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2 Kings 20:21 KJV
2 Kings · chapter 20 · verse 21
And Hezekiah slept with his fathers: and Manasseh his son reigned in his stead.2 Kings 20:21 · King James Version
2 Kings 20:21 in context
19Then said Hezekiah unto Isaiah, Good is the word of the LORD which thou hast spoken. And he said, Is it not good, if peace and truth be in my days?
20And the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, and all his might, and how he made a pool, and a conduit, and brought water into the city, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
21And Hezekiah slept with his fathers: and Manasseh his son reigned in his stead.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- HezekiahChizqîyâhChizkijah, a king of Judah, also the name of two other IsraelitesH2396 →
- ManassehMᵉnashshehMenashsheh, a grandson of Jacob, also the tribe descended from him, and its territoryH4519 →
- fathersʼâbfather, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote applicationH1 →
- reignedmâlakto reignH4427 →
- sleptshâkabto lie downH7901 →
- sonbêna son , in the widest sense , etc.)H1121 →
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Here is, I. An embassy sent to Hezekiah by the king of Babylon, to congratulate him on his recovery, Kg2 20:12. The kings of Babylon had hitherto been only deputies and tributaries to the kings of Assyria, and Nineveh was the royal city. We find Babylon subject to the king of Assyria, Kg2 17:24.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 12-21