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Selected Verse: 2 Kings 20:6 - Strong Concordance

Verse	Translation	Text
2Ki 20:6	Strong Concordance	And I will add [03254] unto thy days [03117] fifteen [02568] [06240] years [08141]; and I will deliver [05337] thee and this city [05892] out of the hand [03709] of the king [04428] of Assyria [0804]; and I will defend [01598] this city [05892] for mine own sake, and for my servant [05650] David's [01732] sake.
	King James	And I will add unto thy days fifteen years; and I will deliver thee and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria; and I will defend this city for mine own sake, and for my servant David's sake.

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Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
The king of Assyria in 714 and 713 B.C. was Sargon (B.C. 721-705). If then the Biblical and Assyrian chronologies which agree exactly in the year of the taking of Samaria (721 B.C.), are to be depended on, the king of Assyria here must have been Sargon. It may be conjectured that he had taken offence at something in the conduct of Hezekiah, and have threatened Jerusalem about this time (compare Isa 20:6). There is, however, no evidence of actual hostilities between Judaea and Assyria in Sargon's reign.

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]

The king of Assyria in 714 and 713 B.C. was Sargon (B.C. 721-705). If then the Biblical and Assyrian chronologies which agree exactly in the year of the taking of Samaria (721 B.C.), are to be depended on, the king of Assyria here must have been Sargon. It may be conjectured that he had taken offence at something in the conduct of Hezekiah, and have threatened Jerusalem about this time (compare Isa 20:6). There is, however, no evidence of actual hostilities between Judaea and Assyria in Sargon's reign.

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]
Fifteen years - We have not an instance of any other, who was told before - hand just how long, he should live. God has wisely kept us at uncertainties, that we may be always ready.

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]

Fifteen years - We have not an instance of any other, who was told before - hand just how long, he should live. God has wisely kept us at uncertainties, that we may be always ready.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826
I will add unto thy days fifteen years - This is the first and only man who was ever informed of the term of his life. And was this a privilege! Surely no. If Hezekiah was attached to life, as he appears to have been, how must his mind be affected to mark the sinking years! He knew he was to die at the end of fifteen years; and how must he feel at the end of every year, when he saw that so much was cut off from life? He must necessarily feel a thousand deaths in fearing one. I believe there would be nothing wanting to complete the misery of men, except the place of torment, were they informed of the precise time in which their lives must terminate. God, in his abundant mercy, has hidden this from their eyes.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826

I will add unto thy days fifteen years - This is the first and only man who was ever informed of the term of his life. And was this a privilege! Surely no. If Hezekiah was attached to life, as he appears to have been, how must his mind be affected to mark the sinking years! He knew he was to die at the end of fifteen years; and how must he feel at the end of every year, when he saw that so much was cut off from life? He must necessarily feel a thousand deaths in fearing one. I believe there would be nothing wanting to complete the misery of men, except the place of torment, were they informed of the precise time in which their lives must terminate. God, in his abundant mercy, has hidden this from their eyes.

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