Isaiah 39:1, Merodach-baladan, sending to visit Hezekiah because of the wonder, has notice of his treasures; Isaiah 39:3, Isaiah, understanding thereof, foretells the Babylonian captivity.
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Isaiah 39
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Isaiah 39 — OverviewIsaiah 39 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleThe story of this chapter likewise we had before, 2 Kings xx. 12, &c.
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passage, but because it concludes with a prophecy of the captivity in…Isaiah 39 — OverviewIsaiah 39 · John Gill's Exposition of the Entire BibleThis chapter gives an account of Hezekiah's fall into sin after his recovery, and the correction he had for it. The king of Babylon sent messengers to him to congratulate him upon his recovery, Isa 39:1. Hezekiah…Isaiah 39:1-4Isaiah 39:1-4 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleHence we may learn these lessons:--1. That humanity and common civility
teach us to rejoice with our friends and neighbours when they rejoice,
and to congratulate them on their deliverances, and particularly their…Isaiah 39:1Isaiah 39:1 · The Pulpit CommentaryAt that time. The embassy probably followed the illness of Hezekiah within a year. Merodach-Baladan. This is a more correct form than the "Berodach-Baladan" of 2 Kings 20:12. The name is one common to several Babylonian…Isaiah 39:1Isaiah 39:1 · The Pulpit CommentaryFriendship that serves its own ends.
A kind of friendship only too common. Illustrated in the motto of a successful Birmingham tradesman, "Friendly with all, thick with none? Which in full means, "Friendly with all,…Isaiah 39:1-8Isaiah 39:1-8 · The Pulpit CommentaryEXPOSITION
This chapter is parallel with 2 Kings 20:12-19, and scarcely differs from it at all. Verse I has the additional words, "and was recovered;" 2 Kings 20:2, the phrase, "was glad of them," for "hearkened unto…