The Bible — notes and cross-references in Isaiah | Interpretation and commentary to chapter 37

37:1^a And

vv. 1-38: 2 Kings 19:1-37
37:1¹ tore

Hezekiah’s response here and his prayers in vv. 15-20 and Isa. 38:2-3, 9-20 show that he was a godly person.
37:2^a Isaiah

Isa. 1:1
37:4^a remnant

Isa. 10:20
37:15^a And

2 Chron. 32:20
37:16^a cherubim

Exo. 25:22; Ezek. 10:1
37:16^b made

Isa. 42:5; Jer. 10:12; Acts 4:24
37:19^a not

Jer. 2:11; 5:7; 16:20; Hosea 8:6; Gal. 4:8
37:22^a daughter

Isa. 1:8; Micah 4:13
37:25¹ Egypt

Or, besieged places.
37:27¹ is

Following the reading of the Dead Sea Scrolls and 2 Kings 19:26 other MSS read, a plowed field.
37:29^a turn

Isa. 37:37
37:31^a remnant

Isa. 10:20
37:31^b root

Isa. 27:6
37:32^a zeal

Isa. 9:7; cf. John 2:17
37:35^a enclosure

Isa. 31:5; 38:6
37:35¹ own

That God would answer the prayer not for Hezekiah’s sake but for His own sake and for the sake of David indicates that in God’s consideration Hezekiah had very little credit before Him. All the credit was given either to God Himself or to Hezekiah’s forefather David (cf. Isa. 38:5a).
37:36^a angel

2 Kings 19:35; Isa. 17:14; 30:31