Commentaries:
Barnes' Notes
And Hezekiah received the letter - Hebrew, ' Letters' (plural). It is not mentioned in the account of the embassy Isaiah 37:9, that a letter was sent, but it is not probable that all embassage would be sent to a monarch without a written document.
Went up into the house of the Lord - The temple Isaiah 37:1.
And spread it before the Lord - Perhaps unrolled the document there, and spread it out; or perhaps it means simply that he spread out the contents of the letter, that is, made mention of it in his prayer. Hezekiah had no other resource. He was a man of God; and in his trouble he looked to God for aid. He, therefore, before he formed any plan, went up to the temple, and laid his case before God. What an example for all monarchs and rulers! And what an example for all the people of God, in times of perplexity!
Other Barnes' Notes entries containing Isaiah 37:14:
Isaiah 8:19
Isaiah 37:1
Isaiah 37:9
Isaiah 37:24
James 1:5
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