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Hezekiah in two scenes: on the left, Isaiah addresses Hezekiah on his deathbed. On the right, healed Hezekiah prays to God with the personification of prayer (προσευχή). Paris Psalter, f. 446v. Hezekiah's dangerous illness was caused by the discord between him and Isaiah, each of whom desired that the other should pay him the first visit.
Isaiah 52:13–53:12 makes up the fourth of the "Servant Songs" of the Book of Isaiah, describing a "servant" of God who is abused but eventually vindicated. [2] Major themes of the passage include: Human opposition to God's purposes for the servant. The servant has an exalted status in the eyes of God, but people despise him and consider him ...
In rabbinical interpretation, such as Joseph Herman Hertz (1968) citing Rashi and Luzzatto, the name is taken as referring to the 'crown prince.' [9] Rashi, having applied Emmanuel to Hezekiah also applies the Pele Yoez, "Wonderful Counsellor" prophecy to Hezekiah, saying that God "called the name of Hezekiah "Prince of Peace"."
Pele-joez-el-gibbor-abi-ad-sar-shalom [a] is a prophetic name or title which occurs in Isaiah 9:5 in the Hebrew Bible or Isaiah 9:6 in English Bibles. It is one of a series of prophetic names found in chapters 7, 8 and 9 of the Book of Isaiah, including most notably Immanuel [b] and Maher-shalal-hash-baz [c] in the previous chapter (Isaiah 8:1–3), which is a reference to the impending ...
In the course of time, however, the people lost sight of the symbolical meaning and regarded the serpent itself as the seat of the healing power, and they made it an object of worship, so that Hezekiah found it necessary to destroy it (2 Kings 18:4; see also Ber. 10a).
The books of the New Testament frequently cite Jewish scripture to support the claim of the Early Christians that Jesus was the promised Jewish Messiah.Scholars have observed that few of these citations are actual predictions in context; the majority of these quotations and references are taken from the prophetic Book of Isaiah, but they range over the entire corpus of Jewish writings.
Nathanael, Nathaniel – Given by God or God has Given or "Gift of God" Nemuel – Day of God Nuriel – Fire of God or Light of God Othniel – Hour of God Peniel, Penuel, Phanuel – Face of God Raphael – God is Healing or Healing one of God Reuel – Friend of God Samuel – Name/Heard of God Shealtiel – I asked God [for this child]
2 Kings 19 is the nineteenth chapter of the second part of the Books of Kings in the Hebrew Bible or the Second Book of Kings in the Old Testament of the Christian Bible. [1] [2] The book is a compilation of various annals recording the acts of the kings of Israel and Judah by a Deuteronomic compiler in the seventh century BC, with a supplement added in the sixth century BC. [3]