2 Kings 20 · Verse 6

2 Kings 20:6

And I will add unto thy days fifteen years; and I will deliver thee and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria; and I will defend this city for mine own sake, and for my servant David’s sake.
2 Kings 20:6, King James Version

2 Kings 20:6 in other translations

BSBI will add fifteen years to your life. And I will deliver you and this city from the hand of the king of Assyria. I will defend this city for My sake and for the sake of My servant David.’”
WEBI will add to your days fifteen years. I will deliver you and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria. I will defend this city for my own sake, and for my servant David’s sake.”’”
ASVAnd I will add unto thy days fifteen years; and I will deliver thee and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria; and I will defend this city for mine own sake, and for my servant David’s sake.
YLTand I have added to thy days fifteen years, and out of the hand of the king of Asshur I deliver thee and this city, and have covered over this city for Mine own sake, and for the sake of David My servant.'
DARBYand I will add to thy days fifteen years; and I will deliver thee and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria, and I will defend this city for mine own sake, and for my servant David's sake.
BBEI will give you fifteen more years of life; and I will keep you and this town safe from the hands of the king of Assyria; I will keep this town safe, for my honour, and for the honour of my servant David.
WebsterAnd I will add to thy days fifteen years; and I will deliver thee and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria; and I will defend this city for my own sake, and for my servant David's sake.

What does 2 Kings 20:6 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 6 I will add unto thy days fifteen years - This is the first and only man who was ever informed of the term of his life. And was this a privilege! Surely no. If Hezekiah was attached to life, as he appears to have been, how must his mind be affected to mark the sinking years! He knew he was to die at the end of fifteen years; and how must he feel at the end of every year, when he saw that so much was cut off from life? He must necessarily feel a thousand deaths in fearing one. I believe there would be nothing wanting to complete the misery of men, except the place of torment, were they informed of the precise time in which their lives must terminate. God, in his abundant mercy, has hidden this from their eyes.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 2 Kings 20:1-11

Hezekiah was sick unto death, in the same year in which the king of Assyria besieged Jerusalem. A warning to prepare for death was brought to Hezekiah by Isaiah. Prayer is one of the best preparations for death, because by it we fetch in strength and grace from God, to enable us to finish well. He wept sorely: some gather from hence that he was unwilling to die; it is in the nature of man to dread the separation of…

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2 Kings 20:6 in the original Hebrew

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וְהֹסַפְתִּ֣יve.ho.saf.Tiand I will addH3254
עַל\־'al-toH5921
יָמֶ֗יךָya.Mei.khadays yourH3117
חֲמֵ֤שׁcha.Meshfif-H2568
עֶשְׂרֵה֙'es.RehteenH6240
שָׁנָ֔הsha.Nahyear[s]H8141
וּמִכַּ֤ףu.mi.Kafand from [the] hand ofH3709
מֶֽלֶךְ\־Me.lekh-[the] king ofH4428
אַשּׁוּר֙'a.ShurAssyriaH804
אַצִּ֣ילְךָ֔'a.Tzi.le.khaI will deliver youH5337
וְאֵ֖תve.'Etand <obj.>H853
הָעִ֣ירha.'Irthe cityH5892
הַזֹּ֑אתha.Zot<the> thisH2063
וְגַנּוֹתִי֙ve.ga.no.Tiand I will defendH1598
עַל\־'al-<on>H5921
הָעִ֣ירha.'Irthe cityH5892
הַזֹּ֔אתha.Zot<the> thisH2063
לְמַֽעֲנִ֔יle.ma.'a.Nifor own sake myH4616
וּלְמַ֖עַןu.le.Ma.'anand for [the] sake ofH4616
דָּוִ֥דda.VidDavidH1732
עַבְדִּֽי\׃'av.Diservant myH5650

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

Cross references for 2 Kings 20:6

  • 2 Kings 19:34

    For I will defend this city, to save it, for mine own sake, and for my servant David’s sake.

  • Acts 27:24

    Saying, Fear not, Paul; thou must be brought before Cesar: and, lo, God hath given thee all them that sail with thee.

  • Isaiah 10:24

    Therefore thus saith the Lord God of hosts, O my people that dwellest in Zion, be not afraid of the Assyrian: he shall smite thee with a rod, and shall lift up his staff against thee, after the manner of Egypt.

  • Psalms 116:15

    Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints.

  • 2 Chronicles 32:22

    Thus the Lord saved Hezekiah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem from the hand of Sennacherib the king of Assyria, and from the hand of all other, and guided them on every side.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
I will add.
Ps 116:15; Ac 27:24
I will defend.
19:34; 2Ch 32:22; Isa 10:24

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • 2 Kings 20:5

    Turn again, and tell Hezekiah the captain of my people, Thus saith the Lord, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will heal thee: on the third day thou shalt go up unto the house of the Lord.

  • 2 Kings 20:6

    And I will add unto thy days fifteen years; and I will deliver thee and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria; and I will defend this city for mine own sake, and for my servant David’s sake.

  • 2 Kings 20:7

    And Isaiah said, Take a lump of figs. And they took and laid it on the boil, and he recovered.

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2 Kings 20:6 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y añadiré á tus días quince años, y te libraré á ti y á esta ciudad de mano del rey de Asiria; y ampararé esta ciudad por amor de mí, y por amor de David mi siervo.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		et j’ajouterai 15 années à tes jours; et je te délivrerai, toi et cette ville, de la main du roi d’Assyrie, et je protégerai cette ville à cause de moi, et à cause de David, mon serviteur.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und ich will zu deinen Tagen fünfzehn Jahre hinzufügen; und von der Hand des Königs von Assyrien will ich dich und diese Stadt erretten; und ich will diese Stadt beschirmen um meinet- und um Davids, meines Knechtes, willen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Et addam diebus tuis quindecim annos: sed et de manu regis Assyriorum liberabo te, et civitatem hanc: et protegam urbem istam propter me, et propter David servum meum.