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Isaiah 38

Isa. 38:2 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Then Hezekiah
Chizqiyah (Hebrew #2396)
also Ychizqiyah {yekh-iz-kee-yaw'}; or Ychizqiyahuw {yekh-iz-kee-yaw'-hoo}; from 2388 and 3050; strengthened of Jah; Chizkijah, a king of Judah, also the name of two other Israelites
KJV usage: Hezekiah, Hizkiah, Hizkijah. Compare 3169.
Pronounce: khiz-kee-yaw'
Origin: or Chizqiyahuw {khiz-kee-yaw'-hoo}
turned
cabab (Hebrew #5437)
to revolve, surround, or border; used in various applications, literally and figuratively (as follows)
KJV usage: bring, cast, fetch, lead, make, walk, X whirl, X round about, be about on every side, apply, avoid, beset (about), besiege, bring again, carry (about), change, cause to come about, X circuit, (fetch a) compass (about, round), drive, environ, X on every side, beset (close, come, compass, go, stand) round about, inclose, remove, return, set, sit down, turn (self) (about, aside, away, back).
Pronounce: saw-bab'
Origin: a primitive root
his face
paniym (Hebrew #6440)
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)
KJV usage: + accept, a-(be- )fore(-time), against, anger, X as (long as), at, + battle, + because (of), + beseech, countenance, edge, + employ, endure, + enquire, face, favour, fear of, for, forefront(-part), form(-er time, -ward), from, front, heaviness, X him(-self), + honourable, + impudent, + in, it, look(-eth) (- s), X me, + meet, X more than, mouth, of, off, (of) old (time), X on, open, + out of, over against, the partial, person, + please, presence, propect, was purposed, by reason of, + regard, right forth, + serve, X shewbread, sight, state, straight, + street, X thee, X them(-selves), through (+ - out), till, time(-s) past, (un-)to(-ward), + upon, upside (+ down), with(- in, + -stand), X ye, X you.
Pronounce: paw-neem'
Origin: plural (but always as singular) of an unused noun (paneh {paw-neh'}; from 6437)
toward the wall
qiyr (Hebrew #7023)
or (feminine) qiyrah {kee-raw'}; from 6979; a wall (as built in a trench)
KJV usage: + mason, side, town, X very, wall.
Pronounce: keer
Origin: or qir (Isa. 22:5) {keer}
, and prayed
palal (Hebrew #6419)
to judge (officially or mentally); by extension, to intercede, pray
KJV usage: intreat, judge(-ment), (make) pray(-er, -ing), make supplication.
Pronounce: paw-lal'
Origin: a primitive root
unto the Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
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Hezekiah,
Prayer,
Walls

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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turned.Hezekiah's couch was probably placed in a corner, which is the place of honour in the East; in which, turning on either side, he must turn his face to the wall; by which he would withdraw himself from those attending him in his apartment.
1 Kings 8:30• 30And hearken unto the supplication of thy servant, and of thy people Israel, when they shall pray toward this place, and hear thou in thy dwelling-place, in the heavens, and when thou hearest, forgive. (1 Kings 8:30)
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Psa. 50:15• 15And call upon me in the day of trouble; I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me. (Psa. 50:15)
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Psa. 91:15• 15He shall call upon me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble, I will deliver him and honour him. (Psa. 91:15)
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Matt. 6:6• 6But *thou*, when thou prayest, enter into thy chamber, and having shut thy door, pray to thy Father who is in secret, and thy Father who sees in secret will render it to thee. (Matt. 6:6)
• {v.2-3} Unlike Asa, one of his predecessors, who when diseased “sought not to the Lord, but to the physicians”, he did go straight to the Lord and with tears besought for his life. (“Isaiah 38-39” by F.B. Hole)
• 2 Kings 21:1 reveals that his son Manasseh, who succeeded him, was only 12 years old when he began to reign; that is, he was born after Hezekiah’s recovery, as the result of his added 15 years of life. And this Manasseh reigned for 55 years and did such evil in and with the nation that the Babylonian captivity had to be inflicted upon them, as is shown so plainly in 2 Kings 21:10-16. Let us learn from this that we may earnestly beseech God for something that we regard as a favor, and it may be granted us, and yet we may have subsequently to discover that the “favor” we demanded carried with it consequences that were by no means favorable. (“Isaiah 38-39” by F.B. Hole)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And Hezekiah turned his face to the wall, and prayed to Jehovah,