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and said, Remember now, Yahweh, I beg you, how I have walked before you in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in your sight. Hezekiah wept sore.
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An Appeal, Not a Boast
Commentators clarify that Hezekiah isn't boasting of sinless perfection to earn his life. Rather, he is making an appeal based on his sincere commitment to God's truth and reforms. John Calvin suggests this was a way for Hezekiah to fortify his own faith against the temptation to despair, reminding himself that his life's work had been pleasing to God even in the face of this terrible news.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
And said, Remember now, O Lord, I beseech thee - The object that Hezekiah desired was evidently that his life might be spared, and …
19th Century
Anglican
Remember now, O Lord. —Devout as the prayer is, there is a tone of self-satisfaction in it which contrasts with David’s prayer ([Reference…
16th Century
Protestant
And said, I beseech You, Jehovah. He appears here to expostulate with God and remonstrate with Him about his own past life, as if he were …
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And said, remember now, O Lord, I beseech you He puts the Lord in mind of his good walk and works, which are never f…
When we pray in our sickness, though God does not send to us such an answer as he here sent to Hezekiah, yet, if by his Spirit he instructs us to b…
13th Century
Catholic
1. In those days. In this part, the prophet describes some events resulting from the preceding history, namely, the sickness…
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