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Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Kings 20:1-21

The Reign of Hezekiah King of Judah c. 716-687 BC (2 Kings 18:1 to 2 Kings 20:21 ). Co-regency from c 729 BC. There now begins the reign of one of the two great kings after David of whom it could be said ‘after him was none like him among all the kings of Judah, nor among those who were before him.’ The other will be Josiah (compare 2 Kings 23:25). In both cases the words are hyperbole and not intended to be applied literally (otherwise David would have been seen as excelled). But they... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Kings 20:1-11

2 Kings 20:1-1 Kings : . Sickness of Hezekiah.— This is related in the parallel passage, Isaiah 38, in a much abbreviated form, save that it adds the prayer of Hezekiah after his recovery. Isaiah 38 omits 2 Kings 20:4 (Isaiah being recalled “ afore he was gone out of the middle court” ( mg.) of the palace, 2 Kings 20:5 b (promising that Hezekiah shall go up to the Temple on the third day), 2 Kings 20:8 (Hezekiah’ s request for a sign), 2 Kings 20:9-1 Kings : a (the alternative sign, Hezekiah’... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - 2 Kings 20:4

Into the middle court, to wit, of the king’s palace; of which See Poole "1 Kings 7:8". Or, into the middle city, as it is in the Hebrew. For some observe that there were three cities, or three parts of this city; one called the city of David in Zion; another called Jebus, or Salem; and a third, which was betwixt these two parts, and united them all into one city, called Jerusalem. This is noted to show God’s great readiness to hear the sincere and fervent prayers of his children. read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - 2 Kings 20:1-11

HEZEKIAH’S SICKNESS AND RECOVERYCRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.—2 Kings 20:1. In those days was Hezekiah sick—The Assyrian invasion occurred in the fourteenth year of his reign (2 Kings 18:13), and now fifteen more years are to be added (2 Kings 20:6), making twenty-nine years, the total length of his reign (2 Kings 18:2); therefore this sickness must have occurred the very year of the invasion—“in those days”—at which time he was thirty-nine years of age. Set thine house in order—Not his... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 20:1-21

Chapter 20Now 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 ( 2 Kings 20:1 ).The word of the Lord from Isaiah to Hezekiah. Set your house in order, you're going to die and not live.And so Hezekiah turned his face to the wall, and he prayed unto the LORD, and he said, I beseech you, O LORD, remember now how I have walked with you in truth, with a... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - 2 Kings 20:1-21

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 of prophecy were given to Gideon in regard to his fleece, and to the Israelites when Jeroboam’s altar was rent, &c. To ask this sign, that the sun should retrograde was a hard thing, whether by refraction or otherwise, if we may accommodate the miracle to the weak faith of astronomers.... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - 2 Kings 20:1-19

2 Kings 20:1-19In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death.The blessing of sicknessA Christian man of intense business enterprise and activity was laid aside by sickness. He who never would intermit his labours was compelled to a dead halt. His restless limbs were stretched motionless on the bed. He was so weak that he could scarcely lift his hand. Speaking to a friend of the contrast between his condition now and when he had been driving his immense business he said, “Now I am growing. I have... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - 2 Kings 20:4

2Ki 20:4 And it came to pass, afore Isaiah was gone out into the middle court, that the word of the LORD came to him, saying, Ver. 4. Before Isaiah was gone out into the middle court. ] So the Chetib. Or, Into the middle of the city; so the Cheri, or margin, hath it. It is probable that the king’s court was like a city. The Turk’s seraglio or palace is in circuit more than two miles. Before Isaiah was gone out into the court within the porch, 1Ki 7:8 he was sent again with this countermand.... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - 2 Kings 20:4

court: or, city, 2 Kings 22:14, 1 Kings 7:8 Reciprocal: 2 Chronicles 32:24 - gave him a sign Psalms 107:20 - He sent Jeremiah 28:12 - General read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - 2 Kings 20:4

And it came to pass, afore Isaiah was gone out into the middle court, that the word of the LORD came to him, saying,Court — Of the king's palace. This is noted to shew God's great readiness to hear the prayers of his children. read more