2 Kings 20

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 20:9

And Isaiah said, this sign shalt thou have of the Lord, that the Lord will do the thing that he hath spoken ,.... Cure him of his disorder, so that he should be able to go to the temple on the third day: shall the shadow go forward ten degrees, or go back ten degrees ? that is, the shadow of the sun on a dial plate; it was left to his option to choose which he would, as the confirming sign of his recovery. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 20:10

And Hezekiah answered, it is a light thing for the shadow to go down ten degrees ,.... That is, it was comparatively so, otherwise to go down ten degrees at once would be extraordinary and miraculous; but that was more agreeable to the nature and course of it to go forward, and so the miracle would be less apparent: nay, but let the shadow return backward ten degrees ; which was directly contrary to its natural order and course, whereby the miracle would appear more clear and manifest:... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 20:11

And Isaiah the prophet cried unto the Lord ,.... Or prayed, as the Targum; and was very earnest in prayer, that what Hezekiah had desired might be granted: and he brought the shadow ten degrees backward, by which it had gone down in the dial of Ahaz ; Ben Gersom understands it not of the sun itself, but of the shadow of it only; See Gill on Isaiah 38:8 . read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 20:12-19

At that time Berodachbaladan ,.... He is called Merodachbaladan, Isaiah 39:1 , so here in the Septuagint, Syriac, and Arabic versions; See Gill on Isaiah 39:1 ; and by Metasthenes F26 Ut supra. (De Judicio Temp. fol. 221. 2.) his father is called Merodach, and he Ben Merodach, who reigned twenty one years, and his father fifty two; from hence to the end of 2 Kings 20:12 the same account is given in the same words as in Isaiah 39:1 throughout, except in 2 Kings 20:13 , where... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 20:20

And the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, and all his might ,.... Which he exerted in his wars with his enemies, and in the reformation of religion, and abolition of idolatry: and how he made a pool, and a conduit, and brought water into the city ; at the same time that he cut it off from the enemy without, see 2 Chronicles 32:3 , are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah ? a book often referred to in this history, but since lost; many of his acts are... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 20:21

And Hezekiah slept with his fathers ,.... Died, as they did; no mention is here made of the place of his burial, but there is in 2 Chronicles 32:33 where he is said to be buried in the principal part of the sepulchres of the sons of David, and to have honour done him at his death by the inhabitants of Judah and Jerusalem, by the vast concourse of people attending his interment, and by burning spices for him, and making a public mourning on his account a certain stated time: and Manasseh... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Kings 20

Hezekiah's sickness, and the message of the prophet to him, to prepare for death, 2 Kings 20:1 . His distress and prayer to God, 2 Kings 20:2 , 2 Kings 20:3 . The Lord hears, and promises to add fifteen years to his life, and Isaiah prescribes a means of cure, 2 Kings 20:4-7 . Hezekiah seeks a sign; and to assure him of the truth of God's promise, the shadow on the dial of Ahaz goes back ten degrees, 2 Kings 20:8-11 . The King of Babylon sends a friendly message to Hezekiah, to... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Kings 20:1

Set thine house in order - It appears from the text that he was smitten with such a disorder as must terminate in death, without the miraculous interposition of God: and he is now commanded to set his house in order, or to give charge concerning his house; to dispose of his affairs, or in other words, to make his will; because his death was at hand. "This sickness," says Jarchi, "took place three days before the defeat of Sennacherib." That it must have been before this defeat, is... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Kings 20:3

I beseech thee , O Lord - Hezekiah knew that, although the words of Isaiah were delivered to him in an absolute form, yet they were to be conditionally understood, else he could not have prayed to God to reverse a purpose which he knew to be irrevocable. Even this passage is a key to many prophecies and Divine declarations: see Isaiah 18:1-7 ; of Jeremiah. Hezekiah pleads his uprightness and holy conduct in his own behalf. Was it impious to do so? No; but it certainly did not... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Kings 20:4

Into the middle court - הצר hatstser , the court. This is the reading of the Masoretic Keri: העיר haair , "of the city," is the reading of the text, and of most MSS.; but the versions follow the Keri. read more

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 20:9

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 20:10

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 20:11

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 20:12-19

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 20:20

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 20:21

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Kings 20

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Kings 20:1

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Kings 20:3

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Kings 20:4

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