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2 Chronicles 32:24
In those days Hezekiah became mortally ill. So he prayed to the LORD, who spoke to him and gave him a sign.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The narrator reports Hezekiah’s mortal illness during a time of national exaltation, noting that he prayed to the LORD, who responded by speaking to him and granting a sign. The words — חָלָה (cha.Lah) means he was sick, and וַ/יִּתְפַּלֵּל (va/i.yit.pa.Lel) means and he prayed, capturing the shift from physical decline to divine appeal. The thread — This illness episode runs parallel to the accounts in 2 Kings 20:1 and Isaiah 38:1, which place Hezekiah’s sickness and Isaiah’s message in the same historical moment. Why it lands — The text records a mortal crisis met with prayer and divine response, establishing the factual basis for the subsequent warning about pride in 2 Chronicles 32:25.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
In those days Hezekiah was sick to the death, and prayed unto the Lord: and he spake unto him, and he gave him a sign.
Cross-references
- 2 Kings 20:1 In those days Hezekiah became mortally ill. The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz came to him and said, “This is what the LORD says: ‘Put your house in order, for you are about to die; you will not recover.’”
- Isaiah 38:1 In those days Hezekiah became mortally ill. The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz came to him and said, “This is what the LORD says: ‘Put your house in order, for you are about to die; you will not recover.’”
- Isaiah 38:21 Now Isaiah had said, “Prepare a lump of pressed figs and apply it to the boil, and he will recover.”