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prayed and cried. This is what Hezekiah refers to in his "Songs of the degrees" (Psa_120:1; Psa_123:1-3; Psa_130:1, Psa_130:2). Compare Isa_38:10-20. 2Ki_19:15-19; 2Ki_20:2, 2Ki_20:3. See App-67. One of the few O.T. instances of united prayer.
heaven. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Subject), for God Himself. "Heaven" used here because the prayer was made to God, as "the Maker of heaven and earth" (2Ki_19:15. Isa_37:16). This is referred to in Hezekiah's "Songs of the degrees" (Psa_121:1, Psa_121:2; Psa_123:1; Psa_124:8).