2 Kings 20:3

I beseech thee, O LORD, remember now how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in thy sight. And Hezekiah wept sore.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
beseech	אָנָּ֣ה 'a.Nah	H577	oh now! · interjection
LORD	יְהוָ֗ה Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · proper noun, a title
remember	זְכָר ze.khor-	H2142	properly · verb, qal imperative, 2nd person masculine singular
walked	הִתְהַלַּ֣כְתִּי hit.ha.Lakh.ti	H1980	to walk (in a great variety of applications · verb, hithpael perfect, 1st person common singular
before	לְפָנֶ֗יךָ le.fa.Nei.kha	H6440	the face (as the part that turns) · preposition + noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular
truth	בֶּֽאֱמֶת֙ be.'e.Met	H571	stability · preposition + noun, common feminine singular absolute
perfect	שָׁלֵ֔ם sha.Lem	H8003	complete (literally or figuratively) · adjective, masculine singular absolute
heart	וּבְלֵבָ֣ב u.ve.le.Vav	H3824	the heart (as the most interior organ) · conjunction + preposition + noun, common masculine singular absolute
done	עָשִׂ֑יתִי 'a.Si.ti	H6213	to do or make · verb, qal perfect, 1st person common singular
good	וְהַטּ֥וֹב ve.ha.Tov	H2896	good (as an adjective) in the widest sense · conjunction + definite article + adjective, masculine singular absolute
sight	בְּעֵינֶ֖יךָ be.'ei.Nei.kha	H5869	an eye (literally or figuratively) · preposition + noun, common feminine dual construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular
Hezekiah	חִזְקִיָּ֖הוּ chiz.ki.Ya.hu	H2396	Chizkijah · proper noun, a man's name
wept	וַיֵּ֥בְךְּ vai.Ye.vek	H1058	to weep · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
sore	גָדֽוֹל ga.Dol	H1419	great (in any sense) · adjective, masculine singular absolute

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Cross-references

Nehemiah 13:14 Remember me, O my God, concerning this, and wipe not out my good deeds that I have done for the house of my God, and for the offices thereof…
Nehemiah 13:22 And I commanded the Levites that they should cleanse themselves, and that they should come and keep the gates, to sanctify the sabbath day.…
2 Kings 18:3-6 And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that David his father did.
Nehemiah 5:19 Think upon me, my God, for good, according to all that I have done for this people.
Nehemiah 13:31 And for the wood offering, at times appointed, and for the firstfruits. Remember me, O my God, for good.
1 John 3:21-22 Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, then have we confidence toward God.
Luke 1:6 And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.
2 Samuel 12:21-22 Then said his servants unto him, What thing is this that thou hast done? thou didst fast and weep for the child, while it was alive; but whe…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Kings 20:1-11

The historian, having shown us blaspheming Sennacherib destroyed in the midst of the prospects of life, here shows us praying Hezekiah delivered in the midst of the prospects of death - the days of the former shortened, of the latter prolonged. I. Here is Hezekiah's sickness. In those days, that is, in the same year in which the king of Assyria besieged Jerusalem; for he reigning reigned? in all twenty-nine years, and surviving this fifteen years, this must be in his fourteenth year, and so was that, Kg2 18:13. Some think it was at the time that the Assyrian army was besieging the city or preparing for it, because God promises (Kg2 20:6): I will defend the city, which promise was afterwards…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Kings 20:3

remember now how I have walked before thee, &c.--The course of Hezekiah's thoughts was evidently directed to the promise made to David and his successors on the throne (Kg1 8:25). He had kept the conditions as faithfully as human infirmity admitted; and as he had been all along free from any of those great crimes by which, through the judgment of God, human life was often suddenly cut short, his great grief might arise partly from the love of life, partly from the obscurity of the Mosaic dispensation, where life and immortality had not been fully brought to light, and partly from his plans for the reformation of his kingdom being frustrated by his death. He pleaded the fulfilment of the prom…

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Adam Clarke on 2 Kings 20:3

I beseech thee, O Lord - Hezekiah knew that, although the words of Isaiah were delivered to him in an absolute form, yet they were to be conditionally understood, else he could not have prayed to God to reverse a purpose which he knew to be irrevocable. Even this passage is a key to many prophecies and Divine declarations: see Isa 18:1-7 of Jeremiah. Hezekiah pleads his uprightness and holy conduct in his own behalf. Was it impious to do so? No; but it certainly did not savor much either of humility or of a due sense of his own weakness. If he had a perfect heart, who made it such? - God. If he did good in God's sights who enabled him to do so? - God. Could he therefore plead in his behalf d…

The Church Fathers

For which of the things in our present life seems to thee pleasant? A sumptuous table, and health of body, and glory, and wealth? Nay, these delights, if thou set them by that pleasure, will prove the bitterest of all things, compared thereunto. For nothing is more pleasurable than a sound conscience, and a good hope. And if ye would learn this, let us inquire of him who is on the point of departing hence, or of him that is grown old; and when we have reminded him of sumptuous banqueting which he hath enjoyed, and of glory and honor, and of good works which he hath some time practised and wrought, let us ask in which he exults the more; and we shall see him for the other ashamed, and covering his face, but for these soaring and leaping with joy. So Hezekiah, too, when he was sick, called not to mind sumptuous feasting, nor glory, nor royalty, but righteousness. For "remember," saith he, "how I walked before Thee in an upright way."
— John Chrysostom, HOMILIES ON THE GOSPEL OF MATTHEW 53.6-7

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Dictionary and topics

Disease · Of Hezekiah — Of Hezekiah
Diseases · God often entreated to cure — God often entreated to cure
Hezekiah · .Sickness and restoration of — .Sickness and restoration of
Isaiah · Comforts Hezekiah in his affliction — Comforts Hezekiah in his affliction
Truth · Walk in the presence of God in — Walk in the presence of God in
Weeping · .Of Hezekiah — .Of 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).

2 Kings 20:3

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Kings 20:1-11

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Kings 20:3

Adam Clarke on 2 Kings 20:3

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

2 Kings 20:3

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Kings 20:1-11

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Kings 20:3

Adam Clarke on 2 Kings 20:3

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

John Gill on 2 Kings 20:1

Keil & Delitzsch on 2 Kings 20:1-11

Tyndale Open Study Notes on 2 Kings 20:2-3

Rashi on 2 Kings 20:1