNESS AND THE GREAT SIGN (ISAIAH 38:1). The centrality and importance of this chapter must not be overlooked. It was God's final attempt to woo over the reigning house of David to a life...
CONTENTS: Hezekiah's sickness and recovery in answer to prayer. CHARACTERS: God, Isaiah, Hezekiah. CONCLUSION: Neither men's greatness nor goodness will exempt them from the arrests of sickness. If o...
Isaiah 38:1. _Set thine house in order, for thou shalt die, and not live._ This burden of the Lord placed the prophet in a critical situation. God saw that nothing milder than this harsh and tremendou...
_And this shall be a sign unto thee from the Lord_ THE SHADOW ON THE SUN-DIAL OF AHAZ We are not to imagine that in this miracle any effect was wrought upon the motion of the earth round its axis. A...
_In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death_ HEZEKIAH’S SICKNESS: THE HISTORICAL FRAMEWORK It cannot surprise us now to be carried back to the time when Jerusalem was still under the despotic sceptre...
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 38:1 Man at his best cannot be trusted; as seen in these chapters, he is often self-centered and short-sighted. God himself is the only hope of his people. (See note on 36:1–39:8...
HEZEKIAH’S PRAYER Isaiah 38:1 In this narrative there are three points of difficulty and many points of instruction. I. THREE POINTS OF DIFFICULTY. 1. _Why was Hezekiah afraid to die?_ Answer: (1.)...
SECTION II.—HEZEKIAH'S ILLNESS, AND THE EMBASSY OF MERODACH-BALADAN (Isaiah 38:1; Isaiah 39:1.). EXPOSITION The present chapte
In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death. And Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz came unto him, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Set your house in order: for you shall die, and not live (Isai...
2 Chronicles 32:24; 2 Chronicles 32:31; 2 Kings 20:11; Joshua 10:12;...