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2 Kings 22:19

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because your heart was tender and you humbled yourself before the LORD when you heard what I spoke against this place and against its people, that they would become a desolation and a curse, and because you have torn your clothes and wept before Me, I have heard you,’ declares the LORD.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

because thy heart was tender, and thou didst humble thyself before Jehovah, when thou heardest what I spake against this place, and against the inhabitants thereof, that they should become a desolation and a curse, and hast rent thy clothes, and wept before me; I also have heard thee, saith Jehovah.

KJV

Because thine heart was tender, and thou hast humbled thyself before the Lord, when thou heardest what I spake against this place, and against the inhabitants thereof, that they should become a desolation and a curse, and hast rent thy clothes, and wept before me; I also have heard thee, saith the Lord.

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This verse in 2 Kings 22

Commentary

7 notes on this verse

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

Because thine heart was tender - Because thou hast feared the Lord, and trembled at his word and hast wept before me, I have heard thee, so far that these evils shall not come upon the land in thy lifetime.

This site's exposition

As for the words that you heard

on 2 Kings 22:18-20

The oracle turns to Josiah's own act, and the LORD has heard him. He will be "gathered to your grave in peace," his eyes spared the calamity to come. In 23:29 Pharaoh Neco kills him at Megiddo, yet verse 20 ties the peace to what his eyes will not see.

This site's exposition

because your heart was tender

The LORD names the torn clothes of verse 11 and adds the weeping, which the account of the palace scene left unrecorded. Hezekiah received the same assurance about his tears at 20:5. Adam Clarke limits the hearing to a delay of the calamity past Josiah's lifetime.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

7 Howbeit there was no reckoning made with them of the money that was delivered into their hand, because they dealt faithfully. 8 And Hilkiah the high priest said unto Shaphan the scribe, I have found the book of the law in the house of the L ORD .

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Because thine heart was tender,....

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

He received the impressions of God's word, trembled at it and yielded to it; he was exceedingly grieved for the dishonour done to God by the sins of his fathers and of his people; he was afraid of the judgments of God, which he saw coming upon Jerusalem, and earnestly deprecated them.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

proposed

But at the same time the king was consoled with an assurance that this season of punishment and sorrow should not be during his lifetime, on account of the faith, penitence, and pious zeal for the divine glory and worship which, in his public capacity and with his royal influence, he had displayed.

The words behind it

27 Hebrew words

Every 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.

  • יַ֠עַןbecause

    yaanH3282 →99 times

  • רַךְ־it was soft

    rakh-H7401 →

  • לְבָ֨בְךָ֜heart your

    levavekhaH3824 →252 times

  • וַתִּכָּנַ֣ע׀and you humbled yourself

    vatikana'H3665 →

  • מִפְּנֵ֣יfrom before

    mipeneiH6440 →2123 times

  • יְהוָ֗הYahweh

    yahwehH3068 →6520 times

  • בְּֽשָׁמְעֲךָ֡when hearing you

    beshameakhaH8085 →1159 times

  • אֲשֶׁ֣ר[that] which

    ʾasherH834 →5497 times

  • דִּבַּרְתִּי֩I had spoken

    dibartiH1696 →1141 times

  • עַל־on

    ʾal-H5921 →5755 times

  • הַמָּק֨וֹםthe place

    hamakomH4725 →401 times

  • הַזֶּ֜ה<the> this

    hazehH2088 →1180 times

  • וְעַל־and on

    veal-H5921 →5755 times

  • יֹשְׁבָ֗יוinhabitants its

    yoshevavH3427 →1079 times

  • לִהְי֤וֹתto become

    lihyotH1961 →3559 times

  • לְשַׁמָּה֙<into> a horror

    leshamahH8047 →

  • וְלִקְלָלָ֔הand <into> a curse

    veliklalahH7045 →

  • וַתִּקְרַע֙and you tore

    vatikra'H7167 →63 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • בְּגָדֶ֔יךָclothes your

    begadeikhaH899 →217 times

  • וַתִּבְכֶּ֖הand you wept

    vativkehH1058 →114 times

  • לְפָנָ֑י<to> before me

    lefanaiH6440 →2123 times

  • וְגַ֧םand also

    vegamH1571 →769 times

  • אָנֹכִ֛יI

    ʾanokhiH595 →

  • שָׁמַ֖עְתִּיI have heard

    shama'tiH8085 →1159 times

  • נְאֻם־[the] utterance of

    neum-H5002 →376 times

  • יְהוָֽה׃Yahweh

    yahwehH3068 →6520 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

18 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Psalms 34:18The LORD is near to the brokenhearted; He saves the contrite in spirit.17 worksPsalms 51:17The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and a contrite heart, O God, You will not despise.16 works1 Peter 5:6Humble yourselves, therefore, under God’s mighty hand, so that in due time He may exalt you.14 works1 Kings 21:29“Have you seen how Ahab has humbled himself before Me? Because he has humbled himself before Me, I will not bring the calamity during his days, but I will bring it upon his house in the days of his son.”11 worksGalatians 3:13Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us. For it is written: “Cursed is everyone who is hung on a tree.”10 worksIsaiah 57:15For thus says the One who is high and lifted up, who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: “I dwell in a high and holy place, and with the oppressed and humble in spirit, to restore the spirit of the lowly and revive the heart of the contrite.9 works
The other 12 cross-references, with their words ▾
Exodus 10:3So Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and told him, “This is what the LORD, the God of the Hebrews, says: ‘How long will you refuse to humble yourself before Me? Let My people go, so that they may worship Me.9 works1 Peter 5:5–6Young men, in the same way, submit yourselves to your elders. And all of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because, “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”7 worksMicah 6:8He has shown you, O man, what is good. And what does the LORD require of you but to act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?7 works1 Samuel 24:5Afterward, David’s conscience was stricken because he had cut off the corner of Saul’s robe.7 worksJeremiah 44:22So the LORD could no longer endure the evil deeds and detestable acts you committed, and your land became a desolation, a horror, and an object of cursing, without inhabitant, as it is this day.6 worksJames 4:6–10But He gives us more grace. This is why it says: “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”6 worksLuke 19:41As Jesus approached Jerusalem and saw the city, He wept over it6 worksIsaiah 66:5You who tremble at His word, hear the word of the LORD: “Your brothers who hate you and exclude you because of My name have said, ‘Let the LORD be glorified that we may see your joy!’ But they will be put to shame.”6 worksJoel 2:13So rend your hearts and not your garments, and return to the LORD your God. For He is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion. And He relents from sending disaster.6 works2 Chronicles 33:12And in his distress, Manasseh sought the favor of the LORD his God and earnestly humbled himself before the God of his fathers.5 worksIsaiah 66:2Has not My hand made all these things? And so they came into being,” declares the LORD. “This is the one I will esteem: he who is humble and contrite in spirit, who trembles at My word.5 worksJeremiah 26:6then I will make this house like Shiloh, and I will make this city an object of cursing among all the nations of the earth.’”5 works

The walk

8 stops

Each 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

    Psalms 51:17

    The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and a contrite heart, O God, You will not despise.

    it leads to

    • Psalms 34:18

      The LORD is near to the brokenhearted; He saves the contrite in spirit.

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

    • Psalms 147:3

      He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

    • Isaiah 66:2

      Has not My hand made all these things? And so they came into being,” declares the LORD. “This is the one I will esteem: he who is humble and contrite in spirit, who trembles…

    • Luke 15:10

      In the same way, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of God’s angels over one sinner who repents.”

    • Mark 12:33

      and to love Him with all your heart and with all your understanding and with all your strength, and to love your neighbor as yourself, which is more important than all burnt offerings and…

  • Through

    Isaiah 57:15

    For thus says the One who is high and lifted up, who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: “I dwell in a high and holy place, and with the oppressed and humble in spirit,…

    it leads to

    • Isaiah 66:1–2

      This is what the LORD says: “Heaven is My throne, and earth is My footstool. What kind of house will you build for Me? Or where will My place of repose be?

    • Psalms 138:6

      Though the LORD is on high, He attends to the lowly; but the proud He knows from afar.

    • Exodus 15:11

      Who among the gods is like You, O LORD? Who is like You—majestic in holiness, revered with praises, performing wonders?

Where this verse is studied

About 2 Kings

Jews Mourning in Exile, Eduard Bendemann, 1832, Wallraf-Richartz-Museum. Public domain.
Jews Mourning in Exile, Eduard Bendemann, 1832, Wallraf-Richartz-Museum. Public domain.
2 Kings: the study guide →Read 2 Kings 22 →

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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