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2 Kings 20:20

in 2 Kings 20

As for the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, along with all his might and how he constructed the pool and the tunnel to bring water into the city, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV

ASV

Now the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, and all his might, and how he made the pool, and the conduit, and brought water into the city, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?

KJV

And the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, and all his might, and how he made a pool, and a conduit, and brought water into the city, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?

This verse in 2 Kings 20

Commentary

2 notes on this verse

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

on 2 Kings 20:20-21

But here this historian leaves him asleep with his fathers, and a son in his throne that proved very untoward; for parents cannot give grace to their children. Wicked Ahaz was the son of a godly father and the father of a godly son; holy Hezekiah was the son of a wicked father and the father of a wicked son.

This site's exposition

how he made a pool, and a conduit

on 2 Kings 20:20-21

The chapter closes with the standard formula pointing to the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah, naming one work among Hezekiah's acts that the parallel record in 2 Chronicles 32:30 fills in: the pool and the conduit that brought water into the city, generally identified with the Siloam tunnel and its inscription found cut through Jerusalem's bedrock. The narrator leaves Hezekiah asleep with his fathers and passes the throne to Manasseh, a wicked son to a good father exactly as a wicked father, Ahaz, had produced this same good king. The next chapter answers the question this one leaves open: whether a fifteen-year reprieve and a king's own faithfulness are enough to hold back what his heir will do.

The words behind it

24 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.

  • וְיֶ֨תֶרand [the] rest of

    veyeterH3499102 times

  • דִּבְרֵ֤י[the] matters of

    divreiH16971440 times

  • חִזְקִיָּ֙הוּ֙Hezekiah

    chizkiyahuH2396127 times

  • וְכָל־and all

    vekholH36055413 times

  • גְּב֣וּרָת֔וֹmight his

    gevuratoH136961 times

  • וַאֲשֶׁ֣רand which

    vaasherH8345497 times

  • עָשָׂ֗הhe made

    ʾasahH62132628 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H85310935 times

  • הַבְּרֵכָה֙the pool

    haberekhahH1295

  • וְאֶת־and <obj.>

    veetH85310935 times

  • הַתְּעָלָ֔הthe conduit

    hatealahH8585

  • וַיָּבֵ֥אand he brought

    vaiyave'H9352568 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H85310935 times

  • הַמַּ֖יִםthe waters

    hamayimH4325581 times

  • הָעִ֑ירָהthe city towards

    hairahH58921090 times

  • הֲלֹא־¿ not

    halo'-H38085168 times

  • הֵ֣ם[are] they

    hemH1992553 times

  • כְּתוּבִ֗יםwritten

    ketuvimH3789224 times

  • עַל־on

    ʾal-H59215755 times

  • סֵ֛פֶר[the] scroll of

    seferH5612186 times

  • דִּבְרֵ֥י[the] matters of

    divreiH16971440 times

  • הַיָּמִ֖יםthe days

    haiyamimH31172304 times

  • לְמַלְכֵ֥יof [the] kings of

    lemalkheiH44282525 times

  • יְהוּדָֽה׃Judah

    yehudahH3063819 times

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

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

    2 Chronicles 32:30

    It was Hezekiah who blocked the upper outlet of the Spring of Gihon and channeled it down to the west side of the City of David. And Hezekiah prospered in all that he did.

    it leads to

    • 1 Kings 1:33

      “Take my servants with you,” said the king. “Set my son Solomon on my own mule and take him down to Gihon.

  • Through

    Nehemiah 3:16

    Beyond him, Nehemiah son of Azbuk, ruler of a half-district of Beth-zur, made repairs up to a point opposite the tombs of David, as far as the artificial pool and the House of the…

    it leads to

    • Nehemiah 3:12

      And next to them, Shallum son of Hallohesh, ruler of the other half-district of Jerusalem, made repairs, with the help of his daughters.

    • Nehemiah 3:9

      Next to them, Rephaiah son of Hur, ruler of a half-district of Jerusalem, made repairs;

    • Acts 2:29

      Brothers, I can tell you with confidence that the patriarch David died and was buried, and his tomb is with us to this day.

    • Nehemiah 3:14

      The Dung Gate was repaired by Malchijah son of Rechab, ruler of the district of Beth-haccherem. He rebuilt it and installed its doors, bolts, and bars.

  • Through

    2 Chronicles 32:4

    Many people assembled and stopped up all the springs and the stream that flowed through the land. “Why should the kings of Assyria come and find plenty of water?” they said.

    it leads to

    • 2 Chronicles 32:30

      It was Hezekiah who blocked the upper outlet of the Spring of Gihon and channeled it down to the west side of the City of David. And Hezekiah prospered in all that he did.

  • Through

    2 Chronicles 32:32

    As for the rest of the acts of Hezekiah and his deeds of loving devotion, they are indeed written in the vision of the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz in the Book of the…

    it leads to

    • 2 Kings 18:1–20

      In the third year of the reign of Hoshea son of Elah over Israel, Hezekiah son of Ahaz became king of Judah.

    • Isaiah 36:1–22

      In the fourteenth year of Hezekiah’s reign, Sennacherib king of Assyria attacked and captured all the fortified cities of Judah.

Where this verse is studied

What the record shows

1 entry
  • Siloam (Shiloah) Tunnel Inscriptionundisputed

    Hezekiah's Tunnel, City of David, Jerusalem, 1880 · Istanbul Archaeology Museums (removed under Ottoman rule)

    Counterpoint: The inscription never names Hezekiah, so connecting it to 2 Kings 20:20 is an inference. John Rogerson and Philip Davies pressed that point in 1996 by arguing the letter forms could be Hasmonean, centuries later; Ronald Hendel and Jo Ann Hackett answered that the script fits the eighth-to-seventh century sequence, and radiometric dating of the tunnel published in Nature in 2003 placed its cutting around 700 BC.

About 2 Kings

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.