2 Kings 20:3
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for 2 Kings 20:3 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
2 Kings 20:3 is a verse from the book of 2 Kings in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "I beseech thee, O LORD, remember now how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
2 Kings 20:3 — KJV
“I beseech thee, O LORD, remember now how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in thy sight. And Hezekiah wept sore. sore: Heb. with a great weeping”
— 2 Kings 20:3 (KJV)
2 Kings 20:3 in Context — About the Book of 2 Kings
2 Kings races through the divided kingdom's final centuries — Elisha's double-portion miracles, kings good and evil, and finally exile to Assyria and Babylon. Yet miracles keep breaking in: floating axe heads, healed lepers, resurrection. God stays powerfully present even in national decline.
Cross-References for 2 Kings 20:3
“And said, Remember now, O LORD, I beseech thee, how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in thy sight. And Hezekiah wept sore. sore: Heb. with great weeping”
Shares key themes with 2 Kings 20:3: beseech, lord, remember
“Now when Ezra had prayed, and when he had confessed, weeping and casting himself down before the house of God, there assembled unto him out of Israel a very great congregation of men and women and children: for the people wept very sore. wept...: Heb. wept a great weeping”
Shares key themes with 2 Kings 20:3: now, before, wept
“Only fear the LORD, and serve him in truth with all your heart: for consider how great things he hath done for you. how...: or, what a great thing”
Shares key themes with 2 Kings 20:3: lord, how, truth
“And David's heart smote him after that he had numbered the people. And David said unto the LORD, I have sinned greatly in that I have done: and now, I beseech thee, O LORD, take away the iniquity of thy servant; for I have done very foolishly.”
Shares key themes with 2 Kings 20:3: beseech, lord, now
“Therefore now, LORD God of Israel, keep with thy servant David my father that thou promisedst him, saying, There shall not fail thee a man in my sight to sit on the throne of Israel; so that thy children take heed to their way, that they walk before me as thou hast walked before me. fail...: Heb. be cut off unto thee a man from my sight so that: Heb. only if”
Shares key themes with 2 Kings 20:3: lord, now, walked
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