2 Chronicles 32 · Verse 20

2 Chronicles 32:20

And for this cause Hezekiah the king, and the prophet Isaiah the son of Amoz, prayed and cried to heaven.
2 Chronicles 32:20, King James Version

2 Chronicles 32:20 in other translations

BSBIn response, King Hezekiah and the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz cried out to heaven in prayer,
WEBHezekiah the king and Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, prayed because of this, and cried to heaven.
ASVAnd Hezekiah the king, and Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz, prayed because of this, and cried to heaven.
YLTAnd Hezekiah the king prayeth, and Isaiah son of Amoz the prophet, concerning this, and they cry to the heavens,
DARBYAnd because of this, king Hezekiah and the prophet Isaiah the son of Amoz prayed and cried to heaven.
BBEAnd Hezekiah the king, and Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, made prayer because of this, crying out to heaven.
WebsterAnd for this cause Hezekiah the king, and the prophet Isaiah the son of Amoz, prayed and cried to heaven.

What does 2 Chronicles 32:20 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Chronicles 32:9-20

9-20. (See on 2Ki 18:17-35; also 2Ki 19:8-34).

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 2 Chronicles 32:1-23

Those who trust God with their safety, must use proper means, else they tempt him. God will provide, but so must we also. Hezekiah gathered his people together, and spake comfortably to them. A believing confidence in God, will raise us above the prevailing fear of man. Let the good subjects and soldiers of Jesus Christ, rest upon his word, and boldly say, Since God is for us, who can be against us? By the favour of…

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2 Chronicles 32:20 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיִּתְפַּלֵּ֞לvai.yit.pa.Leland he prayedH6419
יְחִזְקִיָּ֣הוּye.chiz.ki.Ya.huHezekiahH2396
הַמֶּ֗לֶךְha.Me.lekhthe kingH4428
וִֽישַֽׁעְיָ֧הוּvi.sha'.Ya.huand IsaiahH3470
בֶן\־ven-[the] son ofH1121
אָמ֛וֹץ'a.MotzAmozH531
הַנָּבִ֖יאha.na.Vi'the prophetH5030
עַל\־'al-onH5921
זֹ֑אתZotthisH2063
וַֽיִּזְעֲק֖וּvai.yiz.'a.Kuand they cried outH2199
הַשָּׁמָֽיִם\׃\ \פha.sha.Ma.yimthe heavensH8064

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for 2 Chronicles 32:20

  • Psalms 91:14-15

    Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him: I will set him on high, because he hath known my name. He shall call upon me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and honour him.

  • 2 Chronicles 14:11

    And 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.

  • 2 Kings 19:2-4

    And he sent Eliakim, which was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and the elders of the priests, covered with sackcloth, to Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz. And they said unto him, Thus saith Hezekiah, This day is a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and blasphemy: for the children are come to the birth, and there is not strength to bring forth. It may be the Lord thy God will hear all the words of Rab–shakeh, whom the king of Assyria his master hath sent to reproach the living God; and will reprove the words which the Lord thy God hath heard: wherefore lift up thy prayer for the remnant that are left.

  • Isaiah 37:14-20

    And Hezekiah received the letter from the hand of the messengers, and read it: and Hezekiah went up unto the house of the Lord, and spread it before the Lord. And Hezekiah prayed unto the Lord, saying, O Lord of hosts, God of Israel, that dwellest between the cherubims, thou art the God, even thou alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth: thou hast made heaven and earth. Incline thine ear, O Lord, and hear; open thine eyes, O Lord, and see: and hear all the words of Sennacherib, which hath sent to reproach the living God. …

  • 2 Chronicles 20:6-12

    And 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? Art not thou our God, who didst drive out the inhabitants of this land before thy people Israel, and gavest it to the seed of Abraham thy friend for ever? And they dwelt therein, and have built thee a sanctuary therein for thy name, saying, If, when evil cometh upon us, as the sword, judgment, or pestilence, or famine, we stand before this house, and in thy presence, (for thy name is in this house,) and cry unto thee in our affliction, then thou wilt hear and help. …

  • Psalms 50:15

    And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.

  • 2 Kings 19:14-19

    And Hezekiah received the letter of the hand of the messengers, and read it: and Hezekiah went up into the house of the Lord, and spread it before the Lord. And 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. Lord, bow down thine ear, and hear: open, Lord, thine eyes, and see: and hear the words of Sennacherib, which hath sent him to reproach the living God. Of a truth, Lord, the kings of Assyria have destroyed the nations and their lands, …

  • Isaiah 37:1-4

    And it came to pass, when king Hezekiah heard it, that he rent his clothes, and covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the house of the Lord. And he sent Eliakim, who was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and the elders of the priests covered with sackcloth, unto Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz. And they said unto him, Thus saith Hezekiah, This day is a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and of blasphemy: for the children are come to the birth, and there is not strength to bring forth. It may be the Lord thy God will hear the words of Rabshakeh, whom the king of Assyria his master hath sent to reproach the living God, and will reprove the words which the Lord thy God hath heard: wherefore lift up thy prayer for the remnant that is left.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Hezekiah.
2Ki 19:14-19; Isa 37:1,14-20
the prophet.
2Ki 19:2-4; Isa 37:2-4
prayed.
14:11; 20:6-12; Ps 50:15; 91:14,15

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Context

  • 2 Chronicles 32:19

    And they spake against the God of Jerusalem, as against the gods of the people of the earth, which were the work of the hands of man.

  • 2 Chronicles 32:20

    And for this cause Hezekiah the king, and the prophet Isaiah the son of Amoz, prayed and cried to heaven.

  • 2 Chronicles 32:21

    And the Lord sent an angel, which cut off all the mighty men of valour, and the leaders and captains in the camp of the king of Assyria. So he returned with shame of face to his own land. And when he was come into the house of his god, they that came forth of his own bowels slew him there with the sword.

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2 Chronicles 32:20 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Mas el rey Ezechîas, y el profeta Isaías hijo de Amós, oraron por esto, y clamaron al cielo.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et le roi Ézéchias et Ésaïe, le prophète, fils d’Amots, prièrent à ce sujet, et ils crièrent au ciel.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und der König Jehiskia und Jesaja, der Sohn Amoz, der Prophet, beteten dieserhalb und schrieen gen Himmel.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Oraverunt igitur Ezechias rex, et Isaias filius Amos prophetes, adversum hanc blasphemiam, ac vociferati sunt usque in cælum.