Isaiah 37:14
12 Have the gods of the nations delivered them which my fathers have destroyed, as Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the children of Eden which were in Telassar?
13 Where is the king of Hamath, and the king of Arphad, and the king of the city of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivah?
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.
15 And Hezekiah prayed unto the LORD, saying,
16 O LORD of hosts, God of Israel, that dwellest between the cherubims, thou art the God, even thou alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth: thou hast made heaven and earth.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- 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.
- KJV
- 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.
- WEB
- Hezekiah received the letter from the hand of the messengers and read it. Then Hezekiah went up to the LORD’s house, and spread it before the LORD.
- ASV
- And Hezekiah received the letter from the hand of the messengers, and read it; and Hezekiah went up unto the house of Jehovah, and spread it before Jehovah.
- DARBY
- And Hezekiah received the letter from the hand of the messengers, and read it; and Hezekiah went up into the house of Jehovah, and spread it before Jehovah.
- BLB
- And Hezekiah received the letter from the hand of the messengers and read it, and he went up to the house of YHWH, and Hezekiah spread it out before the face of YHWH.
- ÅB
- Da Hiskia hadde mottatt brevet av sendebudene og lest det, gikk han opp til Herrens hus, og der bredte Hiskia det ut for Herrens åsyn.
- OTB
- Hiskia tok brevet fra budbringerne og leste det. Så gikk han opp til Herrens hus og bredte det ut for Herren.
- B1930
- Da Esekias hadde mottatt brevet av sendebudene og lest det, gikk han op til Herrens hus, og der bredte Esekias det ut for Herrens åsyn.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 123:1–4
Unto thee lift I up mine eyes, O thou that dwellest in the heavens.
Read in context2 Kings 19:14
And Hezekiah received the letter of the hand of the messengers, and read it: and Hezekiah went up into the house of the LORD, and spread it before the LORD.
Read in contextPsalms 62:1–3
Truly my soul waiteth upon God: from him cometh my salvation.
Read in contextIsaiah 37:1
And it came to pass, when king Hezekiah heard it, that he rent his clothes, and covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the house of the LORD.
Read in contextPsalms 74:10
O God, how long shall the adversary reproach? shall the enemy blaspheme thy name for ever?
Read in contextJoel 2:17–20
Let the priests, the ministers of the LORD, weep between the porch and the altar, and let them say, Spare thy people, O LORD, and give not thine heritage to reproach, that the heathen should rule over them: wherefore should they say among the people, Where is their God?
Read in contextPsalms 76:1–3
In Judah is God known: his name is great in Israel.
Read in context1 Kings 8:28–30
Yet have thou respect unto the prayer of thy servant, and to his supplication, O LORD my God, to hearken unto the cry and to the prayer, which thy servant prayeth before thee to day:
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