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God's Motives for Deliverance
Commentators emphasize that God's reasons for defending Jerusalem were twofold: for His own honor and for His covenant promise to David. This shows that God's actions are rooted in His character and faithfulness. His deliverance serves to uphold His own name and fulfill the promises He has made to His people.
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2 Kings
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Albert Barnes
On 2 Kings 20:6
18th Century
Theologian
The king of Assyria in 714 and 713 B.C. was Sargon (721–705 B.C.). If the biblical and Assyrian chronologies, which agree exactly on the year Samar…
Charles Ellicott
On 2 Kings 20:6
19th Century
Bishop
I will add unto thy days fifteen years. —In the Jewish reckoning, fourteen years and a fraction of a year would count as …
Charles Spurgeon
On 2 Kings 20:4–7
19th Century
Preacher
This, of course, was not a sufficient means to cure the boil, but God made the means efficacious. Why were the means used? Why, to teach us that we…
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John Gill
On 2 Kings 20:6
17th Century
Pastor
And I will add to your days fifteen years,....See Gill on "Isaiah 38:5"
and I will deliver you, and this city, out of the hand o…
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…