And Hezekiah prayed unto the LORD, saying,
Parallel translations
- WEB Hezekiah prayed to Yahweh, saying,
- BSB And Hezekiah prayed to the LORD:
- NKJV Then Hezekiah prayed to the Lord, saying:
- NASB Hezekiah prayed to the Lord, saying,
- NLT And Hezekiah prayed this prayer before the Lord:
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Quick answer
Hezekiah prays to the Lord. The verse introduces one of Scripture's great prayers of faith in crisis.
Overview
This short line opens Hezekiah's intercession, showing prayer as the king's central act of leadership. He turns from the enemy's words to address God directly. The prayer that follows becomes a template of worship, petition, and concern for God's glory.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 8
- 2 Chr 20:6–12And said, O LORD God of our fathers, art not thou God in heaven? and rulest not thou over all the kingdoms of the heathen? and in thine hand is there not power and might, so that none is able to withstand thee?
- 2 Sam 7:18–29Then went king David in, and sat before the LORD, and he said, Who am I, O Lord GOD? and what is my house, that thou hast brought me hitherto?
- 1 Sam 7:8–9And the children of Israel said to Samuel, Cease not to cry unto the LORD our God for us, that he will save us out of the hand of the Philistines.
- 2 Chr 14:11And Asa cried unto the LORD his God, and said, LORD, it is nothing with thee to help, whether with many, or with them that have no power: help us, O LORD our God; for we rest on thee, and in thy name we go against this multitude. O LORD, thou art our God; let not man prevail against thee.
- Jas 5:13Is any among you afflicted? let him pray. Is any merry? let him sing psalms.
- Phil 4:6–7Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.
- Dan 9:3–4And I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes:
- 2 Kgs 19:15–19And Hezekiah prayed before the LORD, and said, O LORD God of Israel, which dwellest between the cherubims, thou art the God, even thou alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth; thou hast made heaven and earth.
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Christ at the center
Isaiah sees him most clearly: the virgin's son Immanuel, the child on David's throne, the shoot from Jesse, the light to the nations, and above all the Suffering Servant pierced for our transgressions (ch. 53).
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