2 Chronicles 32:6

_AND HE SET CAPTAINS OF WAR OVER THE PEOPLE, AND GATHERED THEM TOGETHER TO HIM IN THE STREET OF THE GATE OF THE CITY, AND SPAKE COMFORTABLY TO THEM, SAYING,_ He ... gathered them together ... in the street of the gate of the city, х_ RªCHOWB_ (H7339) _ SHA`AR _ (H8179) _ HAA`IYR_ (H5892)] - i:e., the forum (improperly rendered "street" here, and in Genesis 19:2; Judges 19:15; Esther 6:9; Esther 6:11), or the large open space at the gate of Eastern cities; and having equipped his soldiers

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 believing confidence in God, will raise us above the prevailing fear of man. Let the good subjects and soldiers of Jesus Christ, rest upon his word, and boldly say, Since God is for us, who can be against us? By the favour of God, enemies are lost, and friends gained....

Verse 2 Chronicles 32:6. _SET CAPTAINS OF WAR OVER THE PEOPLE - IN THE STREET OF_ _THE GATE OF THE CITY_] That is, the _open places_ at the gate of the city, whither the people came for judgment, c....

THE STREET OF THE GATE ... - Or, “the square at the gate” (compare 2 Chronicles 29:4 note). The gate intended is probably that of Ephraim 2 Chronicles 25:23 - the great northern gate, opposite the “Camp of the Assyrians “ - represented by the modern Damascus gate....

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 HE SET CAPTAINS OF WAR OVER THE PEOPLE,.... To teach them the exercises of war, to lead them on against the enemy, to direct them where to stand, and what to do in defence of the city: AND GATHERED THEM TOGETHER TO HIM IN THE STREET OF THE GATE OF THE CITY; the street which led to the gate, and was large and commodious to assemble the people in: AND SPAKE COMFORTABLY TO THEM; to animate and encourage them to hold out the siege, and do all they could to repel the enemy; SAYING; as follows....

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...

STREET. broad space. SPAKE COMFORTABLY. Compare Isaiah 40:2....

2 Chronicles 32:1-8 (cp. 2 Kings 18:13-16). Sennacherib's threatened Invasion. Hezekiah's Precautions The Chronicler introduces us somewhat abruptly to the Assyrian crisis. From 2 Kin. we learn first that Hezekiah renounced the suzerainty of Assyria (2 Chronicles 18:7), which his father Ahaz had acknowledged (_ibid._2 Chronicles 16:7). Thereupon Sennacherib invaded Judah, and Hezekiah was obliged to acknowledge with a heavy payment of tribute his dependence on the Assyrian king (_ibid._