cryed] Earnestly prayed: for warranted means must be used for obtaining things promised, 1 Kings 18:42. Exodus 14:15. the shadow] By causing the sun to go so far back, Isaiah 38:8. by which it had gone down] See on Isaiah 38:8. diall of Ahaz] Heb. degrees. Ahaz had made a fair, lasting diall, which was common for all of all sorts to look upon: by which diall the course of the sun was openly, and distinctly discerned.