2 Kings 20:5 BSB — MannaFest

2 Kings 20:5

“Go back and tell Hezekiah the leader of My people that this is what the LORD, the God of your father David, says: ‘I have heard your prayer; I have seen your tears. I will surely heal you. On the third day from now you will go up to the house of the LORD.

BSB

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ASV

Turn back, and say to Hezekiah the prince of my people, Thus saith Jehovah, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will heal thee; on the third day thou shalt go up unto the house of Jehovah.

KJV

Turn again, and tell Hezekiah the captain of my people, Thus saith the Lord, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will heal thee: on the third day thou shalt go up unto the house of the Lord.

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Commentary

3 voices

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"?

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Prayers that have much life and affection in them are in a special manner pleasing to God. God exceeds his prayers; he only begged that God would remember his integrity, but God here promises (1.) To restore him from his illness: I will heal thee. Diseases are his servants; as they go where he sends them, so they come when he remands them.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

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

The captain of my people - This phrase (which does not occur elsewhere in Kings) is remarkable, and speaks for the authenticity of this full report of the actual words of the prophet’s message (abbreviated in Isa 38:1, etc.). The title, “Captain נגיד nāgı̂yd of God’s people,” commonly used of David, is applied to Hezekiah, as David’s true follower 2Ki 18:3.

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Original language & word study

26 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
שׁ֣וּב	shuv	go back	H7725 →
וְאָמַרְתָּ֞	ve.'a.mar.Ta	and you will say	H559 →
אֶל־	'el-	to	H413 →
חִזְקִיָּ֣הוּ	chiz.ki.Ya.hu	Hezekiah	H2396 →
נְגִיד־	ne.gid-	[the] ruler of	H5057 →
עַמִּ֗י	'a.Mi	people my	H5971 →
כֹּֽה־	koh-	thus	H3541 →
אָמַ֤ר	'a.Mar	he says	H559 →
יְהוָה֙	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
אֱלֹהֵי֙	'e.lo.Hei	[the] God of	H430 →
דָּוִ֣ד	da.Vid	David	H1732 →
אָבִ֔יךָ	'a.Vi.kha	ancestor your	H1 →
שָׁמַ֙עְתִּי֙	sha.Ma'.ti	I have heard	H8085 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
תְּפִלָּתֶ֔ךָ	te.fi.la.Te.kha	prayer your	H8605 →
רָאִ֖יתִי	ra.'I.ti	I have seen	H7200 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
דִּמְעָתֶ֑ךָ	dim.'a.Te.kha	tear[s] your	H1832 →
הִנְנִי֙	hi.Ni	here I	H2005 →
רֹ֣פֶא	Ro.fe'	[am] about to heal	H7495 →
לָ֔ךְ	Lakh	<to> you
בַּיּוֹם֙	bai.yOm	on the day	H3117 →
הַשְּׁלִישִׁ֔י	ha.she.li.Shi	<the> third	H7992 →
תַּעֲלֶ֖ה	ta.'a.Leh	you will go up	H5927 →
בֵּ֥ית	beit	[the] house of	H1004 →
יְהוָֽה׃	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →

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
Isaiah 38:5
“Go and tell Hezekiah that this is what the LORD, the God of your father David, says: ‘I have heard your prayer; I have seen your tears. Behold, I will add fifteen years to…
leads to
- 1 John 5:14–15
  And this is the confidence that we have before Him: If we ask anything according to His will, He hears us.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Psalms 34:5–6
  Those who look to Him are radiant with joy; their faces shall never be ashamed.
- Revelation 7:17
  For the Lamb in the center of the throne will be their shepherd. ‘He will lead them to springs of living water,’ and ‘God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.’”
Through
Psalms 39:12
Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear to my cry for help; do not be deaf to my weeping. For I am a foreigner dwelling with You, a stranger like all my fathers.
leads to
- 1 Peter 2:11
  Beloved, I urge you, as foreigners and exiles, to abstain from the desires of the flesh, which war against your soul.
- Hebrews 11:13
  All these people died in faith, without having received the things they were promised. However, they saw them and welcomed them from afar. And they acknowledged that they were strangers and exiles on the…
Through
1 Samuel 9:16
“At this time tomorrow I will send you a man from the land of Benjamin, and you are to anoint him leader over My people Israel; he will save them from the hand of…
leads to
- 1 Samuel 10:1
  Then Samuel took a flask of oil, poured it on Saul’s head, kissed him, and said, “Has not the LORD anointed you ruler over His inheritance?
- Psalms 106:44
  Nevertheless He heard their cry; He took note of their distress.
- Exodus 3:7–9
  The LORD said, “I have indeed seen the affliction of My people in Egypt. I have heard them crying out because of their oppressors, and I am aware of their sufferings.

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01Commentary

The record, by era

Voices on this verse

02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About 2 Kings

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About 2 Kings