2 Chronicles 32:26

Notwithstanding Hezekiah humbled himself for the pride of his heart, both he and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so that the wrath of the LORD came not upon them in the days of Hezekiah.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
Hezekiah	יְחִזְקִיָּה Yᵉchizqîyâh	H3169	Jechizkijah
humbled	וַיִּכָּנַ֤ע vai.yi.ka.Na'	H3665	properly · conjunction + verb, niphal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
pride	בְּגֹ֣בַהּ be.Goah	H1363	elation · preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct
heart	לִבּ֔וֹ li.Bo	H3820	the heart · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
inhabitants	וְיֹשְׁבֵ֣י ve.yo.she.Vei	H3427	properly · conjunction + verb, qal active participle, masculine plural construct
Jerusalem	יְרוּשָׁלִָ֑ם ye.ru.sha.Lim	H3389	Jerushalaim or Jerushalem · proper noun, a place name
wrath	קֶ֣צֶף Ke.tzef	H7110	a splinter (as chipped off) · noun, common masculine singular construct
LORD	יְהוָ֔ה Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · proper noun, a title
came	בָ֤א va'	H935	to go or come (in a wide variety of applications) · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
days	בִּימֵ֖י bi.Mei	H3117	a day (as the warm hours) · preposition + noun, common masculine plural construct
Hezekiah	יְחִזְקִיָּה Yᵉchizqîyâh	H3169	Jechizkijah

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Cross-references

Jeremiah 26:18-19 Micah the Morasthite prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and spake to all the people of Judah, saying, Thus saith the LORD of…
2 Chronicles 33:12 And when he was in affliction, he besought the LORD his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers,
2 Chronicles 34:27-28 Because thine heart was tender, and thou didst humble thyself before God, when thou heardest his words against this place, and against the i…
James 4:10 Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up.
Leviticus 26:40-41 If they shall confess their iniquity, and the iniquity of their fathers, with their trespass which they trespassed against me, and that also…
1 Kings 21:19 And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith the LORD, Hast thou killed, and also taken possession? And thou shalt speak unto him, sayi…
1 Kings 21:29 Seest thou how Ahab humbleth himself before me? because he humbleth himself before me, I will not bring the evil in his days: but in his son…
2 Kings 20:16-19 And Isaiah said unto Hezekiah, Hear the word of the LORD.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 32:24–end

Here we conclude the story of Hezekiah with an account of three things concerning him: - I. His sickness and his recovery from it, Ch2 32:24. The account of his sickness is but briefly mentioned here; we had a large narrative of it, 2 Kings 20. His disease seemed likely to be mortal. In the extremity of it he prayed. God answered him, and gave him a sign that he should recover, the going back of the sun ten degrees. II. His sin and his repentance for it, which were also more largely related, Kg2 20:12, etc. Yet several things are here observed concerning his sin which we had not there. 1. The occasion of it was the king of Babylon's sending an honourable embassy to him to congratulate him o…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Chronicles 32:24

HEZEKIAH'S SICKNESS AND RECOVERY. (Ch2 32:24-26) In those days Hezekiah was sick to the death--(See on Kg2 20:1-11).

Adam Clarke on 2 Chronicles 32:26

Humbled himself - Awoke from his sleep, was sorry for his sin, deprecated the wrath of God, and the Divine displeasure was turned away from him.

John Gill on 2 Chronicles 32:26

Notwithstanding, Hezekiah humbled himself for the pride of his heart, both he and the inhabitants of Jerusalem,.... In what manner is not said; perhaps by putting on sackcloth, and by fasting and prayer, and making confession of sin, and declaring repentance for it: so that the wrath of the Lord came not upon them in the days of Hezekiah; but in the days of his son's sons, Isaiah 39:7.

Tyndale Open Study Notes on 2 Chronicles 32:26

The humble repentance of both Hezekiah and the people pleased God, so the Lord’s anger did not fall on them during Hezekiah’s lifetime.

Rashi

The Church Fathers

But when his prayer was heard, and 185,000 men of the Assyrian army had been destroyed in one night by the angel, and when a victory so great and so marvellous had been wrought for him by God, he held more firmly than ever the estimate of himself which he had formerly entertained, claiming that he was beyond all doubt the Christ who had been predicted. Wherefore, as he was again uplifted in mind by this conception of himself, he did not go after his victory into the temple, as was his duty, to render thanks and give glory to God, but he was uplifted with pride, as it is recorded in the second Book of Chronicles (xxxii, 26): That he humbled himself for the pride of his heart, and, God left him, to try him, that he might know all that was in his heart
— Cosmas Indicopleustes, The Christian Topography, Book 8

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Dictionary and topics

Afflictions Made Beneficial · Exemplified: Hezekiah — Exemplified: Hezekiah
Hezekiah · of Babylon — of Babylon
Humility · Exemplified: Hezekiah — Exemplified: Hezekiah

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).