Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Isaiah 37:1-38
Chapter 37And it came to pass, when king Hezekiah heard it, that he tore his clothes ( Isaiah 37:1 ),Yeah, man, it is bad. Rip, you know.and he covered himself with sackcloth ( Isaiah 37:1 ),Now sackcloth was something that they put upon themselves to more or less afflict themselves. It was whenever you were in mourning you would put on sackcloth. Sackcloth, as you can well imagine, against the skin must be very irritating. And so the king himself put on sackcloth.and he went into the house of... read more
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 37:1-38
Isaiah 36-39. This section has been extracted from 2 Kings 18:13 to 2 Kings 20:19, and the Song of Hezekiah has been added. For an exposition see the notes on 2 K.; here we have simply to deal with the Song of Hezekiah. Isaiah 38:10-Proverbs : . Thanksgiving for Deliverance from Imminent Death.— This is now generally regarded as a post-exilic psalm. Its absence in the parallel narratine in Kings is significant. Apparently it was inserted here by an editor who thought it suitable to Hezekiah’... read more