13:4 Jehoahaz asked for the Lord’s mercy 2 and the Lord responded favorably, 3 for he saw that Israel was oppressed by the king of Syria. 4
19:14 Hezekiah took the letter 10 from the messengers and read it. 11 Then Hezekiah went up to the Lord’s temple and spread it out before the Lord.
20:8 Hezekiah had said to Isaiah, “What is the confirming sign that the Lord will heal me and that I will go up to the Lord’s temple the day after tomorrow?”
1 sn A seah was a dry measure equivalent to about 7 quarts.
2 tn Heb “appeased the face of the
3 tn Heb “and the
4 tn Heb “for he saw the oppression of Israel, for the king of Syria oppressed them.”
3 tn Heb “and they did evil things, angering the
4 tn Heb “in the beginning of their living there.”
5 tn Heb “fear.”
5 tn Heb “Go.”
6 sn In v. 25 the chief adviser develops further the argument begun in v. 22. He claims that Hezekiah has offended the Lord and that the Lord has commissioned Assyria as his instrument of discipline and judgment.
6 tc The MT has the plural, “letters,” but the final mem is probably dittographic (note the initial mem on the form that immediately follows). Some Greek and Aramaic witnesses have the singular.
7 tc The MT has the plural suffix, “them,” but this probably reflects a later harmonization to the preceding textual corruption (of “letter” to “letters”). The parallel passage in Isa 37:14 has the singular suffix.
7 tn Heb “Hear the words of Sennacherib which he sent to taunt the living God.”