2 Chronicles 32:27

_AND HEZEKIAH HAD EXCEEDING MUCH RICHES AND HONOUR: AND HE MADE HIMSELF TREASURIES FOR SILVER, AND FOR GOLD, AND FOR PRECIOUS STONES, AND FOR SPICES, AND FOR SHIELDS, AND FOR ALL MANNER OF PLEASANT JEWELS;_ Hezekiah had exceeding much riches and honour - (cf. 2 Kings 20:13; Isaiah 39:2.) A great portion of his personal wealth, like that of David and Uzziah, consisted in immense possessions of agricultural and pastoral produce. Besides, he had accumulated large treasures in gold, silver, and precious things, which he had taken as spoils from the Philistines, and which he had received as presents from neighbouring states, among which he was held in great honour as a king under the special protection of heaven. Much of his great wealth he expended in improving capital, erecting forts, and pro

24-33 God left Hezekiah to himself, that, by this trial and his weakness in it, what was in his heart might be known; that he was not so perfect in grace as he thought he was. It is good for us to know ourselves, and our own weakness and sinfulness, that we may not be conceited, or self-confident, but may always live in dependence upon Divine grace. We know not the corruption of our own hearts, nor what we shall do if God leaves us to ourselves. His sin was, that his heart was lifted up. What need have great men, and good men, and useful men, to study their own infirmities and follies, and their obligations to free grace, that they may never think highly of themselves; but beg earnestly of God, that he will always keep them humble! Hezekiah made a bad return to God for his favours, by making even those favours the food and fuel of his pride. Let us shun the occasions of sin: let us avoi...

Verse 2 Chronicles 32:27. _PLEASANT JEWELS_] כלי חמדה _keley chemdah_, desirable _vessels_ or _utensils_....

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 might be anticipated, but a very partial and somewhat broken account, therefore,_ _of this stretch of Hezekiah's career, and no adequate impression whatever of the great power of some portions of the parallel. A close comparison of the two places leaves us tolerably clear as to the order and consecutiveness of the history, although perhaps not entirely so. The style of our present chapter betrays the usual marks of di

AND HEZEKIAH HAD EXCEEDING MUCH RICHES,.... Increased by the spoil of the Assyrian camp, and the presents sent him after that by neighbouring nations, 2 Chronicles 32:21 AND HONOUR; both from his subjects, and the nations around him: AND HE MADE HIMSELF TREASURIES FOR SILVER, AND FOR GOLD, AND FOR PRECIOUS STONES, AND FOR SPICES, AND FOR SHIELDS, AND FOR ALL MANNER OF PLEASANT JEWELS: which were houses both for rich and curious things, and for armour, he showed to the ambassadors of Babylon, Isaiah 39:2....

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. Sennacherib's threatening and arrogance (2 Chronicles 32:9) 4. Sennacherib's defiance of God (2 Chronicles 32:17) 5. Hezekiah's and Isaiah's prayer (2 Chronicles 32:20) 6. The deliverance ...

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 point of view, much that is quite unhistorical. The three main subjects treated by him here are Hezekiah's reopening of the Temple, the Passover, and the appointment of the Temple officials. In...

_riches and honour_ Cp. 2 Kings 20:13 (Isaiah 39:2). _shields_ If the text be correct we must think of silver and gold in the form of shields; cp. 2 Chronicles 9:15-16; but perhaps we should read _migdânoth_, "precious things," (as in 2 Chronicles 32:23), for _mâginnoth_"shields." LXX. ὁπλοθήκας, i.e. "armouries"; Pesh. (text being doubtful here) "shields" _or_"pearls" _or_"precious gifts." _pleasant jewels_ R.V. GOODLY VESSELS....

AND FOR SHIELDS— Houbigant here reads _precious things,_ instead of _shields._ REFLECTIONS.—1st, We might have expected that all would be peace and safety _after these good things_ that Hezekiah had done; but behold a dreadful storm arises. We may be in the way of duty, and yet exposed to severe sufferings. It was happy that Hezekiah was not interrupted before he had well proceeded in his work; and now, having God's blessing, he is better prepared to meet his violent foe. 1. Sennacherib, the king of Assyria, invades his country with an army which threatened to swallow him up. His father had lately subdued Israel, and he hoped to find Judah as easy a prey. 2. Hezekiah, who perceived his design against Jerusalem, not having forces to meet him in the field, prepares wisely for the siege that he expected, by endeavouring to cut off all supplies of water from the besiegers, strengthening th...

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 Abijah, the daughter of Zechariah 2. And he did that which was right in the eyes of Jehovah, according to all that David his father had done. 3. He in the first year of his reign, in the first month, opened the doors of the house of Jehovah, and repaired them. 4. And he brought in the priests and the Levites, and gathered them together into the broad place on the east, 5. and said unto them, Hear me, ye Levites; now sanctify yourselves, and sanctify the house of Jehovah, the God of your fathers, and carry forth the filthiness out of the holy place. 6. For our fathers have trespassed, and done that