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Discover the Arts! Each day a different image from the Literary, Performing, or Visual Arts representing a portion of Scripture plus an explanation with links 2017 December 11
Image 1: Hezekiah's Canticle (1412-1416)
Limbourg Brothers: Les tres riches heures du Duc de Berry
International Gothic Style
Musee Conde, Chantilly, France
Image Source: Wikiart
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Image 2: King Hezekiah Flaunting his Wealth
Vicente Lopez y Portana (1772-1850)
Neoclassical Style
Museu de Belles Arts de Valencia, Valencia, Spain
Image Source: Wikimedia
SPECIAL NOTE:
[ I will again be working through the Scriptures from Genesis to Revelation. I will be adding links, resources, images, and the like, upgrading the former work-through which began with the 2013-10-12 posting which can be found, along with the full Genesis to Revelation postings, in the Archive Page. Postings will be at midnight Eastern Time, as I am able. However, no chapters will be skipped, even though a posting may be late. And all postings will be housed in the Archive Page. ]
Explanation: 2 Kings 20 records the last years of Hezekiah, focusing on how the LORD healed him and gave him 15 additional years when he was about to die. [Kings of Judah and Israel #1. Kings of Judah and Israel #2].
Hezekiah was sick unto death; and Isaiah came to him with a message from the LORD telling him to set his house in order because he was about to die. Hezekiah wept mournfully at this news and begged the LORD to remember his obedient service. And, before Isaiah had left the royal palace, the LORD sent Isaiah back to Hezekiah with a message that he would recover in three days. And Isaiah commanded Hezekiah's servants to lay a fig poultice on the boil which was causing his sickness. This sickness apparently occurred around the time of Sennacherib's invasion (i. e., "in those days," verse 1). And, judging from the words "I will deliver you and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria" (verse 6), Hezekiah's healing may have occurred while Sennacherib's army was laying siege to Jerusalem, perhaps just before the Angel of the LORD killed 185,000 Assyrians, as recorded in the previous chapter (1-7).
Hezekiah asked for a sign that he would recover. And the LORD gave him a choice of seeing the shadow on his sundial go forward ten degrees or backwards ten degrees. Hezekiah chose the backward movement; and the shadow moved backwards ten degrees. When he recovered, he wrote a hymn of praise to the LORD which is recorded in Isaiah 38:9-20. The LORD had said that Hezekiah would go up to the house of the LORD when he recovered; and, at the end of his hymn, Hezekiah said that he would go to the house of the LORD and sing his songs there (8-11).
Around that time, most probably after the Assyrians withdrew, Berodachbaladan (also called Merodachbaladan in Isaiah 39:1) heard that Hezekiah had been sick. So he sent letters from Babylon to Hezekiah and brought him a gift. In response, Hezekiah showed them all his treasures in his house and in Judah. As mentioned in 2 Chronicles 32:24-26, this was an act of pride on Hezekiah's part, and apparently on the part of his subjects, as well. Isaiah came to him and asked him about the visit. Hezekiah said that he had shown them everything (12-15).
When Isaiah heard this he said that the LORD had decreed that the Babylonians would take everything, including the kings descendants. And, as recorded in 2 Chronicles 32:26, "Then Hezekiah repented of the pride of his heart, as did the people of Jerusalem; therefore the Lord's wrath did not come on them during the days of Hezekiah." Hezekiah was grateful for the "peace and truth" that would last for the rest of his lifetime. What his thoughts were about the trouble that would come later upon his family and his nation, we are not told (16-19).
Before his death, Hezekiah made a pool and a conduit which brought water into Jerusalem. When he died, his son Manasseh took the throne (20-21).
[ Sermons: William Still. Various. ]
[ Illustration: Today's chapter records the last years of Hezekiah, focusing on how the LORD healed him and gave him 15 additional years when he was about to die. The First Illustration depicts a theme from Hezekiah's hymn of gratitude in Isaiah 38:9-20: the gates of the grave (verse 10); the pit of corruption (verse 17); the grave and the pit (verse 18). He was grateful for being delivered from destruction. In the Second Illustration we see Hezekiah in a contrasting moment in his life. Instead of gratitude and humility we see him exhibiting his pride.]
RESOURCES
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[ THEMATICALLY AND CHRONOLOGICALLY RELATED SCRIPTURES: 2 Kings 20:
[Chapter 20: Related Scriptures: 2 Chronicles 32:24-26; Isaiah 38; Isaiah 39; 2 Chronicles 32:24-33; 2 Kings 19
[1] 2 Kings 18:2; 2 Kings 18:13; Isaiah 38:10-20; 2 Samuel 17:23.
[2] 1 Kings 21:4.
[3] Proverbs 10:27; Psalm 18:20; Psalm 7:8; Nehemiah 13:14.
[4] 2 Kings 10:25.
[5] 1 Kings 1:35; 1 Samuel 10:1; Hosea 6:2.
[6] Isaiah 7:8; Isaiah 23:15; Jeremiah 25:11-12; 2 Kings 19:34.
[7] 1 Samuel 25:18; Exodus 9:9; Job 2:7.
[8] 2 Kings 19:29; Isaiah 7:11.
[9] Exodus 20:26; Ezekiel 40:6; Ezekiel 40:22; Ezekiel 40:26; Ezekiel 40:31; 1 Kings 10:20; Nehemiah 3:15.
[11] Isaiah 38:8; 2 Chronicles 32:31.
[12] Jeremiah 1:2; Isaiah 39:1; 2 Chronicles 32:31.
[13] 2 Kings 18:15-16; 2 Chronicles 32:23; 2 Chronicles 32:27-28.
[14] Isaiah 30:1.
[17] 2 Chronicles 32:25-26; 2 Chronicles 32:31; Isaiah 14:29.
[18] Daniel 1:3; 2 Chronicles 33:11.
[19] 1 Kings 2:38; Jeremiah 33:6.
[20] Isaiah 33:18; Psalm 48:12-13; 2 Chronicles 32:4; 2 Chronicles 32:30; Isaiah 7:3.
-- From Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers ]
[ CHRONOLOGY: GENERAL. Patriarchs (Traditional). Judges # 1. Judges # 2. Kings # 1. Kings # 2. Prophets # 1. Prophets # 2. NT # 1. NT # 2. NT # 3. ]
[ MAPS: Maps # 1. Maps # 2. Maps # 3. Maps # 4. Maps # 5. ]
[ COMMENTARIES, ETC: GENERAL: Bible Study Tools; Bible Hub: Study Light; Blue Letter Bible // PSALMS: Monergism: Precept Austin: The Treasury of David; John Gill; John Calvin - Volumes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
[ MUSIC: GENERAL: The Cyber Hymnal // PSALMS: Genevan Psalter (Instrumental). VARIOUS ARTISTS: Micha'el Ben David. Sons of Korah. Fernando Ortega. Janet Isaac Morrison. Music of the Bible Revealed - Suzanne Haik-Vantoura. Dr. David Erb. Gregorian Chants. ]
HARMONY OF THE LAW
HEBREW AND GREEK INTERLINEAR BIBLES
2 Kings Detailed Outline
2 Kings 20
Notes: In the Hebrew Bible 1 Kings and 2 Kings were one Book. Overlapping dates for various kings indicate overlapping reigns (co-regencies).
1. The Reign of Solomon (1 Kings 1:1 - 1 Kings 11:43) - 971 - 931 B.C. Israel
2. The Divided Kingdom (1 Kings 12:1 - 2 Kings 25:30) - 931 - 560 B.C. Israel
FF. Hezekiah of Judah (2 Kings 18:1 - 20:21) - [715-686 B.C.]
1 In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death. And the prophet Isaiah the son of Amoz came to him, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Set thine house in order; for thou shalt die, and not live.
2 Then he turned his face to the wall, and prayed unto the LORD, saying,
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 [weeping greatly].
4 And it came to pass, afore Isaiah was gone out into the middle court, that the word of the LORD came to him, saying,
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.
6 And I will add unto thy days fifteen years; and I will deliver thee and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria; and I will defend this city for mine own sake, and for my servant David's sake.
7 And Isaiah said, Take a lump of figs. And they took and laid it on the boil, and he recovered.
8 And Hezekiah said unto Isaiah, What shall be the sign that the LORD will heal me, and that I shall go up into the house of the LORD the third day?
9 And Isaiah said, This sign shalt thou have of the LORD, that the LORD will do the thing that he hath spoken: shall the shadow go forward ten degrees, or go back ten degrees?
10 And Hezekiah answered, It is a light thing for the shadow to go down ten degrees: nay, but let the shadow return backward ten degrees.
11 And Isaiah the prophet cried unto the LORD: and he bought the shadow ten degrees backward, by which it had gone down in the dial of Ahaz.
12 At that time Berodachbaladan, the son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters and a present unto Hezekiah: for he had heard that Hezekiah had been sick.
13 And Hezekiah hearkened unto them, and shewed them all the house of his precious things, the silver, and the gold, and the spices, and the precious ointment, and all the house of his armour, and all that was found in his treasures: there was nothing in his house, nor in all his dominion, that Hezekiah shewed them not.
14 Then came Isaiah the prophet unto king Hezekiah, and said unto him, What said these men? and from whence came they unto thee? And Hezekiah said, They are come from a far country, even from Babylon.
15 And he said, What have they seen in thine house? And Hezekiah answered, All the things that are in mine house have they seen: there is nothing among my treasures that I have not shewed them.
16 And Isaiah said unto Hezekiah, Hear the word of the LORD.
17 Behold, the days come, that all that is in thine house, and that which thy fathers have laid up in store unto this day, shall be carried into Babylon: nothing shall be left, saith the LORD.
18 And of thy sons that shall issue from thee, which thou shalt beget, shall they take away; and they shall be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.
19 Then said Hezekiah unto Isaiah, Good is the word of the LORD which thou hast spoken. And he said, Is it not good, if peace and truth be in my days?
20 And the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, and all his might, and how he made a pool, and a conduit, and bought water into the city, are they not written in the book of the chronicles [words of the days] of the kings of Judah?
21 And Hezekiah slept with his fathers: and Manasseh his son reigned in his stead.
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