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 to Hezekiah, the leader of my people. Tell him, ‘This is what the Lord, the God of your ancestor David, says: I have heard your prayer and seen your tears. I will heal you, and three days from now you will get out of bed and go to the Temple of the Lord. 6I will add fifteen years to your life, and I will rescue you and this city from the king of Assyria. I will defend this city for my own honor and for the sake of my servant David.’” Then Isaiah said, “Make an ointment from figs.” So Hezekiah’s servants spread the ointment over the boil, and Hezekiah recovered! 8Meanwhile, Hezekiah had said to Isaiah, “What sign will the Lord give to prove that he will heal me and that I will go to the Temple of the Lord three days from now?” 9Isaiah replied, “This is the sign from the Lord to prove that he will do as he promised. Would you like the shadow on the sundial to go forward ten steps or backward 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 bowl with salt in it.” So they brought it to him.
• 2 Kings 4:41Elisha said, “Bring me some flour.” Then he threw it into the pot and said, “Now it’s all right; go ahead and eat.” And then it did not harm them.
• Isaiah 38:21Isaiah had said to Hezekiah’s servants, “Make an ointment from figs and spread it over the boil, and Hezekiah will recover.”
• Job 2:7So Satan left the Lord’s presence, and he struck Job with terrible boils from head to foot.

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