Notwithstanding, Hezekiah humbled himself for the pride of his heart, both he and the inhabitants of Jerusalem ,.... In what manner is not said; perhaps by putting on sackcloth, and by fasting and prayer, and making confession of sin, and declaring repentance for it: so that the wrath of the Lord came not upon them in the days of Hezekiah ; but in the days of his son's sons, Isaiah 39:7 . read more
Humbled himself - Awoke from his sleep, was sorry for his sin, deprecated the wrath of God, and the Divine displeasure was turned away from him. read more
The shadow which Hezekiah casts on his own life's history. The great commendation of Hezekiah, written in one word—his "goodness"—in our thirty-second verse, but somewhat more expressly in the parallel ( 2 Kings 18:5 ), which raised him to the very first rank with David and Jehoshaphat, may well be accepted as fully explained and sustained by the undeviating excellence of his administration of the kingdom. His reign is, at any rate, unsullied by any sins like those of David. Yet one... read more
The trial of restoration. The incident to which the text refers was a very small one when measured against the magnitude of that with which the preceding verses deal. It concerns the sickness and the recovery of one man, together with a visit to the court at Jerusalem of a few ambassadors. But it was very much to Hezekiah himself, and it contains valuable lessons for us all. I. THE INCALCULABLE ELEMENT IN OUR TRIALS . This is large. 1 . We cannot guess when they will... read more
Hezekiah's fall and repentance. I. HEZEKIAH 'S SIN . 1 . Its character. 2 . Its punishment. The wrath of Jehovah was threatened II. HEZEKIAH 'S REPENTANCE . 1. The self-abasement of the king. "He humbled himself for the pride of his heart." The wrath of Jehovah, pronounced against him and his people by Isaiah, was the Babylonish captivity. When Hezekiah heard the prophet's threatening, he realized that he had sinned, and humbled himself before Jehovah,... read more
Hezekiah humbled himself . Possibly the language of the nineteenth verse in the parallel is the one surviving historic trace of this. The language found in Jeremiah 26:19 may be also a note of the same, though its dependence (see Jeremiah 26:17 , Jeremiah 26:18 ) on Micah 3:12 seems to make it less likely. read more
Hezekiah humbled himself - Perhaps this is the self-humiliation of which Jeremiah speaks (marginal reference) as following on a certain prophecy uttered by Micah. The prophecy Micah 3:12 is by some referred to the earlier part of the reign of Hezekiah; but there is nothing to show that it was not delivered about this time. read more
2 Chronicles 32:26. Hezekiah humbled himself for the pride of his heart For the sins of the heart, though they should never show themselves in any external way, either by word or deed, must be acknowledged to God and repented of, if we would find mercy; and self-humiliation is a necessary branch of repentance. Both he and the inhabitants of Jerusalem Who humbled themselves with Hezekiah, either because they were conscious they had been guilty of the same sin, or, at least, feared they... read more
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Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 2 Chronicles 32:24-33
Here we conclude the story of Hezekiah with an account of three things concerning him:? I. His sickness and his recovery from it, 2 Chron. 32:24. The account of his sickness is but briefly mentioned here; we had a large narrative of it, 2 Kgs. 20:1-11 His disease seemed likely to be mortal. In the extremity of it he prayed. God answered him, and gave him a sign that he should recover, the going back of the sun ten degrees. II. His sin and his repentance for it, which were also more largely... read more