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Isaiah 37:14
So Hezekiah received the letter from the messengers, read it, and went up to the house of the LORD and spread it out before the LORD.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Hezekiah receives a threatening correspondence from Assyrian messengers and enters the temple to present it directly to God.
The words — וַ/יִּקַּ֨ח (va/i.yi.Kach) translates as "and he took," and וַ/יַּ֙עַל֙ (va/i.Ya.'al) translates as "and he went up," marking the physical transition from receiving the document to ascending to the temple.
The thread — This narrative parallels 2 Kings 19:14, while the movement toward the divine presence aligns with the ascents of Psalm 123:1 and Solomon’s temple petitions in 1 Kings 8:28.
Why it lands — The text records Hezekiah’s literal act of spreading the enemy’s demands before the LORD, requiring readers to direct external crises into divine presence rather than human calculation.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And Hezekiah received the letter from the hand of the messengers, and read it: and Hezekiah went up unto the house of the Lord, and spread it before the Lord.
Cross-references
- 2 Kings 19:14 So Hezekiah received the letter from the messengers, read it, and went up to the house of the LORD and spread it out before the LORD.
- Psalms 123:1 A song of ascents. I lift up my eyes to You, the One enthroned in heaven.
- 1 Kings 8:28 Yet regard the prayer and plea of Your servant, O LORD my God, so that You may hear the cry and the prayer that Your servant is praying before You today.
- 1 Kings 8:38 then may whatever prayer or petition Your people Israel make—each knowing his own afflictions and spreading out his hands toward this temple—
- 1 Kings 9:3 And the LORD said to him: “I have heard your prayer and petition before Me. I have consecrated this temple, which you have built, by putting My Name there forever; My eyes and My heart will be there for all time.
- 2 Chronicles 6:20 May Your eyes be open toward this temple day and night, toward the place where You said You would put Your Name, so that You may hear the prayer that Your servant prays toward this place.
- Psalms 27:5 For in the day of trouble He will hide me in His shelter; He will conceal me under the cover of His tent; He will set me high upon a rock.
- Psalms 62:1 For the choirmaster. According to Jeduthun. A Psalm of David. In God alone my soul finds rest; my salvation comes from Him.
- Psalms 74:10 How long, O God, will the enemy taunt You? Will the foe revile Your name forever?
- Psalms 76:1 For the choirmaster. With stringed instruments. A Psalm of Asaph. A song. God is known in Judah; His name is great in Israel.