What Does 2 Kings 19:5 Mean in the King James?
So the servants of king Hezekiah came to Isaiah.
The analysis reads the King James wording.
King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.
THE KEY
The servants move from a king whose name means “YHWH strengthens” toward a prophet whose name means “YHWH delivers,” so the destination already speaks of deliverance.
THE MEANING
The verse places you between two names: Hezekiah, “YHWH strengthens,” and Isaiah, “YHWH delivers.” The servants’ approach makes the movement visible: strength is carried toward deliverance, and the need reaches a hearing.
THE ROOT
יְשַׁעְיָהוּ
Yesha‘yahu
GROWS FROM
ישע
y-sh-ʿ
Deliver; bring out of distress.
Isaiah’s name joins YHWH to the root of deliverance. English leaves this as a proper name, while the Hebrew name itself makes the destination of the servants’ journey speak of being brought out.
ALSO GROWS
yasha: Deliver; bring out.
יָשַׁע
This verbal form exposes the living action carried in Isaiah’s name.
yeshuah: Deliverance.
יְשׁוּעָה
This noun from the same root names the deliverance toward which the verse’s movement points.
חִזְקִיָּהוּ
Chizqiyahu
GROWS FROM
חזק
ḥ-z-q
Be strong; make firm or strengthen.
Hezekiah’s name carries the root of strength joined to YHWH. His name frames strength as something received, and the verse places that strength in motion toward deliverance.
ALSO GROWS
chazaq: Be strong; strengthen.
חָזַק
The verb shows the active force inside the king’s name.
chizqah: Strength; might.
חִזְקָה
This noun from the same root shows strength as a quality, not merely a title of power.
וַיָּבֹאוּ
wayyavo’u
GROWS FROM
בוא
b-w-ʾ
Come; enter; arrive.
“came” in this verse is wayyavo’u. English says only that the servants arrived, while the root also forms a verb meaning “bring,” or cause something to come. Their approach marks the threshold where the matter reaches Isaiah’s hearing.
ALSO GROWS
bo: Come; enter.
בּוֹא
This is the root’s basic movement, the approach the verse describes.
hevi: Bring; cause to come.
הֵבִיא
This causative form shows how coming can also mean bringing something into someone’s presence.
THE PATTERN
A burden moves into prayer when people carry it toward someone able to seek God with them.
So Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam, and Achbor, and Shaphan, and Asahiah, went unto Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tikvah, the son of Harhas, keeper of the wardrobe; (now she dwelt in Jerusalem in the college;) and they communed with her.And Judah gathered themselves together, to ask help of the LORD: even out of all the cities of Judah they came to seek the LORD.Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord:THE THREAD
Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, and bless his name.The Hebrew verb behind “came” here and “Enter” there is בוא (bo), meaning “come” or “enter.” The servants’ arrival before Isaiah echoes the Psalm’s threshold language: coming is movement into a place of encounter.
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