And said, Remember now, O LORD, I beseech thee, how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in thy sight. And Hezekiah wept sore.
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Gill's Exposition
Then came the word of the Lord to Isaiah,.... Before he had got out into the middle court, Kg2 20:4,
saying, as follows:
Barnes' Notes
And said, Remember now, O Lord, I beseech thee - The object which Hezekiah desired was evidently that his life might be spared, and that he might not be suddenly cut off. He therefore makes mention of…
We may hence observe, among others, these good lessons: - 1. That neither men's greatness nor their goodness will exempt them from the arrests of sickness and death. Hezekiah, a mighty potentate on…
Cambridge Bible
with a perfect heart Lit. "with a whole heart," one absolutely devoted to Jehovah. Cf. 1Ki 8:61; 1Ki 11:4; 1Ki 15:3; 1Ki 15:14, where the expression occurs with the addition of the words "with…
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