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Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

2 Kings 20:19

Verse 2 Kings 20:19. Good is the word of the Lord] He has spoken right, I have done foolishly. I submit to his judgments.

Is it not good if peace and truth be in my days?] I believe Hezekiah inquires whether there shall be peace and truth in his days. And the question seems to be rather of an interested nature. He does not appear to deplore the calamities that were coming on the land, provided peace and truth might prevail in his days.

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  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    GOOD IS THE WORD ... - The language is, according to some, that of a true spirit of resignation and humility; according to others, that of a feeling of relief and satisfaction that the evil was not to...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

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  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    GOOD. Hezekiah's submission was like Eli's. Compare 1 Samuel 3:18. IS IT NOT GOOD, IF: or, Is it not that, &c. Figure of speech _Erotesis._ Septuagint reads "Let there be good"....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _Good_is _the word of the Lord which thou hast spoken_ Bp Hall takes these words of Hezekiah as uttered in a proper spirit. -The rod was smart, yet good Hezekiah kisses it. His heart struck him no les...

  • Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

    DISCOURSE: 379 HEZEKIAH’S RESIGNATION 2 Kings 20:19. _Then said Hezekiah unto Isaiah, Good is the word of the Lord which thou hast spoken._ IF of active virtues it may be said, that they are more fas...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    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...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _THEN SAID HEZEKIAH UNTO ISAIAH, GOOD IS THE WORD OF THE LORD WHICH THOU HAST SPOKEN. AND HE SAID, IS IT NOT GOOD, IF PEACE AND TRUTH BE IN MY DAYS?_ Good is the word of the Lord - indicating a humbl...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    GOOD _IS_ THE WORD] Hezekiah showed the same submissiveness as Eli had manifested on a similar occasion (1 Samuel 3:18)....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    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...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    GOOD IS THE WORD OF THE LORD ... — Pious acquiescence in the will of God. (Comp. Eli’s: “It is the Lord: let him do what seemeth him good.” Comp, also a similar expression in 1 Kings 2:38.) IS IT NOT...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וַ יֹּ֤אמֶר חִזְקִיָּ֨הוּ֙ אֶֽל ־יְשַֽׁעְיָ֔הוּ טֹ֥וב...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    Then said Hezekiah unto Isaiah, Good [is] the word of the LORD which thou hast (l) spoken. And he said, [Is it] not [good], if (m) peace and truth be in my days? (l) He acknowledges Isaiah to be the...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    Let. Hebrew, "and he added, let," &c. (Calmet) --- Protestants, "he said, is it not good, if peace and truth (or a solid and desirable peace) be in my days?" He is not indifferent about his family, as...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    Reader! observe how men's punishments rise out of their very sins. Thy backslidings shall correct thee. How little did Hezekiah think that such events should follow. Oh! with what caution ought we to...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

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  • James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

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  • John Darby's Synopsis

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  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

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  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    Then said Hezekiah unto Isaiah, Good [is] the word of the LORD which thou hast spoken. And he said, [Is it] not [good], if peace and truth be in my days? Ver. 19. _Good is the word of the Lord, &c.,...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _Good is the word of the Lord_ I heartily submit to this sentence, as being most just and merciful. All true penitents, when they are under divine rebukes, call them not only just, but good: not only...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    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...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Then said Hezekiah unto Isaiah, submitting meekly to the decree of the Lord, GOOD IS THE WORD OF THE LORD WHICH THOU HAST SPOKEN. He accepted the reproof. AND HE SAID, as though to himself, IS IT NOT...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Hezekiah's Vanity...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    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)...

  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    IS IT NOT GOOD IF PEACE AND TRUTH BE IN MY DAYS? OR, SHALL THERE NOT BE PEACE AND TRUTH? ETC....

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    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....

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    GOOD IS THE WORD OF THE LORD: I heartily submit to this sentence, as being both just, because deserved and procured by mine and my people's sins; and merciful, because the punishment is less than I ha...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    2 Kings 20:19 Hezekiah H2396 said H559 (H8799) Isaiah H3470 word H1697 LORD H3068 spoken H1696 (H8765) good...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Good is the word of the Lord which thou hast spoken._ THE PEACE The text is susceptible of two propositions. First, that peace is a blessing only on a basis of truth. “He said, Is it not good if pe...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

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  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

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  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    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...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    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

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Samuel 3:18; Esther 9:30; Jeremiah 33:6; Job 1:21; Lamentations 3:22

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Good is, &c. — I heartily submit to this sentence, as being both just, and merciful. True penitents, when they are under divine rebukes, call them not only just, but good. Not only submit to, but acce...

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