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Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.comJamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Isaiah 39:2 - 39:2
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glad - It was not the mere act, but the spirit of it, which provoked God (2Ch 32:25), “Hezekiah rendered not again according to the benefit done unto him, for his heart was lifted up”; also compare 2Ch 32:31. God “tries” His people at different times by different ways, bringing out “all that is in their heart,” to show them its varied corruptions. Compare David in a similar case (1Ch 21:1-8).
precious things - rather, “the house of his (aromatic) spices”; from a Hebrew root, to “break to pieces,” as is done to aromatics.
silver ... gold - partly obtained from the Assyrian camp (Isa 33:4); partly from presents (2Ch 32:23, 2Ch 32:27-29).
precious ointment - used for anointing kings and priests.
armour - or else vessels in general; the parallel passage (2Ch 32:27), “treasuries ... for shields,” favors English Version. His arsenal.