Bullinger Companion Bible Notes - 2 King 20:5

Bullinger Companion Bible Notes - 2 King 20:5 - 20:5

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Bullinger Companion Bible Notes - 2 King 20:5 - 20:5

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This Chapter Verse Commentaries:

20:1 - 20:1
20:2 - 20:2
20:3 - 20:3
20:4 - 20:4
20:5 - 20:5
20:6 - 20:6
20:7 - 20:7
20:8 - 20:8
20:9 - 20:9
20:10 - 20:10
20:11 - 20:11
20:12 - 20:12
20:13 - 20:13
20:14 - 20:14
20:17 - 20:17
20:18 - 20:18
20:19 - 20:19
20:20 - 20:20
20:21 - 20:21

God of David (Hebrew. Elohim. This tells us the nature of Hezekiah's prayer. He had no heir to the throne, but remembered Jehovah's word to David in 2Sa_7:12-16. Hence his anxiety, as manifested in his "Songs of the degrees". Compare Psa_127:3-5; Psalms 138; Psalms 132. See App-67. (Manasseh not born till three years later, 600 B.C.)

behold. Figure of speech Asterismos. Introducing the fivefold (App-10) promise and answer to his prayer in verses: 2Ki_20:5 and 2Ki_20:6.

go up, &c. This also must have been a subject of prayer.