2 Kings 20:4 (DBY)

Passage

And it came to pass before Isaiah had gone out into the middle city that the word of Jehovah came to him saying,

Nearby Context

2 Kings 20:2 And he turned his face to the wall, and prayed to Jehovah saying,

2 Kings 20:3 Ah! Jehovah, remember, I beseech thee, how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done what is good in thy sight. And Hezekiah wept much.

2 Kings 20:4 And it came to pass before Isaiah had gone out into the middle city that the word of Jehovah came to him saying,

2 Kings 20:5 Return, and tell Hezekiah the captain of my people, Thus saith Jehovah, the God of David thy father: I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears; behold, I will heal thee: on the third day thou shalt go up to the house of Jehovah;

2 Kings 20:6 and I will add to thy days fifteen years; and I will deliver thee and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria, and I will defend this city for mine own sake, and for my servant David's sake.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "came", "pass", "before", "isaiah", "gone", "middle", "city", and "word". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "came" and "pass", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 3's "Ah Jehovah remember I beseech thee how..." into verse 5's "Return and tell Hezekiah the captain of...", so "came" and "pass" belong inside that flow. In 2 Kings context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "came" and "pass" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.