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2 Chronicles 32:26
Then Hezekiah humbled the pride of his heart—he and the people of Jerusalem—so that the wrath of the LORD did not come upon them during the days of Hezekiah.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — King Hezekiah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem act after the text records that wrath actually came upon Judah and Jerusalem because Hezekiah’s heart was proud and he failed to repay God’s favor (2 Chronicles 32:25).
The words — וַ/יִּכָּנַ֤ע (va/i.yi.ka.Na') translates literally as "and he humbled himself," directly addressing the pride located in בְּ/גֹ֣בַהּ (be./Goah), "the haughtiness of" his heart.
The thread — This pattern of royal humility averting judgment connects to Manasseh’s earnest self-abasement (2 Chronicles 33:12), Josiah’s tender response to God’s word (2 Chronicles 34:27), and the prophetic warnings delivered during Hezekiah’s reign (Jeremiah 26:18).
Why it lands — The passage states that Hezekiah and Jerusalem humbled themselves, and as a direct result, the LORD’s wrath did not come upon them during his days.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Notwithstanding Hezekiah humbled himself for the pride of his heart, both he and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so that the wrath of the Lord came not upon them in the days of Hezekiah.
Cross-references
- Jeremiah 26:18 “Micah the Moreshite prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah and told all the people of Judah that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Zion will be plowed like a field, Jerusalem will become a heap of rubble, and the temple mount a wooded ridge.’
- 2 Chronicles 33:12 And in his distress, Manasseh sought the favor of the LORD his God and earnestly humbled himself before the God of his fathers.
- 2 Chronicles 34:27 because your heart was tender and you humbled yourself before God when you heard His words against this place and against its people, and because you have humbled yourself before Me and have torn your clothes and wept before Me, I have heard you,’ declares the LORD.
- James 4:10 Humble yourselves before the Lord, and He will exalt you.
- Leviticus 26:40 But if they will confess their iniquity and that of their fathers in the unfaithfulness that they practiced against Me, by which they have also walked in hostility toward Me—
- 1 Kings 21:19 Tell him that this is what the LORD says: ‘Have you not murdered a man and seized his land?’ Then tell him that this is also what the LORD says: ‘In the place where the dogs licked up the blood of Naboth, there also the dogs will lick up your blood—yes, yours!’”
- 1 Kings 21:29 “Have you seen how Ahab has humbled himself before Me? Because he has humbled himself before Me, I will not bring the calamity during his days, but I will bring it upon his house in the days of his son.”
- 2 Kings 20:16 Then Isaiah said to Hezekiah, “Hear the word of the LORD:
- 2 Chronicles 33:19 His prayer and how God received his plea, as well as all his sin and unfaithfulness, and the sites where he built high places and set up Asherah poles and idols before he humbled himself, they are indeed written in the Records of the Seers.
- 2 Chronicles 33:23 but he did not humble himself before the LORD as his father Manasseh had done; instead, Amon increased his guilt.