Hezekiah prayed to Yahweh, saying,
Parallel translations
- KJV And Hezekiah prayed unto the LORD, 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 he said, “Yahweh, the God of our fathers, aren’t you God in heaven? Aren’t you ruler over all the kingdoms of the nations? Power and might are in your hand, so that no one is able to withstand you.
- 2 Sam 7:18–29Then David the king went in, and sat before Yahweh; and he said, “Who am I, Lord Yahweh, and what is my house, that you have brought me this far?
- 1 Sam 7:8–9The children of Israel said to Samuel, “Don’t stop crying to Yahweh our God for us, that he will save us out of the hand of the Philistines.”
- 2 Chr 14:11Asa cried to Yahweh his God, and said, “Yahweh, there is no one besides you to help, between the mighty and him who has no strength. Help us, Yahweh our God; for we rely on you, and in your name are we come against this multitude. Yahweh, you are our God. Don’t let man prevail against you.”
- Jas 5:13Is any among you suffering? Let him pray. Is any cheerful? Let him sing praises.
- Phil 4:6–7In nothing be anxious, but in everything, by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God.
- Dan 9:3–4I set my face to the Lord God, to seek by prayer and petitions, with fasting and sackcloth and ashes.
- 2 Kgs 19:15–19Hezekiah prayed before Yahweh, and said, “Yahweh, the God of Israel, who sit above the cherubim, you are the God, even you alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth. You have made heaven and earth.
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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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