Isaiah 38:9-20 The writing of Hezekiah king of Judah, when he had been sick, and was recovered of his sickness:… It is well, for the purpose of frequent review, to keep a record of the principal events of our lives, and of the thoughts which in trying circumstances have most deeply impressed us. This is the way both to multiply and prolong the advantages of experience. Such a record may be of great use also to our successors, and especially to our children. Of all the periods of life pregnant with materials for such an instructive memorial, that of sickness, for the supports attending it, the thoughts that arise out of it, and the influence to be exercised by them upon the subsequent course of our lives, seems to have a pre-eminent claim to notice. It is to a record of this kind, penned by the pious monarch of Judah, and which was probably- of great service to his son Manasseh, that our text refers; and the consideration of which may serve to remind us of what we should aspire after, and what we should cautiously avoid, in a similar situation. (J. Leifchild, D. D.) Parallel Verses KJV: The writing of Hezekiah king of Judah, when he had been sick, and was recovered of his sickness:WEB: The writing of Hezekiah king of Judah, when he had been sick, and had recovered of his sickness. |
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