37 And it came to paſs, as he was worſhipping in che houſe of Niſroch his god, that Adrammeiech and Sharezer his ſons ſmote him with che fword : and they eſcaped into the land of F Armenia ”», and *Eſarhaddon + Heb, » his {on reigned in his ſtead. Ararat.
m Which wasa place mot fit for their purpoſe, becauſe it wasnear * Ezra. to that part of 4ſjria and was very mountainous and inacceſſible by 4. 2- Armies ; and the people more ſtout, and warlike, and conſtant Ene- mics to the Aſhrians. » Who ſent great Supplies to his new Colony 11 Samaria, Ecra 4 2. fearing, it ſeems, leſt Hezekiah ſhould improve the laſt great Advantage to diſturb his new Conqueſts there.
GAP. XX | Hezekiah receiving a Meſſage of Death : by Prayer hath his L'fe lengthned for a fign the Sun goeth backwards. 1 It. The King of Babylons Ambaſſadors come to Hezekiah : with Letters and a Preſent * he ſhewetb them all his treaſures, 12. 15. Whereupon Iſaiah frretelleth him rhe -Bavylonifh Captivity : He dieth : and Manaſſeh is King, 16 -——=2 7, TIS N * thoſe days @ was Hezekiah ſick unto death : and * Chap: the prophet Ifaiah the ſon of Amoz came to him; 32. 24+ - and ſaid unto him, Thus faich the LORD, + Set thine —-- ol | houſe in order 6: for thou ſhalr die, and not livec. G,, Al a i, &. In that Year of the "4ſhrian Invaſion, as is manifeit from! chayse. | hence, that that was in Hezekiahs 14th Year, chap. 18. 13. and God; mcern ng «| now added, r5 Years more to him, chap. 20. 6. and yet Hezekiai gp;ye houſe. Reigned only 29 Years in all, «hap 18: 2. And this happened, = Either, Firſt, After the deſtru&ion of Semacheribs Army. Or, Sccond- | ly, Before it, as may be thought from v. 6. where he ſpeaks of his Deliverance fromthe King of Afjria,as a future thing» Ir is true that when Hezekaah received that inſolent Meſſage from the A4ſrian, he was in health, and went into the Temple to pray, chap. 19. 14. bur there might be time more than enough for this Sickneſs and Reco- very, between that Threatning, and this Defrruftion of the 4ſjrian. b Take care to make thy Will, andrto ſettle the Affairs of thy kamily and Kingdom; which he the rarher prefſeth upon him, becauſe the {rare of his Kingdom required it : for it is plain, that Hezekiah had nor as yet any Son, Manaſeh his Heir and Succeſſor not being born rill chree years after this time, by comparing this chap. 20. 6. with 'hap. 21.1. cAccordingto the Courſe of Nature, and of thy Diſeaſe, which is mortal in its kind,and w1!l be ſo in effect,'f God doth nor miracuiouily prevent it. Such Threatnings, though abſolutely expreſſed, have ofr-times ſecret Conditions, which God reſerves in his own Breaſt, See Jonah 3. 4. | . 2 Then he turned his face to the wall d, and prayed unto the LORD, ſaying, ,
4 Eicher, becauſe tze Temple lay that way , or rather, that by turning his Face from the Company, he might intimate his deſire of Privacy, and ſo might with more Freedom and, Fervency pour our his Soul to God.
3 I beteech thee, O LORD, remember now how IL have walked before thee in truth e, and wich a perfect heart, and have done hat which js good in thy fight: and EP Hezekiah wept Þ ſore f. t Hob,
e 1. e. Sincerely, with an honeſt Mind, as the following Words —_ 1 explain it. I have in ſome meaſure ( humane frailty excepted ) kept?,,,,.us" the Condition which thou didft require, 1 Kings 8+ 25. and there- Oy fore do humbly beg of thee, thar rhe Promite made to D.rvis and ro < his Poſterity upon chat condition, may nor fail ig my Perſon, for as yet thou hait not given me a Son. See on v. x. I am not Con= ſ:ious to my {elf of any groſs Exorbitances in the Courſe ofmy Life, for which thou uſeſt ro ſhorten Mens Days, and cur off my Life in thy Diſpleature, which by this ſharp Mceflige thou threatneit ro do:
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ame to him, ſaying, |
| y g To wit, ofthe Kings Palace ; of which ſee on 1 Kings 7.8. Or, into the middle city, as it is in the Hebrew- For ſome obſerve, that | there were three Cities, or three parts of this City; one called zhe City of David in Sion; another called Jebus, or Salem ; and a third which was betwixt thoſe two parts, and united them all into one City, called Jeruſalem, This is noted to ſhew Gods great readineſs to hear the ſincere and fervent Prayers of his Children. |
5 Turn again, and tell Hezekiah the captain of my
people, Thus ſaith the LORD, the God of David thy father þ, I have heard thy prayer, I have ſeen thy tears: behold, I will heal thee ; on the third day 7 thou ſhalt
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| miraculous. & To giveme Solemn Praiſe for this Mercy. proves the perfe&ion of the Cure.
6 AndI will add unto thy days fifteen years /, and I will deliver theeand this city out ofthe hand of the king of Aſſyria mz : and * I will defend this city for mine own
ſake », andfor my ſervant Davids ſake.
I Beyond what-thou doſt expeQ, and wn what thou wouldſt | do if Ithould leave thee to the force of thy Diſeaſe. m This is added | either, firſt, Becauſe he might otherwiſe fear the A4ſjriansreturn to this City from which he was ſo ſhamefully repulſed. Or, Secondly, Becauſe this fickneſs happened before that great ſlaughter, chap. 19. 35. Of which ſee the Notes onv. 1, » To vindicate my Glory againſt that infolent Blaſphemer-
7 And Ifaiah ſaid, Takea lump of figs o. And they
took and laid zt on the boil .*., and he recovered,