-
Verse 2 Kings 20:6. _I WILL ADD UNTO THY DAYS FIFTEEN YEARS_] This is
the _first_ and _only_ man who was ever informed of the _term of his_
_life_. And was this a _privilege_! Surely no. If Hezekiah...
-
The king of Assyria in 714 and 713 B.C. was Sargon (B.C. 721-705). If
then the Biblical and Assyrian chronologies which agree exactly in the
year of the taking of Samaria (721 B.C.), are to be depende...
-
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;...
-
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...
-
_fifteen years_ See above on verse 1.
_I will deliver thee and this city out of the hand of the king of
Assyria_ Some stress has been laid on these words as though they
necessarily implied that Jerus...
-
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...
-
_AND I WILL ADD UNTO THY DAYS FIFTEEN YEARS; AND I WILL DELIVER THEE
AND THIS CITY OUT OF THE HAND OF THE KING OF ASSYRIA; AND I WILL
DEFEND THIS CITY FOR MINE OWN SAKE, AND FOR MY SERVANT DAVID'S SAK...
-
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...
-
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...
-
I WILL ADD UNTO THY DAYS FIFTEEN YEARS. — In the Jewish reckoning
fourteen years and a fraction of a year would count as fifteen years.
With this very definite prediction comp. Isaiah 7:8; Isaiah 23:1...
-
וְ הֹסַפְתִּ֣י עַל ־יָמֶ֗יךָ חֲמֵ֤שׁ
עֶשְׂרֵה֙...
-
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...
-
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...
-
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...
-
_Assyrians. It is commonly supposed that this alludes to Sennacherib.
But it might refer to his son, who was sending an army, Isaias xx. 1.
We ought not to alter the scriptural order of the transactio...
-
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...
-
"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...
-
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...
-
AND I WILL ADD UNTO THY DAYS FIFTEEN YEARS,....
Isaiah 38:5
AND I WILL DELIVER THEE, AND THIS CITY, OUT OF THE HAND OF THE KING OF
ASSYRIA; by which it appears that this sickness and recovery were
b...
-
And I will add unto thy days fifteen years; and I will deliver thee
and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria; and I will
defend this city for mine own sake, and for my servant David's sake...
-
_I will add to thy days fifteen years_ Beyond what thou dost now
expect, and beyond the time thou wouldst live if I left thee to the
force of thy disease. We have not an instance of any other who was...
-
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...
-
And I will add unto thy days fifteen years; and I will deliver thee
and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria, who had started
on his expedition against Jerusalem in this year, 2 Kings 18:1...
-
Hezekiah's Sickness...
-
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)...
-
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...
-
FIFTEEN YEARS beyond what thou dost expect, and beyond what thou
wouldst do if I should leave thee to the force of thy disease. OUT OF
THE HAND OF THE KING OF ASSYRIA; this is added, either, first, Be...
-
2 Kings 20:6 add H3254 (H8689) days H3117 fifteen H2568 H6240 years
H8141 deliver H5337 (H8686) city...
-
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...
-
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...
-
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...
-
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...
-
_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...
-
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...
-
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
-
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...
-
2 Chronicles 32:22; 2 Kings 19:34; Acts 27:24; Isaiah 10:24;...
-
Fifteen years — We have not an instance of any other, who was told
before — hand just how long, he should live. God has wisely kept us
at uncertainties, that we may be always ready....