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However in [the business of] the ambassadors of the princes of Babylon, who sent to him to inquire of the wonder that was done in the land, God left him, to try him, that he might know all that was in his heart.
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God's Purpose in Testing
Commentators explain that when God "left" Hezekiah, it was not for God to learn something new, as He is all-knowing. Rather, it was a test designed to reveal the pride hidden in Hezekiah's own heart. This trial served to make manifest, both to Hezekiah and to others, the true state of his character when left to his own devices.
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19th Century
Anglican
However. —Literally, And thus; that is, when things were so prosperous for him. In the midst of Hezekiah’s prosperity, Go…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Howbeit, [in the business of] the ambassadors of the princes of Babylon, who sent unto him to inquire th…
Presbyterian
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…
