Verse 7
7. A lump of figs Figs pressed together into a mass or poultice. The use of figs in the cure of boils or ulcers is attested by several ancient writers. Dioscorides says, they “disperse tumors,” and Pliny, they “open ulcers.”
The boil שׁחין , a burning sore, an in flamed ulcer. In Hezekiah’s case, it was very probably a carbuncle.
He recovered That is, at the end of three days; but previous to his recovery he asked and received a marvellous sign of Divine interposition. See 2 Kings 20:8-11. In Isaiah 38:9-20, we have a psalm of thanksgiving which Hezekiah sang to the Lord at his recovery.
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