"Remember now, O LORD, I beseech thee, how I have walked before thee in faithfulness and with a whole heart, and have done what is good in thy sight." And Hezeki'ah wept bitterly.

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

Remember now - The old covenant promised temporal prosperity to the righteous, including length of days. Hezekiah, conscious of his faithful…

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

Remember now how I have walked ... —Hezekiah deprecates an untimely death—the punishment of the wicked (…

Charles Spurgeon

Charles Spurgeon

CharlesSpurgeon

19th Century
Baptist
19th Century

I do not think this was intended to be a self-righteous prayer, though it reads like one, or else the Lord would not have heard it.

He meant…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

In these days was Hezekiah sick unto death,.... Of this sickness of Hezekiah, the message of the prophet Isaiah to him, and his prayer upon it, See…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

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

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