Verse 1
HEZEKIAH’S ILLNESS.
1. In those days Probably about the time Sennacherib and his host were providentially routed from out of the land: but see Isaiah 38:6.
Sick unto death With a sickness to all appearances fatal. Some conjecture that the plague which proved so destructive to the Assyrian army was still lingering in the neighbourhood. Such a mortality, necessarily without adequate burial, would taint the whole atmosphere, and produce, at least, sporadic diseases without discrimination over the land.
Set thine house in order: for thou shalt die Such was at first the Lord’s determination graciously turned aside by Hezekiah’s plea. The command implies, Make due arrangements for thy succession, and whatever else is left incomplete in thy plans. The king was not yet in his prime, being but thirty-nine years old, and had not prepared against an unanticipated death.
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