2 Kings 20:3

Translations

Modern

“Please, O LORD, remember how I have walked before You faithfully and with wholehearted devotion; I have done what is good in Your sight.” And Hezekiah wept bitterly.

Traditional

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.

Literal

“Please, O YHWH, remember now how I have walked before You in truth and with a loyal heart, and I have done good in your eyes.” And Hezekiah wept a great weeping.

Latin

Obsecro, Domine: memento, quæso, quomodo ambulaverim coram te in veritate, et in corde perfecto, et quod placitum est coram te fecerim. Flevit itaque Ezechias fletu magno.

Original

Hebrew

English

“Please, O LORD, remember how I have walked before You faithfully and with wholehearted devotion; I have done what is good in Your sight.” And Hezekiah wept bitterly.

Notes

2 Kings 20:2–3

Ahab went to bed sulking (1 Kings 21:4). But Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed.

2 Kings 20:1–19

In those days: This phrase gives a general time reference. It shows that the events are grouped by theme, not by strict order of time. The story about Merodach-baladan (2 Kings 20:12–19), who Sennacherib had expelled from Babylon before 701 BC, occurred before the events in chapters 18–19 but after Hezekiah's illness (2 Kings 20:12).

Theme notes and profiles

Hezekiah Isaiah The Sovereignty of God

Events

Reign of Hezekiahc. 726 BC

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Nehemiah 13:14
Remember me for this, O my God, and do not blot out my deeds of loving devotion for the house of my God and for its services.
Nehemiah 13:22
Then I instructed the Levites to purify themselves and guard the gates in order to keep the Sabbath day holy. Remember me for this as well, O my God, and show me mercy according to Your abundant loving devotion.
2 Kings 18:3–6
And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, just as his father David had done.
Nehemiah 5:19
Remember me favorably, O my God, for all that I have done for this people.
Nehemiah 13:31
I also arranged for contributions of wood at the appointed times, and for the firstfruits. Remember me, O my God, with favor.
1 John 3:21–22
Beloved, if our hearts do not condemn us, we have confidence before God,
Luke 1:6
Both of them were righteous in the sight of God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and decrees of the Lord.
1 Kings 8:61
So let your heart be fully devoted to the LORD our God, as it is this day, to walk in His statutes and to keep His commandments.”
Isaiah 38:14
I chirp like a swallow or crane; I moan like a dove. My eyes grow weak as I look upward. O Lord, I am oppressed; be my security.”
2 Samuel 12:21–22
“What is this you have done?” his servants asked. “While the child was alive, you fasted and wept, but when he died, you got up and ate.”
Psalm 145:18
The LORD is near to all who call on Him, to all who call out to Him in truth.
Psalm 89:47
Remember the briefness of my lifespan! For what futility You have created all men!

Parallels

2 Chronicles 32:24–31 Isaiah 38:1–8

People

Hezekiah: A righteous king of Judah

Glossary

Boil Death Hezekiah Kings, Books of First and Second Sore

Topics

Blessing: Temporal, from God: Hezekiah Restored to Health Disease of Hezekiah Diseases: God often Entreated to Cure Faith: Hezekiah Hezekiah: King of Judah: Sickness and Restoration of Isaiah: Comforts Hezekiah in his Affliction Obedience: Exemplified Prayer: Answered: To Save Hezekiah's Life Rulers: Righteous: Hezekiah, in his Fear of the Lord Truth: Saints should Walk Before God In Truth: Walk in the Presence of God In Weeping of Hezekiah

2 Kings 20:3

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