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2 Chronicles 32:24

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In those days Hezekiah became mortally ill. So he prayed to the LORD, who spoke to him and gave him a sign.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

In those days Hezekiah was sick even unto death: and he prayed unto Jehovah; and he spake unto him, and gave him a sign.

KJV

In those days Hezekiah was sick to the death, and prayed unto the Lord: and he spake unto him, and he gave him a sign.

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This verse in 2 Chronicles 32

Commentary

3 notes on this verse

A commentator

John Cassian

INSTITUTES 11.10 · Written before 435.

on 2 Chronicles 32:24-26

"In those days," we are told, "Hezekiah was sick unto death, and he prayed to the Lord, and the Lord heard him and gave him a sign," that, namely of which we read in the fourth book of the kingdoms, which was given by Isaiah the prophet through the going back of the sun. "But," it says, "he did not respond to the benefits which he had received, for his heart was proud. And wrath was kindled against him and against Judah and Jerusalem.

This site's exposition

sick to the death

The sickness and the sign belong to the fuller narrative of 2 Ki 20 and Isaiah 38, where the going back of the shadow on Ahaz's dial is told at length; that exposition carries the sign's detail. Chronicles states the bare fact, sick to the death, prayed, and given a sign, because its interest lies not in the healing but in what the king does after it, which the next two verses take up.

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century1 voice
Compare 2 Kings 20 and notes. The “sign” is not (as in the margin) the miraculous cure, but the going back of the shadow on the dial of Ahaz (see 2Ch 32:31).

The words behind it

14 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.

  • בַּיָּמִ֣יםin the days

    baiyamimH3117 →2304 times

  • הָהֵ֔ם<the> those

    hahemH1992 →553 times

  • חָלָ֥הhe was sick

    chalahH2470 →76 times

  • יְחִזְקִיָּ֖הוּHezekiah

    yechizkiyahuH2396 →127 times

  • עַד־until

    ʾad-H5704 →1261 times

  • לָמ֑וּת<to> die

    lamutH4191 →839 times

  • וַיִּתְפַּלֵּל֙and he prayed

    vaiyitpalelH6419 →84 times

  • אֶל־to

    ʾel-H413 →5510 times

  • יְהוָ֔הYahweh

    yahwehH3068 →6520 times

  • וַיֹּ֣אמֶרand he spoke

    vaiyomerH559 →5305 times

  • ל֔וֹto him

    lo

  • וּמוֹפֵ֖תand a sign

    umofetH4159 →

  • נָ֥תַןhe gave

    natanH5414 →2011 times

  • לֽוֹ׃to him

    lo

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

Related verses

9 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.

Isaiah 38:1In those days Hezekiah became mortally ill. The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz came to him and said, “This is what the LORD says: ‘Put your house in order, for you are about to die; you will not recover.’”21 worksPsalms 34:17The righteous cry out, and the LORD hears; He delivers them from all their troubles.20 works2 Kings 20:1–11In those days Hezekiah became mortally ill. The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz came to him and said, “This is what the LORD says: ‘Put your house in order, for you are about to die; you will not recover.’”8 worksIsaiah 38:21–22Now Isaiah had said, “Prepare a lump of pressed figs and apply it to the boil, and he will recover.”6 works2 Chronicles 32:31And so when ambassadors of the rulers of Babylon were sent to him to inquire about the wonder that had happened in the land, God left him alone to test him, that He might know all that was in Hezekiah’s heart.6 worksActs 10:4Cornelius stared at him in fear and asked, “What is it, Lord?” The angel answered, “Your prayers and gifts to the poor have ascended as a memorial offering before God.5 works
The other 3 cross-references, with their words ▾
2 Kings 20:11So Isaiah the prophet called out to the LORD, and He brought the shadow back the ten steps it had descended on the stairway of Ahaz.3 worksIsaiah 38:8I will make the sun’s shadow that falls on the stairway of Ahaz go back ten steps.’” So the sunlight went back the ten steps it had descended.3 works2 Chronicles 6:28When famine or plague comes upon the land, or blight or mildew or locusts or grasshoppers, or when their enemies besiege them in their cities, whatever plague or sickness may come,3 works

Where this verse is studied

About 2 Chronicles

Solomon Receives the Queen of Sheba, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
Solomon Receives the Queen of Sheba, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
2 Chronicles: the study guide →Read 2 Chronicles 32 →

This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); John Cassian, INSTITUTES 11.10 and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament.

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