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Book of 2 Kings
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Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 20:1 JFB -> Commentary on 20:1 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 20:1 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 20:1 TSK -> Commentary on 20:1 TSK -> Entry for 20:1 WEN -> Notes on 20:1 NTB -> Amoz; Death; Disease; Faith; Hezekiah; Isaiah; Israel, Prophecies Concerning; Prayer; Rulers TTT -> Death, Natural; Diseases EBD -> Amoz; Hezekiah SBD -> Amoz; Hezekiah; Wills 20:1 - [In Context] About that time Hezekiah became deathly ill, and the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz went to visit him. He gave the king this message: "This is what the LORD says: Set your affairs in order, for you are going to die. You will not recover from this illness."
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 20:2 JFB -> Commentary on 20:2 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 20:2 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 20:2 TSK -> Commentary on 20:2 TSK -> Entry for 20:2 WEN -> Notes on 20:2 NTB -> Disease; Faith; Hezekiah; Isaiah; Prayer; Rulers TTT -> Diseases; Prayer, Private 20:2 - [In Context] When Hezekiah heard this, he turned his face to the wall and prayed to the LORD,
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 20:3 JFB -> Commentary on 20:3 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 20:3 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 20:3 TSK -> Commentary on 20:3 TSK -> Entry for 20:3 WEN -> Notes on 20:3 NTB -> Disease; Faith; Hezekiah; Isaiah; Obedience; Prayer; Rulers; Truth; Weeping TTT -> Diseases; Truth 20:3 - [In Context] "Remember, O LORD, how I have always tried to be faithful to you and do what is pleasing in your sight." Then he broke down and wept bitterly.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 20:4 JFB -> Commentary on 20:4 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 20:4 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 20:4 TSK -> Commentary on 20:4 TSK -> Entry for 20:4 WEN -> Notes on 20:4 NTB -> Disease; Faith; Hezekiah; Isaiah; Prayer; Rulers EBD -> Court SBD -> Hezekiah 20:4 - [In Context] But before Isaiah had left the middle courtyard, this message came to him from the LORD:
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 20:5 JFB -> Commentary on 20:5 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 20:5 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 20:5 TSK -> Commentary on 20:5 TSK -> Entry for 20:5 WEN -> Notes on 20:5 NTB -> Captain; Disease; Faith; Hezekiah; Isaiah; Prayer; Rulers TTT -> Diseases; Sickness 20:5 - [In Context] "Go back to Hezekiah, the leader of my people. Tell him, 'This is what the LORD, the God of your ancestor David, says: I have heard your prayer and seen your tears. I will heal you, and three days from now you will get out of bed and go to the Temple of the LORD.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 20:6 JFB -> Commentary on 20:6 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 20:6 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 20:6 TSK -> Commentary on 20:6 TSK -> Entry for 20:6 WEN -> Notes on 20:6 NTB -> Disease; Faith; God (continued); Hezekiah; Isaiah; Prayer; Rulers 20:6 - [In Context] I will add fifteen years to your life, and I will rescue you and this city from the king of Assyria. I will do this to defend my honor and for the sake of my servant David.'"
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 20:7 JFB -> Commentary on 20:7 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 20:7 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 20:7 TSK -> Commentary on 20:7 TSK -> Entry for 20:7 WEN -> Notes on 20:7 NTB -> Boil; Disease; Faith; Fig; Hezekiah; Isaiah; Prayer; Rulers TTT -> Diseases; Fig-tree, The; Miracles wrought through Servants of God EBD -> Boil; Fig 20:7 - [In Context] Then Isaiah said to Hezekiah's servants, "Make an ointment from figs and spread it over the boil." They did this, and Hezekiah recovered!
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 20:8 JFB -> Commentary on 20:8 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 20:8 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 20:8 TSK -> Commentary on 20:8 TSK -> Entry for 20:8 WEN -> Notes on 20:8 NTB -> Church; Disease; Faith; Hezekiah; Isaiah; Rulers; Sign; Symbols And Similitudes 20:8 - [In Context] Meanwhile, Hezekiah had said to Isaiah, "What sign will the LORD give to prove that he will heal me and that I will go to the Temple of the LORD three days from now?"
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 20:9 JFB -> Commentary on 20:9 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 20:9 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 20:9 TSK -> Commentary on 20:9 TSK -> Entry for 20:9 WEN -> Notes on 20:9 NTB -> Degrees; Disease; Faith; Hezekiah; Isaiah; Miracles; Rulers; Symbols And Similitudes; Time TTT -> Sun, The; Time EBD -> Dial SBD -> Dial 20:9 - [In Context] Isaiah replied, "This is the sign that the LORD will give you to prove he will do as he promised. Would you like the shadow on the sundial to go forward ten steps or backward ten steps?"
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 20:10 JFB -> Commentary on 20:10 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 20:10 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 20:10 TSK -> Commentary on 20:10 TSK -> Entry for 20:10 WEN -> Notes on 20:10 NTB -> Degrees; Disease; Faith; Hezekiah; Isaiah; Miracles; Rulers; Symbols And Similitudes; Time TTT -> Time EBD -> Dial SBD -> Dial 20:10 - [In Context] "The shadow always moves forward," Hezekiah replied. "Make it go backward instead."
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 20:11 JFB -> Commentary on 20:11 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 20:11 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 20:11 TSK -> Commentary on 20:11 TSK -> Entry for 20:11 WEN -> Notes on 20:11 NTB -> Ahaz; Degrees; Dial; Disease; Faith; Hezekiah; Isaiah; Miracles; Prayer; Rulers; Sun; Sun-Dial; Symbols And Similitudes; Time TTT -> Day; Miracles wrought through Servants of God; Prayer, Private; Sun, The; Time EBD -> Dial SBD -> Dial 20:11 - [In Context] So Isaiah asked the LORD to do this, and he caused the shadow to move ten steps backward on the sundial of Ahaz!
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 20:12 JFB -> Commentary on 20:12 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 20:12 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 20:12 TSK -> Commentary on 20:12 TSK -> Entry for 20:12 WEN -> Notes on 20:12 NTB -> Ambassadors; Condolence; Hezekiah; Isaiah; Merodach-Baladan; Rich, The TTT -> Babylon; Presents EBD -> Assyria; Babylon, kingdom of; Baladan; Berodach-baladan; Hezekiah; Merodach-baladan SBD -> Berodach-baladan; Merodach-baladan 20:12 - [In Context] Soon after this, Merodach-baladan son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent Hezekiah his best wishes and a gift, for he had heard that Hezekiah had been very sick.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 20:13 JFB -> Commentary on 20:13 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 20:13 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 20:13 TSK -> Commentary on 20:13 TSK -> Entry for 20:13 WEN -> Notes on 20:13 NTB -> Condolence; Curiosity; Hezekiah; Isaiah; Ointment; Pride; Rich, The; Spices; Treasure-Houses TTT -> Anointing; Arms, Military; Pride EBD -> Babylon, kingdom of; Spices 20:13 - [In Context] Hezekiah welcomed the Babylonian envoys and showed them everything in his treasure-houses – the silver, the gold, the spices, and the aromatic oils. He also took them to see his armory and showed them all his other treasures – everything! There was nothing in his palace or kingdom that Hezekiah did not show them.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 20:14 JFB -> Commentary on 20:14 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 20:14 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 20:14 TSK -> Commentary on 20:14 TSK -> Entry for 20:14 WEN -> Notes on 20:14 NTB -> Hezekiah; Isaiah; Rich, The EBD -> Babylon, kingdom of 20:14 - [In Context] Then Isaiah the prophet went to King Hezekiah and asked him, "What did those men want? Where were they from?"Hezekiah replied, "They came from the distant land of Babylon."
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 20:15 JFB -> Commentary on 20:15 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 20:15 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 20:15 TSK -> Commentary on 20:15 TSK -> Entry for 20:15 WEN -> Notes on 20:15 NTB -> Hezekiah; Isaiah; Rich, The EBD -> Babylon, kingdom of 20:15 - [In Context] "What did they see in your palace?" Isaiah asked."They saw everything," Hezekiah replied. "I showed them everything I own – all my treasures."
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 20:16 JFB -> Commentary on 20:16 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 20:16 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 20:16 TSK -> Commentary on 20:16 TSK -> Entry for 20:16 WEN -> Notes on 20:16 NTB -> Babylon; Hezekiah; Isaiah; Rich, The EBD -> Babylon, kingdom of 20:16 - [In Context] Then Isaiah said to Hezekiah, "Listen to this message from the LORD:
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 20:17 JFB -> Commentary on 20:17 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 20:17 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 20:17 TSK -> Commentary on 20:17 TSK -> Entry for 20:17 WEN -> Notes on 20:17 NTB -> Babylon; Hezekiah; Isaiah; Israel, Prophecies Concerning; Prophecy; Reproof; Rich, The EBD -> Babylon, kingdom of SBD -> Hezekiah 20:17 - [In Context] The time is coming when everything you have – all the treasures stored up by your ancestors – will be carried off to Babylon. Nothing will be left, says the LORD.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 20:18 JFB -> Commentary on 20:18 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 20:18 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 20:18 SRN -> Study Notes on 20:18 TSK -> Commentary on 20:18 TSK -> Entry for 20:18 WEN -> Notes on 20:18 NTB -> Babylon; Hezekiah; Isaiah; Israel, Prophecies Concerning; Prophecy; Rich, The TTT -> Palaces EBD -> Babylon, kingdom of 20:18 - [In Context] Some of your own descendants will be taken away into exile. They will become eunuchs who will serve in the palace of Babylon's king."
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 20:19 JFB -> Commentary on 20:19 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 20:19 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 20:19 TSK -> Commentary on 20:19 TSK -> Entry for 20:19 WEN -> Notes on 20:19 NTB -> Afflictions And Adversities; Babylon; Hezekiah; Isaiah; Nation; Resignation TTT -> Afflicted Saints; Resignation EBD -> Babylon, kingdom of 20:19 - [In Context] Then Hezekiah said to Isaiah, "This message you have given me from the LORD is good." But the king was thinking, "At least there will be peace and security during my lifetime."
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 20:20 JFB -> Commentary on 20:20 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 20:20 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 20:20 TSK -> Commentary on 20:20 TSK -> Entry for 20:20 NTB -> Hezekiah; Jerusalem; Water TTT -> Cities; Jerusalem; Pools and Ponds; Water EBD -> Baths; Conduit; Pool; River SBD -> Bath, Bathing; Hezekiah 20:20 - [In Context] The rest of the events in Hezekiah's reign, including the extent of his power and how he built a pool and dug a tunnel to bring water into the city, are recorded in The Book of the History of the Kings of Judah.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 20:21 JFB -> Commentary on 20:21 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 20:21 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 20:21 TSK -> Commentary on 20:21 TSK -> Entry for 20:21 20:21 - [In Context] When Hezekiah died, his son Manasseh became the next king.
Chapter 21  -  Read Chapter - Click the Play Button for Chapter Audio MediaPlayer
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 21:1 JFB -> Commentary on 21:1 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 21:1 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 21:1 TSK -> Commentary on 21:1 TSK -> Entry for 21:1 WEN -> Notes on 21:1 NTB -> Hephzi-Bah; Israel, Prophecies Concerning; Manasseh; Rulers TTT -> Kings EBD -> Hephzibah; Manasseh SBD -> Hephzi-bah; Manasseh 21:1 - [In Context] Manasseh was twelve years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem fifty-five years. His mother was Hephzibah.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 21:2 JFB -> Commentary on 21:2 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 21:2 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 21:2 TSK -> Commentary on 21:2 TSK -> Entry for 21:2 WEN -> Notes on 21:2 NTB -> Israel, Prophecies Concerning; Manasseh; Rulers TTT -> Kings 21:2 - [In Context] He did what was evil in the LORD's sight, imitating the detestable practices of the pagan nations whom the LORD had driven from the land ahead of the Israelites.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 21:3 JFB -> Commentary on 21:3 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 21:3 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 21:3 TSK -> Commentary on 21:3 TSK -> Entry for 21:3 WEN -> Notes on 21:3 NTB -> Baal; Groves; Idolatry; Israel, Prophecies Concerning; Manasseh; Rulers; Stars TTT -> Altars; Groves; High Places; Kings EBD -> Host of heaven; Stars 21:3 - [In Context] He rebuilt the pagan shrines his father, Hezekiah, had destroyed. He constructed altars for Baal and set up an Asherah pole, just as King Ahab of Israel had done. He also bowed before all the forces of heaven and worshiped them.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 21:4 JFB -> Commentary on 21:4 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 21:4 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 21:4 TSK -> Commentary on 21:4 TSK -> Entry for 21:4 WEN -> Notes on 21:4 NTB -> Groves; Israel, Prophecies Concerning; Manasseh; Rulers; Temple TTT -> Idolatry; Kings; Temple, The First 21:4 - [In Context] He even built pagan altars in the Temple of the LORD, the place where the LORD had said his name should be honored.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 21:5 JFB -> Commentary on 21:5 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 21:5 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 21:5 TSK -> Commentary on 21:5 TSK -> Entry for 21:5 WEN -> Notes on 21:5 NTB -> Groves; Idolatry; Israel, Prophecies Concerning; Manasseh; Rulers; Temple TTT -> Idolatry; Kings; Temple, The First EBD -> Host of heaven 21:5 - [In Context] He built these altars for all the forces of heaven in both courtyards of the LORD's Temple.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 21:6 JFB -> Commentary on 21:6 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 21:6 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 21:6 TSK -> Commentary on 21:6 TSK -> Entry for 21:6 WEN -> Notes on 21:6 NTB -> Groves; Idolatry; Israel, Prophecies Concerning; Manasseh; Molech; Rulers; Temple TTT -> Divination; Idolatry; Kings; Temple, The First EBD -> Divination; Familiar spirit; Meonenim 21:6 - [In Context] Manasseh even sacrificed his own son in the fire. F60 He practiced sorcery and divination, and he consulted with mediums and psychics. He did much that was evil in the LORD's sight, arousing his anger.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 21:7 JFB -> Commentary on 21:7 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 21:7 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 21:7 TSK -> Commentary on 21:7 TSK -> Entry for 21:7 WEN -> Notes on 21:7 NTB -> Groves; Israel, Prophecies Concerning; Manasseh; Rulers; Temple TTT -> Idolatry; Kings; Temple, The First EBD -> Asherah; Grove; Jealousy, Image of 21:7 - [In Context] Manasseh even took an Asherah pole he had made and set it up in the Temple, the very place where the LORD had told David and his son Solomon: "My name will be honored here forever in this Temple and in Jerusalem – the city I have chosen from among all the other tribes of Israel.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 21:8 JFB -> Commentary on 21:8 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 21:8 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 21:8 TSK -> Commentary on 21:8 TSK -> Entry for 21:8 WEN -> Notes on 21:8 NTB -> Israel, Prophecies Concerning; Manasseh; Obedience; Rulers TTT -> Kings 21:8 - [In Context] If the Israelites will obey my commands – the whole law that was given through my servant Moses – I will not send them into exile from this land that I gave their ancestors."
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 21:9 JFB -> Commentary on 21:9 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 21:9 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 21:9 TSK -> Commentary on 21:9 TSK -> Entry for 21:9 WEN -> Notes on 21:9 NTB -> Influence; Israel, Prophecies Concerning; Manasseh; Rulers TTT -> Kings SBD -> Haruz 21:9 - [In Context] But the people refused to listen, and Manasseh led them to do even more evil than the pagan nations whom the LORD had destroyed when the Israelites entered the land.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 21:10 JFB -> Commentary on 21:10 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 21:10 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 21:10 TSK -> Commentary on 21:10 TSK -> Entry for 21:10 WEN -> Notes on 21:10 NTB -> Israel, Prophecies Concerning; Manasseh; Rulers TTT -> Kings EBD -> Manasseh 21:10 - [In Context] Then the LORD said through his servants the prophets:
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 21:11 JFB -> Commentary on 21:11 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 21:11 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 21:11 TSK -> Commentary on 21:11 TSK -> Entry for 21:11 WEN -> Notes on 21:11 NTB -> Amorites; Israel, Prophecies Concerning; Manasseh; Rulers TTT -> Amorites, The; Idolatry; Kings EBD -> Manasseh 21:11 - [In Context] "King Manasseh of Judah has done many detestable things. He is even more wicked than the Amorites, who lived in this land before Israel. He has led the people of Judah into idolatry.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 21:12 JFB -> Commentary on 21:12 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 21:12 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 21:12 TSK -> Commentary on 21:12 TSK -> Entry for 21:12 WEN -> Notes on 21:12 NTB -> Israel, Prophecies Concerning; Manasseh; Rulers TTT -> Jerusalem; Kings EBD -> Manasseh 21:12 - [In Context] So this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: I will bring such disaster on Jerusalem and Judah that the ears of those who hear about it will tingle with horror.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 21:13 JFB -> Commentary on 21:13 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 21:13 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 21:13 TSK -> Commentary on 21:13 TSK -> Entry for 21:13 WEN -> Notes on 21:13 NTB -> Israel, Prophecies Concerning; Manasseh; Rulers TTT -> Jerusalem; Kings EBD -> Dish; Manasseh 21:13 - [In Context] I will judge Jerusalem by the same standard I used for Samaria and by the same measure I used for the family of Ahab. I will wipe away the people of Jerusalem as one wipes a dish and turns it upside down.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 21:14 JFB -> Commentary on 21:14 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 21:14 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 21:14 TSK -> Commentary on 21:14 TSK -> Entry for 21:14 WEN -> Notes on 21:14 NTB -> Israel, Prophecies Concerning; Manasseh; Rulers TTT -> Jerusalem; Kings EBD -> Manasseh 21:14 - [In Context] Then I will reject even those few of my people who are left, and I will hand them over as plunder for their enemies.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 21:15 JFB -> Commentary on 21:15 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 21:15 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 21:15 TSK -> Commentary on 21:15 TSK -> Entry for 21:15 WEN -> Notes on 21:15 NTB -> Israel, Prophecies Concerning; Manasseh; Rulers TTT -> Jerusalem; Kings EBD -> Manasseh 21:15 - [In Context] For they have done great evil in my sight and have angered me ever since their ancestors came out of Egypt."
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 21:16 JFB -> Commentary on 21:16 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 21:16 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 21:16 TSK -> Commentary on 21:16 TSK -> Entry for 21:16 WEN -> Notes on 21:16 NTB -> Homicide; Israel, Prophecies Concerning; Manasseh; Rulers TTT -> Kings; Murder EBD -> Manasseh; Persecution 21:16 - [In Context] Manasseh also murdered many innocent people until Jerusalem was filled from one end to the other with innocent blood. This was in addition to the sin that he caused the people of Judah to commit, leading them to do evil in the LORD's sight.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 21:17 JFB -> Commentary on 21:17 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 21:17 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 21:17 TSK -> Commentary on 21:17 TSK -> Entry for 21:17 WEN -> Notes on 21:17 NTB -> Israel, Prophecies Concerning; Manasseh; Rulers TTT -> Kings EBD -> Manasseh 21:17 - [In Context] The rest of the events in Manasseh's reign and all his deeds, including the sins he committed, are recorded in The Book of the History of the Kings of Judah.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 21:18 JFB -> Commentary on 21:18 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 21:18 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 21:18 TSK -> Commentary on 21:18 TSK -> Entry for 21:18 WEN -> Notes on 21:18 NTB -> Amon; Burial; Israel, Prophecies Concerning; Manasseh; Uzza TTT -> Burial; Gardens; Kings EBD -> Amon; Gardens; Manasseh; Samuel; Uzza SBD -> Uzza, The garden of 21:18 - [In Context] When Manasseh died, he was buried in the palace garden, the garden of Uzza. Then his son Amon became the next king.
FOOTNOTES: F60: Or even made his son pass through the fire.

Abbreviations Legend: GEB - Gill's Exposition; JFB - Jamieson, Fausset, Brown; MHC-COM - Matthew Henry Complete; MHC-CON - Matthew Henry Concise; SRN - Scofield Reference Notes; TSK - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge; WEN - Wesley's Explanatory Notes; NTB - Nave's Topical Bible; TSK - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge; TTT - Torrey's Topical Textbook; EBD - Easton's Bible Dictionary; SBD - Smith's Bible Dictionary; Copyright Statement - Holy Bible, The New Living Translation copyright © 1996 by Tyndale Charitable Trust. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers. All rights reserved. For more information about the NLT, please click here.