2 Kings 19:1

Contextual Overview

¹When King Hezekiah heard their report, he tore his clothes, covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the Lord’s temple. ¹ It happened, when king Hizkiyahu heard it, that he tore his clothes, and covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the house of the LORD. ¹ And it came to pass, when king Hezekiah heard it, that he rent his clothes, and covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the house of the Lord . ¹ As soon as King Hezekiah heard it, he tore his clothes and covered himself with sackcloth and went into the house of the Lord . ¹ When King Hezekiah heard the message, he tore his clothes and put on rough cloth to show how sad he was. Then he went into the Temple of the Lord . ¹ When King Hezekiah heard this, he tore his clothes, put on sackcloth, and went to the Lord 's temple. ¹When king Hezekiah heard it, he tore his clothes and he covered himself with sackcloth and went into the house (temple) of the LORD. ¹ Now when King Hezekiah heard the report, he tore his clothes, covered himself with sackcloth, and entered the house of the LORD.¹ It happened, when king Hezekiah heard it, that he tore his clothes, and covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the house of Yahweh. ¹ And when King Hezekiah heard it, he rent his clothes and put on sackecloth, and came into the house of the Lord,

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

when king: Isaiah 37:1-7

he rent: 2 Kings 5:7, 2 Kings 18:37, 1 Samuel 4:12, Ezra 9:3, Job 1:20, Jeremiah 36:24, Matthew 26:65

covered: 2 Kings 6:30, Genesis 37:34, 1 Kings 21:27, 1 Kings 21:29, Esther 4:1-4, Psalms 35:13, Jonah 3:8, Matthew 11:21

went into: 2 Chronicles 7:15, 2 Chronicles 7:16, Job 1:20, Job 1:21

Reciprocal: Genesis 37:29 - he rent Exodus 33:4 - and no Leviticus 24:11 - blasphemed 2 Samuel 3:31 - Rend 1 Kings 20:31 - put sackcloth 1 Chronicles 21:16 - clothed 2 Chronicles 34:19 - that he rent Psalms 75:1 - A Psalm Isaiah 33:7 - the ambassadors Acts 14:14 - they

Cross-References

Genesis 18:22
The men turned from there, and went toward Sedom, but Avraham stood yet before the LORD.

Genesis 18:22
And the men turned their faces from thence, and went toward Sodom: but Abraham stood yet before the Lord .

Genesis 18:22
And the men turned from there and went toward Sodom. And Abraham was still standing before Yahweh.

Genesis 18:22
So the men turned and went toward Sodom, but Abraham stood there before the Lord .

Genesis 18:22
The two men turned and headed toward Sodom, but Abraham was still standing before the Lord .

Genesis 18:22
Now the [two] men (angelic beings) turned away from there and went toward Sodom, but Abraham remained standing before the LORD.

Genesis 18:22
Then the men turned away from there and went toward Sodom, while Abraham was still standing before the LORD.

Genesis 18:22
And the men turned thence and went toward Sodom: but Abraham stoode yet before the Lord.

Genesis 18:22
Then the men turned away from there and went toward Sodom, while Abraham was still standing before Yahweh.

Genesis 18:22
The men turned and started toward Sodom. But the Lord stayed with Abraham,

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And it came to pass, when King Hezekiah heard it,.... The report of Rabshakeh's speech, recorded in the preceding chapter,

that he rent his clothes, and covered himself with sackcloth; rent his clothes because of the blasphemy in the speech; and he put on sackcloth, in token of mourning, for the calamities he feared were coming on him and his people: and he went into the house of the Lord; the temple, to pray unto him. The message he sent to Isaiah, with his answer, and the threatening letter of the king of Assyria, Hezekiah's prayer upon it, and the encouraging answer he had from the Lord, with the account of the destruction of the Assyrian army, and the death of Sennacherib, are the same "verbatim" as in Isaiah 37:1 throughout; and therefore the reader is referred thither for the exposition of them; only would add what Rauwolff t observes, that still to this day (1575) there are two great holes to be seen, wherein they flung the dead bodies (of the Assyrian army), one whereof is close by the road towards Bethlehem, the other towards the right hand against old Bethel.

t Travels, par. 3. ch. 22. p. 317.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Hezekiah, like his officers, probably rent his clothes on account of Rab-shakeh’s blasphemies: and he put on sackcloth in self-humiliation and in grief. The only hope left was in Yahweh, for Egypt could not be trusted to effect anything of importance. Rab-shakeh’s boldness had told upon Hezekiah. He was dispirited and dejected. He perhaps began to doubt whether he had done right in yielding to the bolder counsels of Eliakim and Isaiah. He had not lost his faith in God; but his faith was being severely tried. He wisely went and strove by prayer to strengthen it.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

CHAPTER XIX

Hezekiah is greatly distressed, and sends to Isaiah to pray for

him, 1-4.

Isaiah returns a comfortable answer, and predicts the

destruction of the king of Assyria and his army, 5-8.

Sennacherib, hearing that his kingdom was invaded by the

Ethiopians, sends a terrible letter to Hezekiah, to induce

him to surrender, 9-13.

Hezekiah goes to the temple, spreads the letter before the

Lord, and makes a most affecting prayer, 14-19.

Isaiah is sent to him to assure him that his prayer is heard;

that Jerusalem shall be delivered; and that the Assyrians

shall be destroyed, 20-34.

That very night a messenger of God slays one hundred and

eighty-five thousand Assyrians, 35.

Sennacherib returns to Nineveh, and is slain by his own sons,

36, 37.

NOTES ON CHAP. XIX