2 Kings 20:7 BSB — MannaFest

2 Kings 20:7

Then Isaiah said, “Prepare a poultice of figs.” So they brought it and applied it to the boil, and Hezekiah recovered.

BSB

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ASV

And Isaiah said, Take a cake of figs. And they took and laid it on the boil, and he recovered.

KJV

And Isaiah said, Take a lump of figs. And they took and laid it on the boil, and he recovered.

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Commentary

3 voices

Methodius of Olympus

SYMPOSIUM OR BANQUET OF THE TEN VIRGINS 10.5 (311)

The vine, and that not in a few places, refers to the Lord himself, and the fig tree to the Holy Spirit, as the Lord makes glad the hearts of people and heals them. And therefore Hezekiah is commanded first to make a plaster with a lump of figs—that is, the fruit of the Spirit—that he may be healed—that is, according to the apostle—by love; for he says, "The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance;" which, on account of their great pleasantness the prophet calls figs.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

And Isaiah said, take a lump of figs,.... Not moist figs, but a cake of dried figs, as the word used signifies, and so the less likely to have any effect in curing the boil: and they took, and laid it on the boil, and he recovered; made a plaster of it, and laid it on the ulcer, and it was healed.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

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

A lump of figs - The usual remedy in the East, even at the present day, for ordinary boils. But such a remedy would not naturally cure the dangerous tumor or carbuncle from which Hezekiah suffered. Thus the means used in this miracle were means having a tendency toward the result performed by them, but insufficient of themselves to produce that result (compare 2Ki 4:34 note).

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Original language & word study

10 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר	vai.Yo.mer	and he said	H559 →
יְשַֽׁעְיָ֔הוּ	ye.sha'.Ya.hu	Isaiah	H3470 →
קְח֖וּ	ke.Chu	take	H3947 →
דְּבֶ֣לֶת	de.Ve.let	a cake of	H1690 →
תְּאֵנִ֑ים	te.'e.Nim	figs	H8384 →
וַיִּקְח֛וּ	vai.yik.Chu	and people took [it]	H3947 →
וַיָּשִׂ֥ימוּ	vai.ya.Si.mu	and they put [it]	H7760 →
עַֽל־	'al-	on	H5921 →
הַשְּׁחִ֖ין	ha.she.Chin	the boil	H7822 →
וַיֶּֽחִי׃	vai.Ye.chi	and he lived	H2421 →

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

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Through
Isaiah 38:21
Now Isaiah had said, “Prepare a lump of pressed figs and apply it to the boil, and he will recover.”
leads to
- 2 Kings 20:7–8
  Then Isaiah said, “Prepare a poultice of figs.” So they brought it and applied it to the boil, and Hezekiah recovered.
- John 9:6
  When Jesus had said this, He spit on the ground, made some mud, and applied it to the man’s eyes.
- Mark 7:33
  So Jesus took him aside privately, away from the crowd, and put His fingers into the man’s ears. Then He spit and touched the man’s tongue.
Through
2 Kings 4:41
Then Elisha said, “Get some flour.” He threw it into the pot and said, “Pour it out for the people to eat.” And there was nothing harmful in the pot.
leads to
- Exodus 15:25
  And Moses cried out to the LORD, and the LORD showed him a log. And when he cast it into the waters, they were sweetened. There the LORD made for them a statute and…
- 2 Kings 2:21
  and Elisha went out to the spring, cast the salt into it, and said, “This is what the LORD says: ‘I have healed this water. No longer will it cause death or unfruitfulness.’”
- 1 Corinthians 1:25
  For the foolishness of God is wiser than man’s wisdom, and the weakness of God is stronger than man’s strength.
- 2 Kings 6:6
  “Where did it fall?” asked the man of God. And when he showed him the place, the man of God cut a stick, threw it there, and made the iron float.
- 2 Kings 5:10

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01Commentary

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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