2 Kings 20:6 BSB — MannaFest

2 Kings 20:6

I will add fifteen years to your life. And I will deliver you and this city from the hand of the king of Assyria. I will defend this city for My sake and for the sake of My servant David.’”

BSB

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ASV

And I will add unto thy days fifteen years; and I will deliver thee and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria; and I will defend this city for mine own sake, and for my servant David’s sake.

KJV

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Commentary

4 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

And I will add unto thy days fifteen years,.... See Gill on Isa 38:5. and I will deliver thee, and this city, out of the hand of the king of Assyria; by which it appears that this sickness and recovery were before the destruction of the Assyrian army: and I will defend this city for mine own sake, and for my servant David's sake: for the sake of his honour and glory in the temple, and the service of it, that were in Jerusalem, and for the sake of his promise to David and his seed.

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"?

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

This was the thing which Hezekiah's heart was upon a much as his own recovery, and therefore the promise of this is here repeated. If this was after the raising of the siege, yet there was cause to fear Sennacherib's rallying again. "No," says God, " I will defend this city. " V.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

I will add unto thy days fifteen years - This is the first and only man who was ever informed of the term of his life. And was this a privilege! Surely no. If Hezekiah was attached to life, as he appears to have been, how must his mind be affected to mark the sinking years! He knew he was to die at the end of fifteen years; and how must he feel at the end of every year, when he saw that so much was cut off from life? He must necessarily feel a thousand deaths in fearing one.

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Original language & word study

21 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְהֹסַפְתִּ֣י	ve.ho.saf.Ti	and I will add	H3254 →
עַל־	'al-	to	H5921 →
יָמֶ֗יךָ	ya.Mei.kha	days your	H3117 →
חֲמֵ֤שׁ	cha.Mesh	fif-	H2568 →
עֶשְׂרֵה֙	'es.Reh	teen	H6240 →
שָׁנָ֔ה	sha.Nah	year[s]	H8141 →
וּמִכַּ֤ף	u.mi.Kaf	and from [the] hand of	H3709 →
מֶֽלֶךְ־	Me.lekh-	[the] king of	H4428 →
אַשּׁוּר֙	'a.Shur	Assyria	H804 →
אַצִּ֣ילְךָ֔	'a.Tzi.le.kha	I will deliver you	H5337 →
וְאֵ֖ת	ve.'Et	and <obj.>	H853 →
הָעִ֣יר	ha.'Ir	the city	H5892 →
הַזֹּ֑את	ha.Zot	<the> this	H2063 →
וְגַנּוֹתִי֙	ve.ga.no.Ti	and I will defend	H1598 →
עַל־	'al-	<on>	H5921 →
הָעִ֣יר	ha.'Ir	the city	H5892 →
הַזֹּ֔את	ha.Zot	<the> this	H2063 →
לְמַֽעֲנִ֔י	le.ma.'a.Ni	for own sake my	H4616 →
וּלְמַ֖עַן	u.le.Ma.'an	and for [the] sake of	H4616 →
דָּוִ֥ד	da.Vid	David	H1732 →
עַבְדִּֽי׃	'av.Di	servant my	H5650 →

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

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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
Psalms 116:15
Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of His saints.
leads to
- Psalms 72:14
  He will redeem them from oppression and violence, for their blood is precious in his sight.
- 1 Samuel 25:29
  And should someone pursue you and seek your life, then the life of my lord will be bound securely by the LORD your God in the bundle of the living. But He shall fling…
- Psalms 37:32–33
  Though the wicked lie in wait for the righteous, and seek to slay them,
- Luke 16:22
  One day the beggar died and was carried by the angels to Abraham’s side. And the rich man also died and was buried.
- Revelation 14:3
  And they sang a new song before the throne and before the four living creatures and the elders. And no one could learn the song except the 144,000 who had been redeemed from the…
Through
2 Kings 19:34
‘I will defend this city and save it for My own sake and for the sake of My servant David.’”
leads to
- 1 Kings 11:12–13
  Nevertheless, for the sake of your father David, I will not do it during your lifetime; I will tear it out of the hand of your son.
- 1 Kings 15:4
  Nevertheless, for the sake of David, the LORD his God gave him a lamp in Jerusalem by raising up a son to succeed him and to make Jerusalem strong.
Through
Acts 27:24
and said, ‘Do not be afraid, Paul; you must stand before Caesar. And look, God has granted you the lives of all who sail with you.’
leads to
- Acts 23:11
  The following night the Lord stood near Paul and said, “Take courage! As you have testified about Me in Jerusalem, so also you must testify in Rome.”

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Where the connections lead

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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