2 Kings 20:1
In those days Hezekiah was ill and near death. And Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, came to him, and said to him, The Lord says, Put your house in order, for your death is near.
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2Then, turning his face to the wall, he made his prayer to the Lord, saying,
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Deuteronomy 31:14At that time the Lord said to Moses, The day of your death is near: send for Joshua, and come to the Tent of meeting so that I may give him his orders. So Moses and Joshua went to the Tent of meeting.
2 Samuel 17:23Now when Ahithophel saw that his suggestion was not acted on, he got his ass ready, and went back to his house, to the town where he came from, and having put his house in order, he put himself to death by hanging; so he came to his end and was put in the resting-place of his father.
2 Kings 1:16And he said to him, This is the word of the Lord: Because you sent men to put a question to Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron, for this reason you will never again get down from the bed on to which you have gone up, but death will certainly come to you.
2 Kings 19:20Then Isaiah, the son of Amoz, sent to Hezekiah, saying, The Lord, the God of Israel, says, The prayer which you have made to me against Sennacherib, king of Assyria, has come to my ears.
Isaiah 38:1In those days Hezekiah was ill and near death. And Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, came to him, and said to him, The Lord says, Put your house in order; for your death is near.
Jonah 3:4And Jonah first of all went a day's journey into the town, and crying out said, In forty days destruction will overtake Nineveh.
Matthew Henry on 2 Kings 20:1
In this chapter we have, I. Hezekiah's sickness, and his recovery from that, in answer to prayer, in performance of a promise, in the use of means, and confirmed with a sign, ver. 1-11 . II. Hezekiah's sin, and his recovery from that, ver. 12-19 . In both of these, Isaiah was God's messenger to him. III. The conclusion of his reign, ver. 20, 21 . Read the whole commentary →