2 Kings 20:6

4 And it happened, before Isaiah had gone out into the middle court, that the word of the Lord came to him, saying,

5 “Return and tell Hezekiah ^athe leader of My people, ‘Thus says the Lord, the God of David your father: ^b“I have heard your prayer, I have seen ^cyour tears; surely I will heal you. On the third day you shall go up to the house of the Lord.

6 And I will add to your days fifteen years. I will deliver you and this city from the hand of the king of Assyria; and ^aI will defend this city for My own sake, and for the sake of My servant David.” ’ ”

7 Then ^aIsaiah said, “Take a lump of figs.” So they took and laid it on the boil, and he recovered.

8 And Hezekiah said to Isaiah, ^a“What is the sign that the Lord will heal me, and that I shall go up to the house of the Lord the third day?”

Commentaries:

Barnes' Notes

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2 Kings 20:6

The king of Assyria in 714 and 713 BC was Sargon (B.C. 721-705). If then the Biblical and Assyrian chronologies which agree exactly in the year of the taking of Samaria (721 BC), are to be depended on, the king of Assyria here must have been Sargon. It may be conjectured that he had taken offence at something in the conduct of Hezekiah, and have threatened Jerusalem about this time (compare Isaiah 20:6). There is, however, no evidence of actual hostilities between Judaea and Assyria in Sargon' s reign.

Other Barnes' Notes entries containing 2 Kings 20:6:

2 Kings 20:1
Isaiah 38:6
Zechariah 11:6

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