2 Kings 20:19 (YLT)

Passage

And Hezekiah saith unto Isaiah, `Good <FI>is<Fi> the word of Jehovah that thou hast spoken;' and he saith, `Is it not--if peace and truth are in my days?'

Nearby Context

2 Kings 20:17 Lo, days are coming, and borne hath been all that <FI>is<Fi> in thy house, and that thy father have treasured up till this day, to Babylon; there is not left a thing, said Jehovah;

2 Kings 20:18 and of thy sons who go out from thee, whom thou begettest, they take away, and they have been eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.'

2 Kings 20:19 And Hezekiah saith unto Isaiah, `Good <FI>is<Fi> the word of Jehovah that thou hast spoken;' and he saith, `Is it not--if peace and truth are in my days?'

2 Kings 20:20 And the rest of the matters of Hezekiah, and all his might, and how he made the pool, and the conduit, and bringeth in the waters to the city, are they not written on the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Judah?

2 Kings 20:21 And Hezekiah lieth with his fathers, and reign doth Manasseh his son in his stead.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "hezekiah", "saith", "isaiah", "good", "word", "jehovah", "thou", and "hast". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "hezekiah" and "saith", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 18's "and of thy sons who go out..." into verse 20's "And the rest of the matters of...", so "hezekiah" and "saith" 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 "hezekiah" and "saith" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.