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Themes in 2 Kings 20

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Themes in 2 Kings 20

2 Kings 20:1 (show verse)

In those days [when Sennacherib first invaded Judah] Hezekiah became deathly ill. The prophet Isaiah the son of Amoz came and said to him, “Thus says the Lord, ‘Set your house in order, for you shall die and not recover.’”

Amoz » Father of imiah
Blessing » Temporal » From God » Examples of » Hezekiah restored to health
death » Preparation for
death » Eternal » Foretold
death » Christ conqueror of » Preparation for
death » Nearness of » Preparation for
natural Death » Prepare for
Disease » Good men afflicted with » The righteous suffer from
Disease » Instances of » In answer to prayer » Of hezekiah
Diseases » God often entreated to cure
Faith » Instances of » hezekiah
hezekiah » General references to
hezekiah » King of judah » Sickness and restoration of
Isaiah » Comforts hezekiah in his affliction
Prayer » Answered » To save hezekiah's life
Readiness » For death » Preparation for
Readiness » For the future
Rulers' » Righteous » Instances of » hezekiah » Fear of the lord
Sickness » The righteous suffer from

2 Kings 20:2 (show verse)

Then Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed to the Lord, saying,

Blessing » Temporal » From God » Examples of » Hezekiah restored to health
Disease » Instances of » In answer to prayer » Of hezekiah
Diseases » God often entreated to cure
Faith » Instances of » hezekiah
hezekiah » King of judah » Sickness and restoration of
Isaiah » Comforts hezekiah in his affliction
Prayer » Answered » To save hezekiah's life
Prayer » hezekiah
private Prayer » Exemplified » hezekiah
Rulers' » Righteous » Instances of » hezekiah » Fear of the lord

2 Kings 20:3 (show verse)

“Please, O Lord, remember now [with compassion] how I have walked before You in faithfulness and truth and with a whole heart [entirely devoted to You], and have done what is good in Your sight.” And Hezekiah wept bitterly.

Blessing » Temporal » From God » Examples of » Hezekiah restored to health
Disease » Instances of » In answer to prayer » Of hezekiah
Diseases » God often entreated to cure
Faith » Instances of » hezekiah
God » Voice of select readings » Walking before
hezekiah » King of judah » Sickness and restoration of
Isaiah » Comforts hezekiah in his affliction
Prayer » Brevity in prayer examples of brief prayers » Special pleas offered in
Prayer » Answered » To save hezekiah's life
Rulers' » Righteous » Instances of » hezekiah » Fear of the lord
Truth » Saints should » Walk before God in
Truth » Walk in the presence of God in
Walk » Of believers » Before God
Weeping » Instances of » Of hezekiah

2 Kings 20:4 (show verse)

Before Isaiah had gone out of the middle courtyard, the word of the Lord came to him, saying,

Blessing » Temporal » From God » Examples of » Hezekiah restored to health
Disease » Instances of » In answer to prayer » Of hezekiah
Faith » Instances of » hezekiah
hezekiah » King of judah » Sickness and restoration of
Isaiah » Comforts hezekiah in his affliction
Prayer » Answered » To save hezekiah's life
Rulers' » Righteous » Instances of » hezekiah » Fear of the lord

2 Kings 20:5 (show verse)

“Go back and tell Hezekiah the leader of My people, ‘Thus says the Lord, the God of David your father (ancestor): “I have heard your prayer, I have seen your tears. Behold, I am healing you; on the third day you shall go up to the house of the Lord.

Blessing » Temporal » From God » Examples of » Hezekiah restored to health
Captain » Signifying any commander, as
Disease » Instances of » In answer to prayer » Of hezekiah
Diseases » Those afflicted with » Often divinely cured
Faith » Instances of » hezekiah
hezekiah » King of judah » Prophecies concerning
hezekiah » King of judah » Sickness and restoration of
Isaiah » Comforts hezekiah in his affliction
Prayer » Answered » To save hezekiah's life
Rulers' » Righteous » Instances of » hezekiah » Fear of the lord
Sickness » God » Promises to heal

2 Kings 20:6 (show verse)

I will add fifteen years to your life and save you and this city [Jerusalem] from the hand of the king of Assyria; and I will protect this city for My own sake and for My servant David’s sake.”’”

Blessing » Temporal » From God » Examples of » Hezekiah restored to health
Disease » Instances of » In answer to prayer » Of hezekiah
Faith » Instances of » hezekiah
hezekiah » King of judah » Prophecies concerning
hezekiah » King of judah » Sickness and restoration of
Isaiah » Comforts hezekiah in his affliction
Prayer » Answered » To save hezekiah's life
Rulers' » Righteous » Instances of » hezekiah » Fear of the lord

2 Kings 20:7 (show verse)

Then Isaiah said, “Bring a cake of figs. And they brought it and placed it on the [painful] inflammation, and he recovered.”

Blessing » Temporal » From God » Examples of » Hezekiah restored to health
Boil » Of hezekiah, healed
Disease » Remedies » General references
Disease » Instances of » In answer to prayer » Of hezekiah
Disease » Remedies » Poultices
Disease » Instances of » Poultices
Diseases » Disease, different forms of » Boils
Diseases » Mentioned in scripture » Abscess
Faith » Instances of » hezekiah
Fig » Employed as a remedy
Fig tree » Fruit of » Used in the miraculous healing of hezekiah
natural Fruit » Varieties of » Figs
hezekiah » King of judah » Sickness and restoration of
Isaiah » Comforts hezekiah in his affliction
Miracles » Of isaiah » Hezekiah healed
Miracles wrought through servants of God » Isaiah » Hezekiah healed
Prayer » Answered » To save hezekiah's life
Prevention and cure of diseases » Remedies
Prevention and cure of diseases » Poultices
Remedies » Remedies, for disease
Remedies » Poultices
Rulers' » Righteous » Instances of » hezekiah » Fear of the lord

2 Kings 20:8 (show verse)

Hezekiah said to Isaiah, “What will be the sign that the Lord will [completely] heal me, and that I shall go up to the house of the Lord on the third day?”

Disease » Instances of » In answer to prayer » Of hezekiah
Faith » Instances of » hezekiah
hezekiah » King of judah » Sickness and restoration of
Isaiah » Comforts hezekiah in his affliction
Isaiah » Performs the miracle of the returning shadow to confirm hezekiah's faith
Rulers' » Righteous » Instances of » hezekiah » Fear of the lord
Sign » Asked for by, and given to » hezekiah
Symbols and similitudes » Shadow on ahaz' sun-dial

2 Kings 20:9 (show verse)

Isaiah said, “This will be the sign to you from the Lord, that He will do the thing that He has spoken: shall the shadow [indicating the time of day] go forward ten steps, or go backward ten steps?”

Degrees » Or steps in the dial of ahaz
Disease » Instances of » In answer to prayer » Of hezekiah
Faith » Instances of » hezekiah
hezekiah » King of judah » Sickness and restoration of
Isaiah » Comforts hezekiah in his affliction
Isaiah » Performs the miracle of the returning shadow to confirm hezekiah's faith
special divine Manifestations » Signs given to confirm faith
Miracles » Catalogue of » Return of the shadow on the sun dial
Rulers' » Righteous » Instances of » hezekiah » Fear of the lord
The sun » Indicates the hours of the day by the shadow on the dial
Symbols and similitudes » Shadow on ahaz' sun-dial
Time » Indicated by a sun-dial
Time » The sun-dial early invented for pointing out

2 Kings 20:10 (show verse)

Hezekiah answered, “It is easy for the shadow to go forward ten steps; no, but let the shadow turn backward ten steps.”

Degrees » Or steps in the dial of ahaz
Disease » Instances of » In answer to prayer » Of hezekiah
Faith » Instances of » hezekiah
hezekiah » General references to
hezekiah » King of judah » Sickness and restoration of
Isaiah » Comforts hezekiah in his affliction
Isaiah » Performs the miracle of the returning shadow to confirm hezekiah's faith
Miracles » Catalogue of » Return of the shadow on the sun dial
Rulers' » Righteous » Instances of » hezekiah » Fear of the lord
Symbols and similitudes » Shadow on ahaz' sun-dial
Time » Indicated by a sun-dial
Time » The sun-dial early invented for pointing out

2 Kings 20:11 (show verse)

So Isaiah the prophet called out to the Lord, and He brought the shadow on the steps ten steps backward by which it had gone down on the sundial of Ahaz.

Ahaz » King of judah, son and successor of jotham » Sundial of
Days » Time of, ascertained by the dial
Degrees » Or steps in the dial of ahaz
Disease » Instances of » In answer to prayer » Of hezekiah
Faith » Instances of » hezekiah
hezekiah » King of judah » Sickness and restoration of
Isaiah » Comforts hezekiah in his affliction
Isaiah » Performs the miracle of the returning shadow to confirm hezekiah's faith
Miracles » Of isaiah » Shadow put back
Miracles » Catalogue of » Return of the shadow on the sun dial
Miracles wrought through servants of God » Isaiah » Shadow put back on the dial
Prayer » Answered » To save hezekiah's life
Prayer » Isaiah
private Prayer » Exemplified » Isaiah
Rulers' » Righteous » Instances of » hezekiah » Fear of the lord
Sun » Shadow of went back on the sun-dial of ahaz
The sun » Miracles connected with » Shadow put back on the dial
Symbols and similitudes » Shadow on ahaz' sun-dial
Time » Indicated by a sun-dial
Time » The sun-dial early invented for pointing out

2 Kings 20:12 (show verse)

At that time Berodach-baladan a son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters and a gift to Hezekiah, for he had heard that Hezekiah had been sick.

Ambassadors » Berodach to hezekiah
Babylon » Governed by kings
Babylon » Ambassadors of, sent to hezekiah
Condolence » Instances of » King of babylon, to hezekiah
hezekiah » King of judah » His lack of wisdom in showing his resources to commissioners of babylon
Isaiah » Reproves hezekiah's folly in exhibiting his resources to the commissioners from babylon
Merodach-baladan » Sends congratulatory letters and a present to hezekiah
Presents » Were given » On recovering from sickness
Rich, the » Instances of » hezekiah
Temptation » Yielding to temptation » hezekiah

2 Kings 20:13 (show verse)

Hezekiah listened to and welcomed them and [foolishly] showed them all his treasure house—the silver and gold and spices and precious oil and his armory and everything that was found in his treasuries. There was nothing in his house (palace) nor in all his realm that Hezekiah did not show them.

Anointing » Ointment for » Most expensive
military Arms » For sieges: » Armories built for
Condolence » Instances of » King of babylon, to hezekiah
Curiosity » Instances of » Of the babylonians, to see hezekiah's treasures
hezekiah » King of judah » His lack of wisdom in showing his resources to commissioners of babylon
Isaiah » Reproves hezekiah's folly in exhibiting his resources to the commissioners from babylon
Ointment » Not sacred
Pride » Instances of » Hezekiah, in displaying his resources
Pride » Often originates in » Possession of wealth
Rich, the » Instances of » hezekiah
Spices » Stores of
Temptation » Yielding to temptation » hezekiah
Treasure-houses » Of kings

2 Kings 20:14 (show verse)

Then Isaiah the prophet came to King Hezekiah and said to him, “What did these men say [that would cause you to do this for them]? From where have they come to you?” Hezekiah said, “They have come from a far country, from Babylon.”

hezekiah » King of judah » His lack of wisdom in showing his resources to commissioners of babylon
Isaiah » Reproves hezekiah's folly in exhibiting his resources to the commissioners from babylon
Rich, the » Instances of » hezekiah
Temptation » Yielding to temptation » hezekiah

2 Kings 20:15 (show verse)

Isaiah said, “What have they seen in your house?” Hezekiah answered, “They have seen everything that is in my house (palace). There is nothing in my treasuries that I have not shown them.”

2 Kings 20:16 (show verse)

Then Isaiah said to Hezekiah, “Hear the word of the Lord.

2 Kings 20:17 (show verse)

‘Behold, the time is coming when everything that is in your house, and that your fathers have stored up until this day, will be carried to Babylon; nothing will be left,’ says the Lord.

hezekiah » King of judah » Prophecies concerning
hezekiah » King of judah » His lack of wisdom in showing his resources to commissioners of babylon
Isaiah » Reproves hezekiah's folly in exhibiting his resources to the commissioners from babylon
Prophecy » Miscellaneous, fulfilled » The captivity of the southern kingdom (judah,)
Reproof » Faithfulness in » Isaiah, of hezekiah
Rich, the » Instances of » hezekiah
Temptation » Yielding to temptation » hezekiah

2 Kings 20:18 (show verse)

‘And some of your sons (descendants) who will be born to you will be taken away [as captives]; and they will become eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.’”

hezekiah » King of judah » Prophecies concerning
hezekiah » King of judah » His lack of wisdom in showing his resources to commissioners of babylon
Isaiah » Reproves hezekiah's folly in exhibiting his resources to the commissioners from babylon
Palaces » Of kings » Often attended by eunuchs as servants
Prophecy » Miscellaneous, fulfilled » The captivity of the southern kingdom (judah,)
Rich, the » Instances of » hezekiah
Temptation » Yielding to temptation » hezekiah

2 Kings 20:19 (show verse)

Then Hezekiah said to Isaiah, “The word of the Lord which you have spoken is good.” For he thought, “Is it not good, if [at least] there will be peace and security in my lifetime?”

Afflicted saints » Should be resigned
Afflictions » Resignation in trials, examples of » David
hezekiah » King of judah » His lack of wisdom in showing his resources to commissioners of babylon
Isaiah » Reproves hezekiah's folly in exhibiting his resources to the commissioners from babylon
Resignation » Resignation in trials, examples of » David
Resignation » Exemplified » hezekiah
Temptation » Yielding to temptation » hezekiah
The Surrendered life » Resignation in trials, examples of » David

2 Kings 20:20 (show verse)

The rest of the acts of Hezekiah and all his might, and how he made the [Siloam] pool and the aqueduct and brought water into the city, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?

Cities » Artificial mode of supplying water to
Gihon » A pool
hezekiah » King of judah » Conducts the gihon brook into jerusalem
Jerusalem » Water supply brought in from the gihon brook by hezekiah
Jerusalem » Hezekiah made an aqueduct for
Pools and ponds » Water of, brought into the city by a ditch or conduit
Pools and ponds » Artificial, designed for » Supplying cities with water
Temptation » Yielding to temptation » hezekiah
Water » Artificial mode of conveying, into large cities
Water » City waterworks

2 Kings 20:21 (show verse)

Hezekiah slept with his fathers [in death], and Manasseh his son became king in his place.

hezekiah » General references to
hezekiah » King of judah » Death and burial of
Israel » hezekiah » Suceeds » Manasseh