2 Kings 20:2 BSB — MannaFest

2 Kings 20:2

Then Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed to the LORD, saying,

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

Then he turned his face to the wall, and prayed unto Jehovah, saying,

KJV

Then he turned his face to the wall, and prayed unto the Lord, saying,

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Commentary

2 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

He turned his face to the wall - Contrast 1Ki 21:4. Ahab turned in sullenness, because he was too angry to converse; Hezekiah in devotion, because he wished to pray undisturbed.

The record, by era

The Church Fathers1 voice

Cyril of Jerusalem

Catechetical Lecture 2:15 (386)

Would you know the power of repentance? Would you understand this strong weapon of salvation and the might of confession? By confession Hezekiah routed 185,000 of the enemy. That was important, but it was little compared with what shall be told. The same king's repentance won the repeal of the sentence God had passed on him. For when he was sick, Isaiah said to him, "Give charge concerning your house, for you shall die and not live." What expectation was left? What hope of recovery was there, when the prophet said, "For you shall die"?

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Original language & word study

9 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיַּסֵּ֥ב	vai.ya.Sev	and he turned around	H5437 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
פָּנָ֖יו	pa.Nav	face his	H6440 →
אֶל־	'el-	to	H413 →
הַקִּ֑יר	ha.Kir	the wall	H7023 →
וַיִּ֨תְפַּלֵּ֔ל	vai.Yit.pa.Lel	and he prayed	H6419 →
אֶל־	'el-	to	H413 →
יְהוָ֖ה	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
לֵאמֹֽר׃	le.Mor	<to> saying	H559 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Matthew 6:6
But when you pray, go into your inner room, shut your door, and pray to your Father, who is unseen. And your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.
leads to
- 2 Kings 4:33
  So he went in, closed the door behind the two of them, and prayed to the LORD.
- Matthew 14:23
  After He had sent them away, He went up on the mountain by Himself to pray. When evening came, He was there alone,
- Isaiah 65:24
  Even before they call, I will answer, and while they are still speaking, I will hear.
Through
Psalms 50:15
Call upon Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you will honor Me.”
leads to
- Psalms 107:28
  Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and He brought them out of their distress.
- Psalms 91:15
  When he calls out to Me, I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble. I will deliver him and honor him.
- Psalms 34:3–4
  Magnify the LORD with me; let us exalt His name together.
- Zechariah 13:9
  This third I will bring through the fire; I will refine them like silver and test them like gold. They will call on My name, and I will answer them. I will say, ‘They…
- Psalms 107:19
  Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and He saved them from their distress.