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2 Kings 20 - Introduction

INTRODUCTION TO 2 KINGS 20

In this chapter is an account of Hezekiah's sickness, and of the means of his recovery, and of the sign given of it, 2 Kings 20:1 of the king of Babylon's congratulatory letter to him upon it, when he showed to the messengers that brought it his treasures, in the pride and vanity of his heart, 2 Kings 20:12 for which he was reproved by the prophet Isaiah, and was humbled, and submitted to the sentence pronounced on his house, 2 Kings 20:14, and the chapter is concluded with his reign and death, 2 Kings 20:20.

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See also 2 Kings 20 - Introduction in other biblical comments:

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    2 KINGS 18-20. THE REIGN OF HEZEKIAH. These three Chapter s give an account of the reign of the best king of Judah, and a parallel but somewhat less full account is found in Isaiah 36-39. There is ano...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    _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...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE THE STRUGGLE FOR INDEPENDENCE 2 Kings 18:1 to 2 Kings 20:21 Three Chapter s of Kings are devoted to the reign of good King Hezekiah. After a somewhat lengthy introduction to the...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    1:8 [garment], (a-13) Or 'a hairy man.'...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    XX. HEZEKIAH’S SICKNESS AND RECOVERY. THE BABYLONIAN EMBASSY. CONCLUSION. Parallel accounts may be read in Isaiah 38, 39.; 2 Chronicles 32:24....

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

    _A.M. 3295. B.C. 709._ Hezekiah's sickness and recovery, 2 Kings 20:1. The sign given him, 2 Kings 20:8. He shows the Babylonians all his treasures, 2 Kings 20:12;...

  • 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...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    * Hezekiah's sickness, His recovery in answer to prayer. (1-11) Hezekiah shows his treasures to the ambassadors from Babylon, His death. (12-21)...

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