2 Kings 20:9
“And Isaiah said, This sign shalt thou have of the LORD, that the LORD will do the thing that he hath spoken: shall the shadow go forward ten degrees, or go back ten degrees?”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
And Hezekiah answered, it is a light thing for the shadow to go down ten degrees,.... That is, it was comparatively so,…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
Ten degrees - literally, “ten steps.” It is not, perhaps, altogether certain whether the “dial of Ahaz” 2Ki 20:11 was…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–17142 Kings 20:1-11
The historian, having shown us blaspheming Sennacherib destroyed in the midst of the prospects of life, here shows us…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
shall the shadow go forward ten degrees[R.V. steps], or go back ten degrees R.V. steps. In the Hebrew there is no sign…