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Hezekiah received the letter from the hand of the messengers, and read it; and Hezekiah went up to the house of Yahweh, and spread it before Yahweh.
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A Pattern for Prayer
Matthew Henry highlights Hezekiah's response as a timeless model for believers. When facing overwhelming threats or troubles, we can follow his example by symbolically "spreading the case" before God. This act of prayer is about opening our hearts, making our appeal, and entrusting the entire situation to our almighty Friend.
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2 Kings
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Hezekiah received the letter - Inscriptions show that scribes accompanied the Assyrian armies with the materials of their craft, so that suc…
19th Century
Anglican
The letter. —The Hebrew word is plural, like the Latin litterae. The first “it” is plural, the second singular. [Referenc…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
(See Gill on 2 Kings 19:1)
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