_HEZEKIAH, RECEIVING A MESSAGE OF DEATH, BY PRAYER HATH HIS LIFE
LENGTHENED. THE SUN GOETH TEN DEGREES BACKWARD FOR A SIGN. MANASSEH
SUCCEEDS HEZEKIAH.*_
_Before Christ 714._
* See the Annotations and Reflections on ch. 37. of Isaiah.... [ Continue Reading ]
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 the
upper end of the room, and, very likely, cut at that time on purpose
to do him the greater honour... [ Continue Reading ]