2 Kings 20:3
“Please, LORD. Remember how I have served you faithfully and with wholehearted devotion, and how I have carried out your will.” Then Hezekiah wept bitterly.
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- Neh 13:22 : 22 Then I directed the Levites to purify themselves and come and guard the gates in order to keep the Sabbath day holy.For this please remember me, O my God, and have pity on me in keeping with your great love.
- Neh 13:31 : 31 I also provided for the wood offering at the appointed times and also for the first fruits. Please remember me for good, O my God.
- 2 Kgs 18:3-6 : 3 He did what the LORD approved, just as his ancestor David had done. 4 He eliminated the high places, smashed the sacred pillars to bits, and cut down the Asherah pole. He also demolished the bronze serpent that Moses had made, for up to that time the Israelites had been offering incense to it; it was called Nehushtan. 5 He trusted in the LORD God of Israel; in this regard there was none like him among the kings of Judah either before or after. 6 He was loyal to the LORD and did not abandon him. He obeyed the commandments which the LORD had given to Moses.
- Neh 5:19 : 19 Please remember me for good, O my God, for all that I have done for this people.
- Neh 13:14 : 14 Please remember me for this, O my God, and do not wipe out the kindness that I have done for the temple of my God and for its services!
- 2 Sam 12:21-22 : 21 His servants said to him,“What is this that you have done? While the child was still alive, you fasted and wept. Once the child was dead you got up and ate food!” 22 He replied,“While the child was still alive, I fasted and wept because I thought,‘Perhaps the LORD will show pity and the child will live.
- 1 Kgs 8:61 : 61 May you demonstrate wholehearted devotion to the LORD our God by following his rules and obeying his commandments, as you are presently doing.”
- 1 Kgs 11:4 : 4 When Solomon became old, his wives shifted his allegiance to other gods; he was not wholeheartedly devoted to the LORD his God, as his father David had been.
- 1 Kgs 15:14 : 14 The high places were not eliminated, yet Asa was wholeheartedly devoted to the LORD throughout his lifetime.
- 1 Kgs 2:4 : 4 and the LORD will fulfill his promise to me,‘If your descendants watch their step and live faithfully in my presence with all their heart and being, then,’ he promised,‘you will not fail to have a successor on the throne of Israel.’
- 1 Kgs 3:6 : 6 Solomon replied,“You demonstrated great loyalty to your servant, my father David, as he served you faithfully, properly, and sincerely. You have maintained this great loyalty to this day by allowing his son to sit on his throne.
- Gen 5:22 : 22 After he became the father of Methuselah, Enoch walked with God for 300 years, and he had other sons and daughters.
- Gen 5:24 : 24 Enoch walked with God, and then he disappeared because God took him away.
- Gen 8:1 : 1 But God remembered Noah and all the wild animals and domestic animals that were with him in the ark. God caused a wind to blow over the earth and the waters receded.
- Gen 17:1 : 1 The Sign of the Covenant When Abram was 99 years old, the LORD appeared to him and said,“I am the Sovereign God. Walk before me and be blameless.
- 2 Chr 16:9 : 9 Certainly the LORD watches the whole earth carefully and is ready to strengthen those who are devoted to him. You have acted foolishly in this matter; from now on you will have war.”
- 2 Chr 31:20-21 : 20 This is what Hezekiah did throughout Judah. He did what the LORD his God considered good and right and faithful. 21 He wholeheartedly and successfully reinstituted service in God’s temple and obedience to the law, in order to follow his God.
- Job 1:1 : 1 ¶ I. The Prologue(1:1-2:13)Job’s Good Life There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job. And that man was blameless and upright, one who feared God and turned away from evil.
- Job 1:8 : 8 So the LORD said to Satan,“Have you considered my servant Job? There is no one like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man, one who fears God and turns away from evil.”
- Ps 6:6 : 6 I am exhausted as I groan; all night long I drench my bed in tears; my tears saturate the cushion beneath me.
- Ps 25:7 : 7 Do not hold against me the sins of my youth or my rebellious acts! Because you are faithful to me, extend to me your favor, O LORD!
- Ps 32:2 : 2 How blessed is the one whose wrongdoing the LORD does not punish, in whose spirit there is no deceit.
- Ps 89:47 : 47 Take note of my brief lifespan! Why do you make all people so mortal?
- Ps 89:50 : 50 Take note, O Lord, of the way your servants are taunted, and of how I must bear so many insults from people!
- Ps 102:9 : 9 For I eat ashes as if they were bread, and mix my drink with my tears,
- Ps 119:49 : 49 ז(Zayin) Remember your word to your servant, for you have given me hope.
- Ps 145:18 : 18 The LORD is near all who cry out to him, all who cry out to him sincerely.
- Isa 38:14 : 14 Like a swallow or a thrush I chirp, I coo like a dove; my eyes grow tired from looking up to the sky. O Lord, I am oppressed; help me!
- Isa 63:11 : 11 His people remembered the ancient times. Where is the one who brought them up out of the sea, along with the shepherd of his flock? Where is the one who placed his holy Spirit among them,
- Jer 4:2 : 2 You must be truthful, honest and upright when you take an oath saying,‘As surely as the LORD lives!’ If you do, the nations will pray to be as blessed by him as you are and will make him the object of their boasting.”
- Luke 1:6 : 6 They were both righteous in the sight of God, following all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blamelessly.
- John 1:47 : 47 Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward him and exclaimed,“Look, a true Israelite in whom there is no deceit!”
- 2 Cor 1:12 : 12 Paul Defends His Changed Plans For our reason for confidence is this: the testimony of our conscience, that with pure motives and sincerity which are from God– not by human wisdom but by the grace of God– we conducted ourselves in the world, and all the more toward you.
- Heb 5:7 : 7 During his earthly life Christ offered both requests and supplications, with loud cries and tears, to the one who was able to save him from death and he was heard because of his devotion.
- 1 John 3:21-22 : 21 Dear friends, if our conscience does not condemn us, we have confidence in the presence of God, 22 and whatever we ask we receive from him, because we keep his commandments and do the things that are pleasing to him.
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2 Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed to the LORD,
3 “Please, LORD. Remember how I have served you faithfully and with wholehearted devotion, and how I have carried out your will.” Then Hezekiah wept bitterly.
4 The LORD’s message came to Isaiah,
5 “Go and tell Hezekiah:‘This is what the LORD God of your ancestor David says:“I have heard your prayer; I have seen your tears. Look, I will add fifteen years to your life,
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1 Hezekiah is Healed In those days Hezekiah was stricken with a terminal illness. The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz visited him and told him,“This is what the LORD has said,‘Give your household instructions, for you are about to die; you will not get well.’”
2 He turned his face to the wall and prayed to the LORD,
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14 Hezekiah took the letter from the messengers and read it. Then Hezekiah went up to the LORD’s temple and spread it out before the LORD.
15 Hezekiah prayed before the LORD:
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4 Isaiah had not yet left the middle courtyard when the LORD’s message came to him,
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20 This is what Hezekiah did throughout Judah. He did what the LORD his God considered good and right and faithful.
21 He wholeheartedly and successfully reinstituted service in God’s temple and obedience to the law, in order to follow his God.
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20 King Hezekiah and the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz prayed about this and cried out to heaven.
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1 When King Hezekiah heard this, he tore his clothes, put on sackcloth, and went to the LORD’s temple.
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19 Hezekiah said to Isaiah,“The LORD’s message which you have announced is appropriate.” Then he added,“At least there will be peace and stability during my lifetime.”
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1 When King Hezekiah heard this, he tore his clothes, put on sackcloth, and went to the LORD’s temple.
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14 Hezekiah took the letter from the messengers and read it. Then Hezekiah went up to the LORD’s temple and spread it out before the LORD.
15 Hezekiah prayed before the LORD:“LORD God of Israel, who is enthroned on the cherubim! You alone are God over all the kingdoms of the earth. You made the sky and the earth.
16 Pay attention, LORD, and hear! Open your eyes, LORD, and observe! Listen to the message Sennacherib sent and how he taunts the living God!
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8 Hezekiah had said to Isaiah,“What is the confirming sign that the LORD will heal me and that I will go up to the LORD’s temple the day after tomorrow?”
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14 Please remember me for this, O my God, and do not wipe out the kindness that I have done for the temple of my God and for its services!
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4 When I heard these things I sat down abruptly, crying and mourning for several days. I continued fasting and praying before the God of heaven.
5 Then I said,“Please, O LORD God of heaven, great and awesome God, who keeps his loving covenant with those who love him and obey his commandments,
6 may your ear be attentive and your eyes be open to hear the prayer of your servant that I am praying to you today throughout both day and night on behalf of your servants the Israelites. I am confessing the sins of the Israelites that we have committed against you– both I myself and my family have sinned.
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21 Isaiah son of Amoz sent this message to Hezekiah:“This is what the LORD God of Israel has said:‘As to what you have prayed to me concerning King Sennacherib of Assyria,
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23 Denial to Moses of the Promised Land Moreover, at that time I pleaded with the LORD,
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20 The LORD responded favorably to Hezekiah and forgave the people.
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19 Now, O LORD our God, rescue us from his power, so that all the kingdoms of the earth will know that you, LORD, are the only God.”
20 Isaiah son of Amoz sent this message to Hezekiah:“This is what the LORD God of Israel has said:‘I have heard your prayer concerning King Sennacherib of Assyria.
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15 Isaiah asked,“What have they seen in your palace?” Hezekiah replied,“They have seen everything in my palace. I showed them everything in my treasuries.”
16 Isaiah said to Hezekiah,“Listen to the LORD’s message,
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19 ‘You displayed a sensitive spirit and humbled yourself before the LORD when you heard how I intended to make this place and its residents into an appalling example of an accursed people. You tore your clothes and wept before me, and I have heard you,’ says the LORD.
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27 ‘You displayed a sensitive spirit and humbled yourself before God when you heard his words concerning this place and its residents. You humbled yourself before me, tore your clothes and wept before me, and I have heard you,’ says the LORD.
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19 King Hezekiah and all the people of Judah did not put him to death, did they? Did not Hezekiah show reverence for the LORD and seek the LORD’s favor? Did not the LORD forgo destroying them as he threatened he would? But we are on the verge of bringing great disaster on ourselves.”
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24 Hezekiah’s Shortcomings and Accomplishments In those days Hezekiah was stricken with a terminal illness. He prayed to the LORD, who answered him and gave him a sign confirming that he would be healed.
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20 Early the next morning King Hezekiah assembled the city officials and went up to the LORD’s temple.
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26 But then Hezekiah and the residents of Jerusalem humbled themselves and abandoned their pride, and the LORD was not angry with them for the rest of Hezekiah’s reign.
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7 Do not hold against me the sins of my youth or my rebellious acts! Because you are faithful to me, extend to me your favor, O LORD!
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12 In his pain Manasseh asked the LORD his God for mercy and truly humbled himself before the God of his ancestors.
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4 Isaiah asked,“What have they seen in your palace?” Hezekiah replied,“They have seen everything in my palace. I showed them everything in my treasuries.”
5 Isaiah said to Hezekiah,“Listen to the message of the LORD of Heaven’s Armies:
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3 For I am ever aware of your faithfulness, and your loyalty continually motivates me.
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19 Please remember me for good, O my God, for all that I have done for this people.
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22 Hezekiah said,“What is the confirming sign that I will go up to the LORD’s temple?”
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8 Hezekiah said to Isaiah,“The LORD’s message which you have announced is appropriate.” Then he thought,“For there will be peace and stability during my lifetime.”
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19 He said to the king,“Don’t think badly of me, my lord, and don’t recall the sin of your servant on the day when you, my lord the king, left Jerusalem! Please don’t call it to mind!
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19 But respond favorably to your servant’s prayer and his request for help, O LORD my God. Answer the desperate prayer your servant is presenting to you.
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22 ת(Tav) Let all their wickedness come before you; afflict them just as you have afflicted me because of all my acts of rebellion. For my groans are many, and my heart is sick with sorrow.
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20 I continually think about this, and I am depressed.
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58 I seek your favor with all my heart. Have mercy on me as you promised!