The captain of my people - This phrase, which does not occur elsewhere in Kings, is remarkable. It speaks to the authenticity of this full r…

The captain of my people. —Or, ruler (nâgîd); a designation of honour (1 Kings 1:35; [Reference 1 Sa…

This, of course, was not a sufficient means to cure the boil, but God made the means efficacious. Why were the means used? Why, to teach us that we…

Turn again, and tell Hezekiah the captain of my people,.... The king of them, as the Targum:

thus saith the Lord God of David your father, I…

Hezekiah was sick to the point of death in the same year that the king of A yria besieged Jerusalem. Isaiah brought a warning to Hezekiah to prepar…