Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 38:6
I will defend this city - The other copy, 2 Kings 20:6 , adds:" for mine own sake, and for the sake of David my servant;" and the sentence seems somewhat abrupt without it. read more
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Adam Clarke
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 38:1-8
Sickness and recovery of Hezekiah. All pathos ultimately turns upon contrast, and the greatest of all contrasts is that between death and life. All who have passed through a dangerous illness, and have been brought nigh unto the gates of death, will feel touched by this narrative, which hints meanings that lie below the surface. I. THE WARNING . The king falls into deadly sickness; and the prophet's voice assures him that his days are numbered. "Thou shalt die, and not live." The... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 38:1-22
SECTION II .— HEZEKIAH 'S ILLNESS , AND THE EMBASSY OF MERODACH - BALADAN ( Isaiah 38:1-22 ; Isaiah 39:1-8 .). read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 38:2-6
The power of prayer. The story of these chapters (36-38.) is remarkably illustrative of the power of "effectual fervent prayer." Four points may be noted. I. PRAYER IS POTENT TO DESTROY THE ADVERSARIES OF GOD AT THE GREATEST HEIGHT OF THEIR GLORY AND BOASTING . Assyria had reached the acme of her might. She had destroyed nation after nation; she had "gone up and overflowed." All Western Asia was hers, and now she threatened to effect a lodgment in... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 38:4-6
Human life; the kindness of God and the wisdom of man. In the providential ordering and in the human direction of this our mortal life, we see— I. THE KINDNESS OF GOD . 1 . The strong links by which God has connected us together. "The God of David thy father;" for David's sake, in part, he would render deliverance. Human life is so ordered that we are all of us immeasurably the better for the piety, the virtue, the patient and faithful labours of those who came before us. ... read more
Albert Barnes
Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 38:6
And I will deliver thee and this city - The purport of this promise is, that he and the city should be finally and entirely delivered from all danger of invasion from the Assyrians. It might be apprehended that Sennacherib would collect a large army, and return; or that his successor would prosecute the war which he had commenced. But the assurance here is given to Hezekiah that he had nothing more to fear from the Assyrians (see the notes at Isaiah 31:4-5; Isaiah 37:35). In the parallel place... read more
Joseph Benson
Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 38:1-8
Isaiah 38:1-8. In those days was Hezekiah sick See notes on 2 Kings 20:1-11. read more
Donald C. Fleming
Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Isaiah 38:1-22
Hezekiah’s illness and recovery (38:1-22)The events recorded in Chapters 38 and 39 probably happened before those of the previous chapters. Hezekiah was about to die (38:1), but in answer to his prayer God gave him an extension of life. It seems that the reason for preserving Hezekiah’s life was to enable him to bring Judah through the time of conflict with Assyria (2-6). God gave Hezekiah a miraculous sign to confirm that this extension of life was according to the divine will (7-8).Hezekiah... read more
E.W. Bullinger
E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Isaiah 38:6
I will deliver thee and this city. The city was thus still besieged. I will. Hezekiah trusted this promise. defend = shield. See note on Isaiah 31:5 . read more
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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 38:6
And I will deliver thee and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria ,.... So that it seems that Hezekiah's sickness was while the king of Assyria was near the city of Jerusalem, and about to besiege it, and before the destruction of the Assyrian army; unless this is said to secure Hezekiah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem from all fears of a return of that king, to give them fresh trouble: and I will defend this city ; from the present siege laid to it, ruin threatened it, or... read more