Turn again, and tell Hezekiah the captain of my people, Thus saith the LORD, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will heal thee: on the third day thou shalt go up unto the house of the LORD.
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Gill's Exposition
And I will add unto thy days fifteen years,.... See Gill on Isa 38:5.
and I will deliver thee, and this city, out of the hand of the king of Assyria; by which it appears that this sickness and…
Barnes' Notes
The captain of my people - This phrase (which does not occur elsewhere in Kings) is remarkable, and speaks for the authenticity of this full report of the actual words of the prophet’s message…
The historian, having shown us blaspheming Sennacherib destroyed in the midst of the prospects of life, here shows us praying Hezekiah delivered in the midst of the prospects of death - the days of…
Cambridge Bible
tell[R.V. say to] Hezekiah the captain[R.V. prince] of my people The first of these changes is in conformity with Isaiah. The latter clause -the captain &c." is not in the parallel place in Isaiah,…
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