What does 2 Chronicles 32:20 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"And for this cause Hezekiah the king, and the prophet Isaiah the son of Amoz, prayed and cried to heaven."
The author of Chronicles compresses into 13 verses the history which occupies in Kings a chapter and a half (2 Kings 18:17; where see the notes). 2 Chronicles 32:10 IN THE SIEGE - Perhaps “in strait...
CHAPTER 32 SENNACHERIB'S INVASION, THE DELIVERANCE, AND THE PASSING OF HEZEKIAH _ 1. Sennacherib's invasion (2 Chronicles 32:1)_ 2. The king's counsel and trust in God (2 Chronicles 32:3) 3. Sennac...
2 Chronicles 29:1 to 2 Chronicles 32:33. THE REIGN OF HEZEKIAH (see notes on 2 Kings 18:2 f., 2 Kings 18:13; 2 Kings 18:19; 2 Kings 20:1). The Chronicler in this long section writes, from his own poin...
PRAYED AND CRIED. This is what Hezekiah refers to in his "Songs of the degrees" (Psalms 120:1; Psalms 123:1; Psalms 130:1; Psalms 130:2). Compare Isaiah 38:10; 2 Kings 19:15; 2 Kings 20:2; 2 Kings 20:...
_And for this_cause _Hezekiah … prayed_ R.V. AND HEZEKIAH … PRAYED BECAUSE OF THIS. _heaven_ Here used reverently for "God"; cp. 2 Chronicles 28:9; Daniel 4:26; Luke 15:21....
14. THE REIGN OF HEZEKIAH (29-32) TEXT 2 Chronicles 29:1. Hezekiah began to reign when he was five and twenty years old; and he reigned nine and twenty years in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was A...
_AND THEY SPAKE AGAINST THE GOD OF JERUSALEM, AS AGAINST THE GODS OF THE PEOPLE OF THE EARTH, WHICH WERE THE WORK OF THE HANDS OF MAN._ No JFB commentary on these verses....
32:20 heaven. (a-19) Lit. 'to the heavens.'...
REIGN OF HEZEKIAH (CONCLUDED) This chapter abbreviates the account of Sennacherib's invasion as related in 2 Kings 18:13; 2 Kings 20:21, but supplements it by various particulars respecting Hezekiah'...
2 CHRONICLES: GOD DESIRES LOYAL PEOPLE The *Kingdom called Judah 2 CHRONICLES CHAPTER S 10 TO 36 _IAN MACKERVOY_ CHAPTER 32 SENNACHERIB COMES TO ATTACK JERUSALEM – 2 CHRONICLES 32:1-23 V1 Hez...
(1-23) Invasion and Divine overthrow of Sennacherib. (Comp. 2 Kings 18:13 to 2 Kings 19:37.) The Assyrian monarch’s own record of the campaign may be read on his great hexagonal prism of terra-cotta,...
וַ יִּתְפַּלֵּ֞ל יְחִזְקִיָּ֣הוּ הַ מֶּ֗לֶךְ וִֽ ישַֽׁעְיָ֧הוּ בֶן ־אָמֹ֛וץ הַ נָּבִ֖יא עַל ־זֹ֑את וַֽ...
HEZEKIAH: THE RELIGIOUS VALUE OF MUSIC 2 Chronicles 29:1; 2 Chronicles 30:1; 2 Chronicles 31:1; 2 Chronicles 32:1 THE bent of the chronicler's mind is well illustrated by the proportion of space ass...
THE CRY TO HEAVEN ANSWERED 2 Chronicles 32:16 Sennacherib's generals were even more insolent than himself. Their aim was to discourage the people and undermine their faith. To destroy confidence in G...
One is almost inevitably halted by the opening statement of the chapter. "After these things, and this faithfulness, Sennacherib, king of Assyria, came." It would seem to be a strange answer of God to...
And for this [cause] Hezekiah the king, and the prophet Isaiah the son of Amoz, (n) prayed and cried to heaven. (n) This shows what the best refuge in all troubles and dangers is....
CHAPTER XXXII....
By this time Israel had been carried away captive. And Sennacherib thought to do the same by Judah. The Holy Ghost hath considered this part of the church's history so important, as to cause three rec...
God fully answered the king's faith; but the iniquity of the people's heart was little changed, and the ways of God in judgment began to be manifested; and in such a manner as to make it evident that,...
AND FOR THIS CAUSE HEZEKIAH THE KING, AND THE PROPHET ISAIAH, THE SON OF AMOZ, PRAYED AND CRIED TO HEAVEN. To God in heaven; of the prayer of Hezekiah on this account, see Isaiah 37:15, and the notes...
And for this [cause] Hezekiah the king, and the prophet Isaiah the son of Amoz, prayed and cried to heaven. Ver. 20. _For this cause._] See 2 Kings 19:2,3, &c. And the prophet Isaiah … prayed.] And...
1 Sennacherib inuading Iudah, Hezekiah fortifieth himselfe and encourageth his people. 9 Against the blasphemies of Sennacherib by message and letters, Hezekiah & Isaiah pray. 21 An Angel destroyeth...
Sennacherib's Invasion...
ASSYRIA THREATENS JUDAH (vv.1-18) Assyria had before this conquered the ten tribes (2 Kings 17:1), and their king, Sennacharib, confident of taking Judah also, came to encamp against the fortified...
1-23 Those who trust God with their safety, must use proper means, else they tempt him. God will provide, but so must we also. Hezekiah gathered his people together, and spake comfortably to them. A b...
No text from Poole on this verse....
2 Chronicles 32:20 King H4428 Hezekiah H3169 prophet H5030 Isaiah H3470 son H1121 Amoz H531 prayed H6419 (H8691) cried H2199 (H8799) heaven H8064 Hezekiah - 2 Kings 19:14-19; Isaiah 37:1, Isaiah 37:1...
CONTENTS: Invasion of Sennacherib. His army defeated in answer to prayer. CHARACTERS: God, Hezekiah, Isaiah, angel. CONCLUSION: A believing confidence in God will raise us above the prevailing fear...
2 Chronicles 32:1. _Sennacherib king of Assyria,_ Our knowledge of the once great and flourishing empire of the Assyrians, is very imperfect. Berosus, a native of Chaldea, has written the most; Herodo...
_Prayed and cried to heaven._ TRUE PRAYER True prayer is not pestering the Throne with passionate entreaties that a certain method of deliverance which seems best to us, should be forthwith effected;...
2 CHRONICLES—NOTE ON 2 CHRONICLES 32:1, 2 CHRONICLES 32:30 Hezekiah built a new WATER system for Jerusalem. A tunnel brought water directly from the Gihon Spring to the Pool of Siloam. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var imag...
CRITICAL NOTES.] Sen. invades Israel (2 Chronicles 32:1); H.’s preparations to meet him (2 Chronicles 32:6); Sen.’s seductions (2 Chronicles 32:9); Sen.’s letter (2 Chronicles 32:16); destruction of A...
EXPOSITION This chapter of thirty-three verses is paralleled by the sixty-one verses that begin with 2 Kings 18:13 and end with 2 Kings 19:37; and by Isaiah 36:1; Isaiah 37:1. Our chapter gives, as mi...
Now in chapter 32, we find that, Sennacherib, the king of Assyria was coming against them, he entered into Judah, and he encamped against the fenced cities, he thought to win them for himself. And wh...
2 Chronicles 14:11; 2 Chronicles 20:6; 2 Kings 19:14; 2 Kings 19:2; Isaiah 37:1; Isaiah 37:14; Isaiah 37:2; Psalms 50:15; Psalms 91:14;...