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2 Chronicles 32:20

2 Chronicles 32:20
And for this cause Hezekiah the king, and the prophet Isaiah the son of Amoz, prayed and cried to heaven.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

In those days Hezekiah was sick,.... Of which sickness, and of his prayer, and of the sign given him, see Isa 38:1 and the notes there.

and the notes there.

2 Chronicles 32:25

ch2 32:25

ch2…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

2 Chronicles 32:9-22

The author of Chronicles compresses into 13 verses the history which occupies in Kings a chapter and a half (2Ki 18:17-19; where see the notes). 2Ch 32:10 In the siege - Perhaps “in straitness”…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

2 Chronicles 32:9-23

This story of the rage and blasphemy of Sennacherib, Hezekiah's prayer, and the deliverance of Jerusalem by the destruction of the Assyrian army, we had more at large in the book of Kings, 2 Kings 18…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

And for thiscause Hezekiah … prayed R.V. And Hezekiah … prayed because of this.

heaven Here used reverently for "God"; cp. 2Ch 28:9; Dan 4:26; Luk 15:21.