2 Kings 20:5

Turn again, and tell Hezekiah the captain of my people, Thus saith the LORD, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will heal thee: on the third day thou shalt go up unto the house of the LORD.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
again	שׁ֣וּב shuv	H7725	to turn back (hence · verb, qal imperative, 2nd person masculine singular
tell	וְאָמַרְתָּ֞ ve.'a.mar.Ta	H559	to say (used with great latitude) · conjunction + verb, qal sequential perfect, 2nd person masculine singular
Hezekiah	חִזְקִיָּ֣הוּ chiz.ki.Ya.hu	H2396	Chizkijah · proper noun, a man's name
captain	נְגִיד ne.gid-	H5057	a commander (as occupying the front) · noun, common masculine singular construct
people	עַמִּ֗י 'a.Mi	H5971	a people (as a congregated unit) · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix
saith	אָמַ֤ר 'a.Mar	H559	to say (used with great latitude) · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
LORD	יְהוָה֙ Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · proper noun, a title
God	אֱלֹהֵי֙ 'e.lo.Hei	H430	gods in the ordinary sense · noun, common masculine plural construct
David	דָּוִ֣ד da.Vid	H1732	David · proper noun, a man's name
father	אָבִ֔יךָ 'a.Vi.kha	H1	father · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular
heard	שָׁמַ֙עְתִּי֙ sha.Ma'.ti	H8085	to hear intelligently (often with implication of attent… · verb, qal perfect, 1st person common singular
prayer	תְּפִלָּתֶ֔ךָ te.fi.la.Te.kha	H8605	intercession · noun, common feminine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular
seen	רָאִ֖יתִי ra.'I.ti	H7200	to see · verb, qal perfect, 1st person common singular
tears	דִּמְעָתֶ֑ךָ dim.'a.Te.kha	H1832	weeping · noun, common feminine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular
heal	רֹ֣פֶא Ro.fe'	H7495	properly · verb, qal active participle, masculine singular absolute
third	הַשְּׁלִישִׁ֔י ha.she.li.Shi	H7992	third · definite article + ordinal number, masculine singular absolute
day	בַּיּוֹם֙ bai.yOm	H3117	a day (as the warm hours) · preposition with the article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
up	תַּעֲלֶ֖ה ta.'a.Leh	H5927	to ascend · verb, qal imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular
house	בֵּ֥ית beit	H1004	a house (in the greatest variation of applications · noun, common masculine singular construct
LORD	יְהוָֽה Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · proper noun, a title

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

Psalms 66:19-20 But verily God hath heard me; he hath attended to the voice of my prayer.
Isaiah 38:5 Go, and say to Hezekiah, Thus saith the LORD, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will ad…
1 Samuel 9:16 To morrow about this time I will send thee a man out of the land of Benjamin, and thou shalt anoint him to be captain over my people Israel,…
2 Kings 19:20 Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent to Hezekiah, saying, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, That which thou hast prayed to me against Sennacher…
Psalms 39:12 Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear unto my cry; hold not thy peace at my tears: for I am a stranger with thee, and a sojourner, as all my…
Psalms 126:5 They that sow in tears shall reap in joy.
Psalms 147:3 He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds.
James 5:14-15 Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord…

Cross-references from OpenBible.info (CC BY), in the lineage of the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain).

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 20:5

Thus saith . . . the God of David thy father--An immediate answer was given to his prayer, containing an assurance that the Lord was mindful of His promise to David and would accomplish it in Hezekiah's experience, both by the prolongation of his life, and his deliverance from the Assyrians. on the third day--The perfect recovery from a dangerous sickness, within so short a time, shows the miraculous character of the cure (see his thanksgiving song, Isa 38:9). The disease cannot be ascertained; but the text gives no hint that the plague was raging then in Jerusalem; and although Arab physicians apply a cataplasm of figs to plague-boils, they also do so in other cases, as figs are considere…

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Adam Clarke on 2 Kings 20:4

Into the middle court - הצר hatstser, the court. This is the reading of the Masoretic Keri: העיר haair, "of the city," is the reading of the text, and of most MSS.; but the versions follow the Keri.

John Gill on 2 Kings 20:5

Turn again, and tell Hezekiah the captain of my people,.... The king of them, as the Targum: thus saith the Lord God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears; See Gill on Isaiah 38:5. behold, I will heal thee; instantly, miraculously; and none but God could heal him, his disease being in its kind mortal, and he had been told from the Lord that he should die: on the third day thou shalt go up unto the house of the Lord: the temple, to give thanks for his recovery; and this he should do on the third day from thence; so soon should he be well, which would show the cure to be miraculous.

Dictionary and topics

Captain · Signifying any comman — Signifying any comman
Disease · Of Hezekiah — Of Hezekiah
Diseases · Those afflicted with: Often divinely cured — Those afflicted with: Often divinely cured
Hezekiah · .Sickness and restoration of — .Sickness and restoration of
Isaiah · Comforts Hezekiah in his affliction — Comforts Hezekiah in his affliction
Sickness · God: Promises to heal — God: Promises to heal

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 20:5

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Kings 20:1-11

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Kings 20:5

Adam Clarke on 2 Kings 20:4

John Gill on 2 Kings 20:5

Dictionary and topics

2 Kings 20:5

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Kings 20:1-11

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Kings 20:5

Adam Clarke on 2 Kings 20:4

John Gill on 2 Kings 20:5

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on 2 Kings 20:1-11

Tyndale Open Study Notes on 2 Kings 20:5

Rashi on 2 Kings 20:4