In those days Hezekiah became sick and was at the point of death, and he prayed to the LORD, and he answered him and gave him a sign.
Here we conclude the story of Hezekiah with an account of three things concerning him: - I. His sickness and his recovery from it, Ch2 32:24. The account of his sickness is but briefly mentioned here; we had a large narrative of it, 2 Kings 20. His disease seemed likely to be mortal. In the extremity of it he prayed.
Commenting on 2 Chronicles 32:24-33
Moreover, he provided him cities,.... Where he had the above storehouses and stalls, and convenient dwellings for those that looked after them, and were over his cattle, small and great, as follows; the Vulgate Latin version reads six cities in some copies (b): and possessions of flocks and herds in abundance; in which the riches of men, and even of kings, lay in those times...
HEZEKIAH'S SICKNESS AND RECOVERY. (Ch2 32:24-26) In those days Hezekiah was sick to the death--(See on Kg2 20:1-11).