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Isaiah 37:15

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And Hezekiah prayed to the LORD:

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

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And Hezekiah prayed unto Jehovah, saying,

KJV

And Hezekiah prayed unto the Lord, saying,

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This verse in Isaiah 37

Commentary

5 notes on this verse

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

Unto the Lord “Before Jehovah” - That is, in the sanctuary. For אל el, the Syriac, Chaldee, and the other copy, 2Ki 19:15, read לפני liphney, “before the face.”

This site's exposition

spread it out before the LORD

on Isaiah 37:14-15

Hezekiah received the letter from the messengers, read it, and spread it out before the LORD. The enemy's own words lie open in the temple before the God they insult. At verse 4 his servants had asked Isaiah to pray, and here the king goes and prays in person.

This site's exposition

And Hezekiah prayed to the LORD

Clarke notes that 2 Kings 19:15 reads that Hezekiah prayed before the LORD, in the sanctuary where he had spread the letter. The king who once paid Assyria tribute from the temple treasury now brings Assyria's threat into the temple. He answers with prayer.

The record, by era

The Church Fathers1 voice

A commentator

Jerome

Commentary on Isaiah · Written before 420.

proposed

(Verses 14ff.) And Hezekiah took the letters from the hand of the messengers, and he read them, and he went up to the house of the Lord, and he spread them out before the Lord. And Hezekiah prayed before the Lord, saying: Lord, God of hosts, God of Israel, who resides above the cherubim, you are the only God of all the kingdoms of the earth. You have made heaven and earth. Incline your ear, Lord, and hear; open your eyes, Lord, and see. And hear all the words of Sennacherib, which he sent to blaspheme the living God.

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

And Hezekiah prayed unto the Lord, saying. He did not return railing for railing, but committed himself and his cause to him that judgeth righteously; he did not write an answer to the letter himself, but lays it before the Lord, and prays him to answer it, who was most principally reflected on in it.

The words behind it

5 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.

  • וַיִּתְפַּלֵּל֙and he prayed

    vaiyitpalelH6419 →84 times

  • חִזְקִיָּ֔הוּHezekiah

    chizkiyahuH2396 →127 times

  • אֶל־to

    ʾel-H413 →5510 times

  • יְהוָ֖הYahweh

    yahwehH3068 →6520 times

  • לֵאמֹֽר׃<to> saying

    lemorH559 →5305 times

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.

1 Samuel 7:8–9and said to Samuel, “Do not stop crying out to the LORD our God for us, that He may save us from the hand of the Philistines.”2 worksDaniel 9:3–4So I turned my attention to the Lord God to seek Him by prayer and petition, with fasting, sackcloth, and ashes.2 worksPhilippians 4:6–7Be anxious for nothing, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.2 works2 Kings 19:15–19And Hezekiah prayed before the LORD: “O LORD, God of Israel, enthroned between the cherubim, You alone are God over all the kingdoms of the earth. You made the heavens and the earth.2 works2 Chronicles 20:6–12and said, “O LORD, God of our fathers, are You not the God who is in heaven, and do You not rule over all the kingdoms of the nations? Power and might are in Your hand, and no one can stand against You.2 works2 Chronicles 14:11Then Asa cried out to the LORD his God: “O LORD, there is no one besides You to help the powerless against the mighty. Help us, O LORD our God, for we rely on You, and in Your name we have come against this multitude. O LORD, You are our God. Do not let a mere mortal prevail against You.”2 works
The other 3 cross-references, with their words ▾
James 5:13Is any one of you suffering? He should pray. Is anyone cheerful? He should sing praises.2 works2 Samuel 7:18–29Then King David went in, sat before the LORD, and said, “Who am I, O Lord GOD, and what is my house, that You have brought me this far?2 works2 Kings 2:12As Elisha watched, he cried out, “My father, my father, the chariots and horsemen of Israel!” And he saw Elijah no more. So taking hold of his own clothes, he tore them in two.2 works

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About Isaiah

The Prophet Isaiah, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
The Prophet Isaiah, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
Isaiah: the study guide →Read Isaiah 37 →

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jerome, Commentary on Isaiah; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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