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But Hezekiah didn`t render again according to the benefit done to him; for his heart was lifted up: therefore there was wrath on him, and on Judah and Jerusalem.
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Pride After God's Blessing
All commentators agree that Hezekiah's sin was pride. After God miraculously delivered him from Assyria and healed him from a fatal illness, he failed to give proper thanks. Instead, his heart was “lifted up,” leading him to boastfully display his kingdom’s treasures to the Babylonian envoys.
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2 Chronicles
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18th Century
Presbyterian
His heart was lifted up — Hezekiah’s pride was shown when he unnecessarily displayed his treasures to the ambassadors from Babylon ([Referen…
19th Century
Anglican
But Hezekiah. — For Hezekiah’s pride, see the account of his reception of the Babylonian embassy (2 Kings 20:12–19;[Re…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
But Hezekiah rendered not again according to the benefit done unto him Both in the de…
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God left Hezekiah to himself, so that by this trial and his weakness in it, what was in his heart might be known: that he was not as perfect in gra…
