2 Kings 20
1 Hezekiah, having received a message of death, by prayer has his life lengthened.
8 The sun goes ten degrees backward for a sign of that promise.
12 Berodach-baladan sending to visit Hezekiah, because of the wonder, has notice of his treasures.
14 Isaiah understanding thereof, foretells the Babylonian captivity.
20 Manasseh succeeds Hezekiah.
Hezekiah <02396> [A.M. 3291. B.C. 713. was Hezekiah.]
prophet <05030> [the prophet.]
household instructions <01004 06680> [Set thine house in order. Heb. Give charge concerning thine house.]
terminal .......... him .................... die <04191> [thou shalt die.]
turned <05437> [he turned.]
Remember <02142> [remember.]
<01980> [I have walked.]
faithfully <0571> [in truth.]
wholehearted <03824 08003> [a perfect heart.]
wept bitterly <01058 01419> [wept sore. Heb. wept with a great weeping.]
<02691> [court. or, city.]
back <07725> [Turn again.]
leader <05057> [the captain.]
God <0430> [the God.]
heard <08085> [I have heard.]
seen <07200> [I have seen.]
heal <07495> [I will heal.]
up <05927> [thou shalt go.]
add <03254> [I will add.]
shield <01598> [I will defend.]
Get .... cake ....... ordered <03947 01690> [Take a lump.]
ulcerated sore <07822> [the boil.]
The word {shechin,} from the Arabic {sachana,} to be hot, signifies an inflammatory tumour, or burning boil; and some think that Hezekiah's malady was a pleurisy; others, that it was the plague; and others, the elephantiasis, a species of leprosy, as one of the Hexapla versions renders in Job 2:7. A poultice of figs might be very proper to maturate a boil, or dismiss any obstinate inflammatory swelling; but we need not discuss its propriety in this case, because it was as much the means which God chose to bless for his recovery, as the clay which Christ moistened to anoint the eyes of the blind man; for in both cases, without Divine interposition the cure could not have been effected.
sign <0226> [What shall be.]
sign <0226> [This sign.]
called out .... Lord <07121 03068> [cried unto.]
made <07725> [he brought.]
steps .... stairs <04609> [dial. Heb. degrees.]
Merodach-Baladan <01255> [A.M. 3292. B.C. 712. Berodach-baladan.]
[Merodach-baladan. king.]
Babylon <0894> [Babylon.]
letters <07971 05612> [sent letters.]
heard <08085> [for he had heard.]
showed ........................... showed <07200> [shewed.]
storehouse <05238> [precious things. or, spicery.]
armory <03627> [armour. or, jewels. Heb. vessels. there was nothing.]
Isaiah .... visited ............... come ...... come <03470 0935> [came Isaiah.]
asked ....... say ........ replied <0559> [What said.]
distant land <0776 07350> [a far country.]
palace .......... palace <01004> [All the things.]
Listen <08085> [Hear.]
carried <05375> [shall be carried.]
descendants <01121> [thy sons.]
eunuchs <05631> [they shall be.]
"Fulfilled in Da. 1:3-7."
appropriate .......... peace <02896 07965> [Good.]
[It is not good, etc. or, Shall there not be peace and truth, etc. peace and truth.]
built ... pool <01295 06213> [he made a pool.]
scroll <05612> [the book.]
passed away <07901> [A.M. 3306. B.C. 698. slept.]
Manasseh <04519> [Manasseh.]
