2 Kings 20:7

2 Kings 20:7 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And Isaiah said, Take a lump of figs. And they took and laid it on the boil, and he recovered.
• New International Version (NIV)Then Isaiah said, “Prepare a poultice of figs.” They did so and applied it to the boil, and he recovered.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And Isaiah said, "Bring a cake of figs. And let them take and lay it on the boil, that he may recover."
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then Isaiah said, “Take a lump of figs.” So they took and laid it on the boil, and he recovered.

Context of 2 Kings 20:7

5“Go back and say to Hezekiah, leader of my people, ‘This is what the Lord God of your ancestor David says: I’ve heard your prayer. I’ve seen your tears. Now I’m going to heal you. The day after tomorrow you will go to the Lord’s temple. 6I’ll give you 15 more years to live. I’ll rescue you and defend this city from the control of the king of Assyria for my sake and for the sake of my servant David.’ ” Then Isaiah said, “Get a fig cake, and put it on the boil so that the king will get well.” 8Hezekiah asked Isaiah, “What is the sign that the Lord will heal me and that I’ll go to the Lord’s temple the day after tomorrow?” 9Isaiah said, “This is your sign from the Lord that he will do what he promises. Do you want the shadow to go forward ten steps or come back ten steps?”

2 Kings 20:7 word by word

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר יְשַֽׁעְיָ֔הוּ קְח֖וּ דְּבֶ֣לֶת תְּאֵנִ֑ים וַיִּקְח֛וּ וַיָּשִׂ֥ימוּ עַֽל־הַשְּׁחִ֖ין וַיֶּֽחִי׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And Isaiahיְשַׁעְיָ֫הוּyesha‛yâh yesha‛yâhû · IsaiahH3470
• saidאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• Takeלָקַחlâqach · to take: bringH3947
• a lumpדְּבֵלָהdebêlâh · fig cakeH1690
• of figsתְּאֵנָהte'ên te'ênâh · figH8384
• and laidשׂוּםώûm ώîym · to set: putH7760
• on the boilשְׁחִיןshechîyn · boilH7822
• and he recoveredחָיָהchâyâh · to liveH2421

Cross-references for 2 Kings 20:7

• 2 Kings 2:20Elisha said, “Bring me a new jar, and put salt in it.” They brought it to him.
• 2 Kings 4:41Elisha said, “Bring some flour.” He threw it into the pot and said, “Dish it out for the people to eat.” Then there was nothing harmful in the pot.
• Isaiah 38:21Then Isaiah said, “Take a fig cake, and place it over the boil so that the king will get well.”
• Job 2:7Satan left the Lord’s presence and struck Job with painful boils from the soles of his feet to the top of his head.

Commentaries on 2 Kings 20:7

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 7Take a lump of figs - and laid it on the boil - We cannot exactly say in what Hezekiah's malady consisted. שחין shechin signifies any inflammatory tumour, boil, abscess, etc. The versions translate it sore, wound, and such like. Some think it was a pleurisy; others, that it was the plague; others, the elephantiasis; and others, that it was a quinsey. A poultice of figs might be very proper to maturate a boil, or to discuss any obstinate inflammatory…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7A lump of figs - The usual remedy in the East, even at the present day, for ordinary boils. But such a remedy would not naturally cure the dangerous tumor or carbuncle from which Hezekiah suffered. Thus the means used in this miracle were means having a tendency toward the result performed by them, but insufficient of themselves to produce that result (compare 2 Kings 4:34 note).Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-19In those days: This phrase gives a general time reference. It shows that the events are grouped by theme, not by strict order of time. The story about Merodach-baladan (2 Kings 20:12–19), who Sennacherib had expelled from Babylon before 701 BC, occurred before the events in chapters 18–19 but after Hezekiah's illness (2 Kings 20:12).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-72Ki 20:1-7. Hezekiah's Life Lengthened. 1. In those days was Hezekiah sick--As his reign lasted twenty-nine years (2Ki 18:2), and his kingdom was invaded in the fourteenth (2Ki 18:13), it is evident that this sudden and severe illness must have occurred in the very year of the Syrian invasion. Between the threatened attack and the actual appearance of the enemy, this incident in Hezekiah's history must have taken place. But according to the usage of the…Read the comment

Topics related to 2 Kings 20:7

• Blessing
• Boil
• Disease
• Faith
• Fig
• Hezekiah
• Isaiah
• Prayer
• Rulers

In the dictionaries

• Isaiah
• Boil
• Fig
• Issue
• Lump
• Chronicles, Books of
• Dial of Ahaz
• Fig, Fig-Tree
• Food
• Heal

Commentaries on 2 Kings 20

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings