2 Kings 19:2
in 2 Kings 19And he sent Eliakim the palace administrator, Shebna the scribe, and the leading priests, all wearing sackcloth, to the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And he sent Eliakim, who was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and the elders of the priests, covered with sackcloth, unto Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz.
KJV
And he sent Eliakim, which was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and the elders of the priests, covered with sackcloth, to Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz.
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This verse in 2 Kings 19
Commentary
6 notes on this verseTo Isaiah the prophet - His fame and influence were at this time great in Israel; and it was well known that the word of the Lord was with him. Here both the Church and the state unite in fervent application to, and strong dependence upon, God; and behold how they succeed!
This site's exposition
tore his clothes, put on sackcloth
on 2 Kings 19:1-3
Hezekiah's answer to the Rabshakeh's blasphemy is torn clothes, sackcloth, and the house of the LORD. His message pictures a birth with no strength: "children have come to the point of birth, but there is no strength to deliver them". The king admits that the nation cannot deliver itself.
This site's exposition
the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz
Isaiah enters the history of Kings here for the first time. Barnes notes that this was the fourth reign of his ministry, which Isaiah 1:1 dates to Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz and Hezekiah. Clarke adds that the whole nation knew the word of the LORD was with him.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
The great prophet is the great intercessor. (4.) Those are likely to prevail with God that lift up their prayers, that is, that lift up their hearts in prayer. (5.) When the interests of God's church are brought very low, so that there is but a remnant left, few friends, and those weak and at a loss, then it is time to lift up our prayer for that remnant.
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
The expression in which the message was conveyed described, by a strong figure, the desperate condition of the kingdom, together with their own inability to help themselves; and it intimated also a hope, that the blasphemous defiance of Jehovah's power by the impious Assyrian might lead to some direct interposition for the vindication of His honor and supremacy to all heathen gods.
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
Isaiah is here for the first time introduced into the history. His own writings show us how active a part he had taken in it for many years previously. This was the fourth reign since he began his prophesyings; and during two reigns at least, those of Ahaz and Hezekiah, he had been a familiar counselor of the monarch. He had probably counseled the revolt from Assyria, and had encouraged the king and people to persevere in their resistance. The exact date of prophecies can seldom be fixed with any certainty; but we can scarcely he mistaken in regarding 2 Kings 10; 30; 31 as written about the time of Hezekiah’s second revolt.
The words behind it
18 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַ֠יִּשְׁלַח | vaiyishlach | and he sent | H7971 → | 845 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| אֶלְיָקִ֨ים | ʾelyakim | Eliakim | H471 → | 12 times |
| אֲשֶׁר־ | ʾasher- | who | H834 → | 5497 times |
| עַל־ | ʾal- | [was] over | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| הַבַּ֜יִת | habayit | the house | H1004 → | 2046 times |
| וְשֶׁבְנָ֣א | veshevna' | and Shebna | H7644 → | 9 times |
| הַסֹּפֵ֗ר | hasofer | the scribe | H5608 → | 159 times |
| וְאֵת֙ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| זִקְנֵ֣י | ziknei | [the] elders of | H2205 → | 178 times |
| הַכֹּֽהֲנִ֔ים | hakohanim | the priests | H3548 → | 750 times |
| מִתְכַּסִּ֖ים | mitkasim | covered | H3680 → | |
| בַּשַּׂקִּ֑ים | basakim | with <the> sackcloth<s> | H8242 → | 49 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| יְשַֽׁעְיָ֥הוּ | yesha'yahu | Isaiah | H3470 → | 39 times |
| הַנָּבִ֖יא | hanavi' | the prophet | H5030 → | 314 times |
| בֶּן־ | ben- | [the] son of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| אָמֽוֹץ׃ | ʾamotz | Amoz | H531 → | 13 times |
וַ֠יִּשְׁלַחand he sent
vaiyishlachH7971 →845 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
אֶלְיָקִ֨יםEliakim
ʾelyakimH471 →12 times
אֲשֶׁר־who
ʾasher-H834 →5497 times
עַל־[was] over
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
הַבַּ֜יִתthe house
habayitH1004 →2046 times
וְשֶׁבְנָ֣אand Shebna
veshevna'H7644 →9 times
הַסֹּפֵ֗רthe scribe
hasoferH5608 →159 times
וְאֵת֙and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
זִקְנֵ֣י[the] elders of
zikneiH2205 →178 times
הַכֹּֽהֲנִ֔יםthe priests
hakohanimH3548 →750 times
מִתְכַּסִּ֖יםcovered
mitkasimH3680 →
בַּשַּׂקִּ֑יםwith <the> sackcloth<s>
basakimH8242 →49 times
אֶל־to
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
יְשַֽׁעְיָ֥הוּIsaiah
yesha'yahuH3470 →39 times
הַנָּבִ֖יאthe prophet
hanavi'H5030 →314 times
בֶּן־[the] son of
ben-H1121 →4930 times
אָמֽוֹץ׃Amoz
ʾamotzH531 →13 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Luke 3:4as it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet: “A voice of one calling in the wilderness, ‘Prepare the way for the Lord, make straight paths for Him.
it leads to
- Isaiah 40:3–5
A voice of one calling: “Prepare the way for the LORD in the wilderness; make a straight highway for our God in the desert.
- John 1:23
John replied in the words of Isaiah the prophet: “I am a voice of one calling in the wilderness, ‘Make straight the way for the Lord.’”
- John 1:26–36
“I baptize with water,” John replied, “but among you stands One you do not know.
- Luke 1:76–79
And you, child, will be called a prophet of the Most High; for you will go on before the Lord to prepare the way for Him,
- John 1:7
He came as a witness to testify about the Light, so that through him everyone might believe.
- Isaiah 40:3–5
Through
Matthew 4:14to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah:
it leads to
- Isaiah 9:1–2
Nevertheless, there will be no more gloom for those in distress. In the past He humbled the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, but in the future He will honor the Way…
- Matthew 2:23
and he went and lived in a town called Nazareth. So was fulfilled what was spoken through the prophets: “He will be called a Nazarene.”
- Isaiah 9:1–2
Through
Isaiah 2:1This is the message that was revealed to Isaiah son of Amoz concerning Judah and Jerusalem:
it leads to
- Isaiah 1:1
This is the vision concerning Judah and Jerusalem that Isaiah son of Amoz saw during the reigns of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah.
- Isaiah 1:1
Where this verse is studied
On this page
What the record shows
1 entry- Isaiah the prophet — attested in contemporary inscriptionwell-supported
Ophel bulla reading 'Yesha'yah[u] nvy[...]' (E. Mazar 2018)
Biblical figure (Prophet, late 8th c. BC) identified in extra-biblical epigraphy.
Counterpoint: The bulla is chipped right where it matters. Christopher Rollston points out that no aleph is legible, so the word after the name may not be "prophet" at all but a personal name or a place name, and that the expected Hebrew article — "the prophet" — is missing. Eilat Mazar published the prophet reading as a possibility rather than a settled fact.
About 2 Kings
Who and where
1 name in this verse with a page on the site.
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jamieson Fausset and Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.