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Verse Isaiah 38:2. _THEN HEZEKIAH TURNED HIS FACE TOWARD THE WALL_]
The furniture of an eastern divan or chamber, either for the reception
of company or for private use, consists chiefly of carpets s...
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THEN HEZEKIAH TURNED HIS FACE TOWARD THE WALL - The wall of the room
in which he was lying He was probably lying on a couch next the wall
of his room. Eastern houses usually have such couches or ottom...
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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...
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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...
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PRAYED. As in Isaiah 37:4 ("lift up") and verses: Isaiah 38:14; Isaiah
38:15. Contrast Isaiah 39:2, where, when the king of Babylon sent
letters and he
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_turned his face toward the wall_ (cf. 1 Kings 21:4) an instinctive
expression of the feeling that he was alone with God in this bitter
moment....
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THEN HEZEKIAH TURNED HIS FACE— See note on Exodus 1:4 for an account
of the Eastern beds; from the position whereof, as there described, it
will appear that Hezekiah made use of this posture, that his...
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C. PROSTRATION, CHAPTER 38
1. PERPLEXITY
TEXT: Isaiah 38:1-8
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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....
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Then Hezekiah turned his face toward the wall, and prayed unto the
LORD,
THEN HEZEKIAH TURNED HIS FACE TOWARD THE WALL. The couches in the
East ran along the walls of houses. He turned away from t...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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The sick king is lying in bed as he turns his face towards the wall.
This action could mean that Hezekiah had lost hope in any human help
to recover....
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TURNED HIS FACE TOWARD THE WALL... — The royal couch was in the
corner, as the Eastern place of honour, the face turned to it, as
seeking privacy and avoiding the gaze of men. (Comp. Ahab in 1 Kings
2...
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וַ יַּסֵּ֧ב חִזְקִיָּ֛הוּ פָּנָ֖יו
אֶל ־הַ קּ
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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
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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...
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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...
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Then Hezekiah (b) turned his face toward the wall, and prayed to the
LORD,
(b) For his heart was touched with fear of God's judgment, seeing he
had appointed him to die so quickly after his deliveran...
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2._Then Hezekiah turned his face to the wall. _He now relates the
manner in which Hezekiah was affected when he received this message,
that we may see his piety and faith. He does not break out into r...
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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:...
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THEN HEZEKIAH TURNED HIS FACE TO THE WALL,.... Not figuratively to the
wall of his heart, as Jerom; but literally, either to the wall of his
bedchamber where he lay sick, that his tears might not be s...
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Then Hezekiah turned his face toward the wall, and prayed unto the
LORD,
Ver. 2. See 2 Kings 20:2 _See Trapp on "_ 2Ki 20:2 _"_...
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_In those days was Hezekiah sick_ See notes on 2 Kings 20:1....
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HEZEKIAH'S ILLNESS AND RECOVERY...
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Then Hezekiah turned his face toward the wall, in a movement which
showed that he wished to be undisturbed with his thoughts, that he
wished to be undistracted for communion with God, AND PRAYED UNTO...
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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...
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No text from Poole on this verse....
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_Then Hezekiah turned his face toward the wall_
HEZEKIAH’S FACE TURNED TO THE WALL
The obvious meaning is the wall of the room, towards which he turned,
not merely to collect his thoughts, or to con...
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_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...
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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...
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DISTRESS IN PROSPECT OF DEATH
Isaiah 38:2. _Then Hezekiah turned his face toward the wall, &c._
The causes of Hezekiah’s reluctance to die may be gathered from his
circumstances. [See Outline: _Heze...
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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.)...
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SECTION II.—HEZEKIAH'S ILLNESS, AND THE EMBASSY OF MERODACH-BALADAN
(Isaiah 38:1; Isaiah 39:1.).
EXPOSITION
The present chapte
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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...
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1 Kings 8:30; Matthew 6:6; Psalms 50:15; Psalms 91:15...