the Week of Christ the King / Proper 29 / Ordinary 34
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2 Kings 20:1
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from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
am 3291, bc 713
was Hezekiah: 2 Chronicles 32:24-26, Isaiah 38:1-20, John 11:1-5, Philippians 2:27, Philippians 2:30
the prophet: 2 Kings 19:2, 2 Kings 19:20
Set thine house in order: Heb. Give charge concerning thine house, 2 Samuel 17:23, Isaiah 38:1, *marg.
thou shalt die: Jeremiah 18:7-10, Jonah 3:4-10
Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 18:22 - if the thing 2 Kings 13:14 - fallen sick 1 Chronicles 17:3 - word
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And the territory of the Canaanites extended from Sidon in the direction of Gerar as far as Gaza, and in the direction of Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, as far as Lasha.
And the border of the Canaanite was from Sidon, as you go toward Gerar, to Gaza; as you go toward Sodom and Gomorrah and Admah and Zeboiim, to Lasha.
Their land reached from Sidon to Gerar as far as Gaza, and then to Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, as far as Lasha.
and the borders of Canaan extended from Sidon all the way to Gerar as far as Gaza, and all the way to Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, as far as Lasha.
And the border of the Canaanites was from Sidon, as thou comest to Gerar, to Gaza; as thou goest to Sodom and Gomorrah, and Admah, and Zeboim, even to Lashah.
The border of the Canaanites was from Sidon, as you go toward Gerar, to Gaza; as you go toward Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, to Lasha.
The territory of the Canaanite extended from Sidon as one goes to Gerar, as far as Gaza; and as one goes to Sodom and Gomorrah and Admah and Zeboiim, as far as Lasha.
And the termes of Chanaan weren maad to men comynge fro Sidon to Gerara, til to Gasa, til thou entre in to Sodom and Gomore, and Adama, and Seboyne, til to Lesa.
And the border of the Canaanite is from Sidon, [in] thy coming towards Gerar, unto Gaza; [in] thy coming towards Sodom, and Gomorrah, and Admah, and Zeboim, unto Lasha.
and the borders of Canaan extended from Sidon toward Gerar as far as Gaza, and then toward Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, as far as Lasha.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Ver. 1-3. In these days was Hezekiah sick unto death,.... Of this sickness of Hezekiah, the message of the prophet Isaiah to him, and his prayer upon it,
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Barnes' Notes on the Bible
In those days - Hezekiah seems to have died 697 B.C.; and his illness must belong to 713 or 714 B.C. (compare 2 Kings 20:6), a date which falls early in the reign of Sargon. The true chronological place of this narrative is therefore prior to all the other facts related of Hezekiah except his religious reforms.
The prophet Isaiah the son of Amoz - This full description of Isaiah (compare 2 Kings 19:2), by the addition of his father’s name and of his office, marks the original independence of this narrative. The writer of Kings may have found it altogether separate from the other records of Hezekiah, and added it in the state in which he found it.
This history (compare Jonah 3:4-10) shows that the prophetic denunciations were often not absolute predictions of what was certainly about to happen, but designed primarily to prove, or to lead to repentance, those against whom they were uttered, and only obtaining accomplishment if this primary design failed.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
CHAPTER XX
Hezekiah's sickness, and the message of the prophet to him, to
prepare for death, 1.
His distress and prayer to God, 2, 3.
The Lord hears, and promises to add fifteen years to his life,
and Isaiah prescribes a means of cure, 4-7.
Hezekiah seeks a sign; and to assure him of the truth of God's
promise, the shadow on the dial of Ahaz goes back ten degrees,
8-11.
The King of Babylon sends a friendly message to Hezekiah, to
congratulate him on his recovery; and to these messengers he
ostentatiously shows all his treasures, 12, 13.
Isaiah reproves him, and foretells that the Babylonians will
come and take away all those treasures, and take the people
into captivity; and degrade the royal family of Judah, 14-18.
Hezekiah bows to the Divine judgment, 19.
His acts and death, 20, 21.
NOTES ON CHAP. XX
Verse 2 Kings 20:1. Set thine house in order — It appears from the text that he was smitten with such a disorder as must terminate in death, without the miraculous interposition of God: and he is now commanded to set his house in order, or to give charge concerning his house; to dispose of his affairs, or in other words, to make his will; because his death was at hand. "This sickness," says Jarchi, "took place three days before the defeat of Sennacherib." That it must have been before this defeat, is evident. Hezekiah reigned only twenty-nine years, 2 Kings 18:2. He had reigned fourteen years when the war with Sennacherib began, 2 Kings 18:13, and he reigned fifteen years after this sickness, 2 Kings 20:6; therefore 14+15=29, the term of his reign. Nothing can be clearer than this, that Hezekiah had reigned fourteen years before this time; and that he did live the fifteen years here promised. That Hezekiah's sickness happened before the destruction of Sennacherib's army, is asserted by the text itself: see 2 Kings 20:6.