Isaiah 38:8
“Behold, I will bring again the shadow of the degrees, which is gone down in the sun dial of Ahaz, ten degrees backward. So the sun returned ten degrees, by which degrees it was gone down.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
The writing of Hezekiah king of Judah,.... The Septuagint and Arabic versions call it a "prayer": but the Targum, much…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
Behold, I will bring again the shadow - The shadow, or shade which is made by the interception of the rays of the sun by…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Isaiah 38:1-8
We may hence observe, among others, these good lessons: - 1. That neither men's greatness nor their goodness will exempt…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
The R.V. has (after Ahaz) the phrase "with the sun," which is wrongly taken by the A.V. as an adjunct of the word "dial"…
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