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A Changeable Prophecy?
When God told Hezekiah he would die, it wasn't an unchangeable decree. Commentators explain that such prophetic warnings are often conditional, designed to lead to repentance. Charles Spurgeon adds that God was describing the natural outcome of the illness, which He could then choose to override with a miracle. The key insight is that God's warnings can be an invitation to turn to Him in prayer, not just a final verdict.
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2 Kings
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Albert Barnes
On 2 Kings 20:1
18th Century
Theologian
In those days — Hezekiah seems to have died in 697 B.C., and his illness must belong to 713 or 714 B.C. (compare 2 Kings 20:6), …
Charles Ellicott
On 2 Kings 20:1
19th Century
Bishop
In those days — that is, in the time of the Assyrian invasion. The illness may have been caused, or at least aggravated, by the in…
Charles Spurgeon
On 2 Kings 20:1
19th Century
Preacher
That is to say, in the common course of providence, without a miracle, Hezekiah must have died. God did by no means change when afterwards He permi…
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John Gill
On 2 Kings 20:1
17th Century
Pastor
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
On 2 Kings 20:1–11
17th Century
Minister
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…