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The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 20:21

And Hezekiah slept with his fathers. The writer of Chronicles adds, "And they buried him in the chiefest," or rather, in the topmost, "of the sepulchers of the sons of David" ( 2 Chronicles 32:33 ). The catacomb of David being now full, Hezekiah and his descendants ( 2 Kings 21:18 , 2 Kings 21:26 ; 2 Kings 23:30 ) had to he buried elsewhere. The tomb of Hezekiah was either over the catacomb of David, or on the ascent which led to it. And Manasseh his son reigned in his stead. (See... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Kings 20:20-21

Consult the marginal references. read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 20:1-21

Warning concerning Babylon (20:1-21)It seems that the events recorded in 20:1-19 occurred before those recorded in 18:13-19:37. Hezekiah was about to die, but, in answer to his prayer, God promised to extend his life. This was for the purpose of bringing Judah through the time of conflict with Assyria that has just been described (20:1-7). God gave Hezekiah a miraculous sign to prove that he would do what he had promised (8-11).At this time Babylon was increasing in power and was looking for... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 2 Kings 20:20

a pool = the pool. Compare 2 Kings 18:17 . The pool of Siloam fed by the conduit mentioned below. a Conduit = the conduit. A long underground channel discovered by Sir Charles Warren (in 1867) running from Gihon (now the Virgin's Fount) down to Siloam. An inscription found in it describes the making of it. Compare 2 Chronicles 32:30 . brought water = brought the water. This is referred to by Hezekiah in Psalms 46:4 , where it is contrasted with the raging waters of 2 Kings 20:3 . Compare... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 2 Kings 20:21

slept with his fathers. See note on Deuteronomy 31:16 . read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - 2 Kings 20:21

2 Kings 20:21. 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. The prophets who are supposed to have been living in his son's and his reign, were Hosea, Joel, Nahum, Habakkuk, some say Obadiah, and Isaiah, the greatest of them all. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - 2 Kings 20:20

20. pool and a conduit—(See on :-). read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 2 Kings 20:20-21

8. Hezekiah’s death 20:20-21Hezekiah’s 1,777-foot long tunnel was a noteworthy accomplishment. It brought water from the Gihon spring outside the city wall, under the wall of Jerusalem, and into the city, specifically to the pool of Siloam. This made Jerusalem much more self-sufficient in times of invasion than it would have been otherwise. [Note: See Kathleen Kenyon, Jerusalem, pp. 69-71.] Hezekiah’s reign was one of the best in Judah’s history because of the king’s humility and dependence on... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Kings 20:1-21

Hezekiah’s Sickness and Recovery1. 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 future (2 Kings 20:6); (b) Hezekiah is in possession of great treasures (2 Kings 20:13), which could scarcely have been the case after the surrender described in 2 Kings 18:14-15; (c) Merodach Baladan, king of Babylon, was driven from his throne before Sennacherib attacked Judah. Chronologically, therefore,... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 2 Kings 20:20

(20) His might.—See 2 Chronicles 32:0; Isaiah 33:18; Psalms 48:12-13.A pool . . . a conduit . . . water.—Rather, the pool . . . the conduit . . . the water. The pool of Hezekiah is now the Birket-Hammâm-el-Batrak. (See Notes on 2 Chronicles 32:4; 2 Chronicles 32:30, and Isaiah 7:3.) read more