Notes for Isa 39:2LEB

"was happy with"; NAB, NASB "was pleased"; NIV "received the envoys gladly."

 

"there was nothing which Hezekiah did not show them in his house and in all his kingdom."

 

Notes for Isa 39:4LEB

"he"; the referent (Isaiah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

 

Notes for Isa 39:6LEB

"fathers" (so KJV, NAB, NASB, NIV).

 

Notes for Isa 39:7LEB

"Some of your sons, who go out from you, whom you father."

 

Notes for Isa 39:8LEB

"good" (so KJV, NASB, NIV, NRSV, NLT); NAB "favorable."

 

"and he said." The verb אָמַר (’amar, "say") is sometimes used of what one thinks (that is, says to oneself).

 

Or "surely"; cf. CEV "At least."