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New American Standard Bible (1995)

2 Kings 20:2

Then he turned his face to the wall and prayed to the LORD, saying,

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Blessing;   Disease;   Faith;   Hezekiah;   Isaiah;   Prayer;   Rulers;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Diseases;   Prayer, Private;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Healing;   Hezekiah;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Heal, Health;   Miracle;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Gehazi;   Prayer;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Prophecy, Prophets;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Isaiah, Book of;   Israel;   Text, Versions, and Languages of Ot;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Tears;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Hezekiah;   Manasseh;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Hezekiah;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Urim and Thummim;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Kingdom of Judah;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Liturgy;   Rahab;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Then Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed to the Lord,
Hebrew Names Version
Then he turned his face to the wall, and prayed to the LORD, saying,
King James Version
Then he turned his face to the wall, and prayed unto the Lord , saying,
English Standard Version
Then Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed to the Lord , saying,
New Century Version
Hezekiah turned toward the wall and prayed to the Lord ,
New English Translation
He turned his face to the wall and prayed to the Lord ,
Amplified Bible
Then Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed to the LORD, saying,
New American Standard Bible
Then he turned his face to the wall and prayed to the LORD, saying,
World English Bible
Then he turned his face to the wall, and prayed to Yahweh, saying,
Geneva Bible (1587)
Then he turned his face to the wall, and prayed to the Lord, saying,
Legacy Standard Bible
Then he turned his face to the wall and prayed to Yahweh, saying,
Berean Standard Bible
Then Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed to the LORD,
Contemporary English Version
Hezekiah turned toward the wall and prayed,
Complete Jewish Bible
Hizkiyahu turned his face toward the wall and prayed to Adonai :
Darby Translation
And he turned his face to the wall, and prayed to Jehovah saying,
Easy-to-Read Version
Hezekiah turned his face to the wall that faced the Temple and began praying to the Lord .
George Lamsa Translation
Then Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed to the LORD, saying,
Good News Translation
Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed:
Lexham English Bible
Then he turned his face to the wall and prayed to Yahweh, saying,
Literal Translation
And he turned his face to the wall, and prayed to Jehovah, saying,
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And he turned, his face to the wall, and prayed vnto ye LORDE, and sayde:
American Standard Version
Then he turned his face to the wall, and prayed unto Jehovah, saying,
Bible in Basic English
Then, turning his face to the wall, he made his prayer to the Lord, saying,
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And Hezekia turned his face to the wal, and prayed vnto the Lord, saying.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Then he turned his face to the wall, and prayed unto the LORD, saying:
King James Version (1611)
Then hee turned his face to the wall, and prayed vnto the Lord, saying;
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And Ezekias turned to the wall, and prayed to the Lord, saying,
English Revised Version
Then he turned his face to the wall, and prayed unto the LORD, saying,
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Which Ezechie turnyde his face to the wal, and worschipide the Lord,
Update Bible Version
Then he turned his face to the wall, and prayed to Yahweh, saying,
Webster's Bible Translation
Then he turned his face to the wall, and prayed to the LORD, saying,
New King James Version
Then he turned his face toward the wall, and prayed to the LORD, saying,
New Living Translation
When Hezekiah heard this, he turned his face to the wall and prayed to the Lord ,
New Life Bible
Then Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed to the Lord, saying,
New Revised Standard
Then Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed to the Lord :
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Then he turned his face unto the wall, - and prayed unto Yahweh, saying:
Douay-Rheims Bible
And he turned his face to the wall, and prayed to the Lord, saying:
Revised Standard Version
Then Hezeki'ah turned his face to the wall, and prayed to the LORD, saying,
Young's Literal Translation
And he turneth round his face unto the wall, and prayeth unto Jehovah, saying,
THE MESSAGE
Hezekiah turned from Isaiah and faced God , praying: Remember, O God , who I am, what I've done! I've lived an honest life before you, My heart's been true and steady, I've lived to please you; lived for your approval. And then the tears flowed. Hezekiah wept.

Contextual Overview

1 In those days Hezekiah became mortally ill. And Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz came to him and said to him, "Thus says the LORD, 'Set your house in order, for you shall die and not live.'" 2 Then he turned his face to the wall and prayed to the LORD, saying,3 "Remember now, O LORD, I beseech You, how I have walked before You in truth and with a whole heart and have done what is good in Your sight." And Hezekiah wept bitterly. 4 Before Isaiah had gone out of the middle court, the word of the LORD came to him, saying, 5 "Return and say to Hezekiah the leader of My people, 'Thus says the LORD, the God of your father David, "I have heard your prayer, I have seen your tears; behold, I will heal you. On the third day you shall go up to the house of the LORD. 6 "I will add fifteen years to your life, and I will deliver you and this city from the hand of the king of Assyria; and I will defend this city for My own sake and for My servant David's sake."'" 7 Then Isaiah said, "Take a cake of figs." And they took and laid it on the boil, and he recovered. 8 Now Hezekiah said to Isaiah, "What will be the sign that the LORD will heal me, and that I shall go up to the house of the LORD the third day?" 9 Isaiah said, "This shall be the sign to you from the LORD, that the LORD will do the thing that He has spoken: shall the shadow go forward ten steps or go back ten steps?" 10 So Hezekiah answered, "It is easy for the shadow to decline ten steps; no, but let the shadow turn backward ten steps."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

he turned: 1 Kings 8:30, Psalms 50:15, Isaiah 38:2, Isaiah 38:3, Matthew 6:6

Reciprocal: Job 33:26 - pray James 5:16 - The effectual

Cross-References

Genesis 12:15
Pharaoh's officials saw her and praised her to Pharaoh; and the woman was taken into Pharaoh's house.
Genesis 20:11
Abraham said, "Because I thought, surely there is no fear of God in this place, and they will kill me because of my wife.
Genesis 20:12
"Besides, she actually is my sister, the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother, and she became my wife;
Genesis 20:13
and it came about, when God caused me to wander from my father's house, that I said to her, 'This is the kindness which you will show to me: everywhere we go, say of me, "He is my brother."'"
Genesis 26:1
Now there was a famine in the land, besides the previous famine that had occurred in the days of Abraham. So Isaac went to Gerar, to Abimelech king of the Philistines.
Genesis 26:7
When the men of the place asked about his wife, he said, "She is my sister," for he was afraid to say, "my wife," thinking, "the men of the place might kill me on account of Rebekah, for she is beautiful."
Genesis 26:16
Then Abimelech said to Isaac, "Go away from us, for you are too powerful for us."
2 Chronicles 19:2
Jehu the son of Hanani the seer went out to meet him and said to King Jehoshaphat, "Should you help the wicked and love those who hate the LORD and so bring wrath on yourself from the LORD?
2 Chronicles 20:37
Then Eliezer the son of Dodavahu of Mareshah prophesied against Jehoshaphat saying, "Because you have allied yourself with Ahaziah, the LORD has destroyed your works." So the ships were broken and could not go to Tarshish.
2 Chronicles 32:31
Even in the matter of the envoys of the rulers of Babylon, who sent to him to inquire of the wonder that had happened in the land, God left him alone only to test him, that He might know all that was in his heart.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Ver. 2 :-

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

He turned his face to the wall - Contrast 1 Kings 21:4. Ahab turned in sullenness, because he was too angry to converse; Hezekiah in devotion, because he wished to pray undisturbed.


 
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