What does 2 Kings 18:4 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"He removed the high places, and brake the images,c and cut down the groves, and brake in pieces the brasen serpent that Moses had made: for unto those days the children of Israel did burn incense to it: and he called it Nehushtan."
Verse 2 Kings 18:4. _BRAKE IN PIECES THE BRAZEN SERPENT._] The history of this may be seen in Numbers 21:8; Numbers 21:9; see the notes there. We find that this brazen serpent had become an object of...
HE REMOVED THE HIGH PLACES - This religious reformation was effected in a violent and tumultuous manner (marginal reference). The “high places,” though forbidden in the Law (Deuteronomy 12:2, Deuteron...
IV. THE REIGN OF HEZEKIAH, MANASSEH AND AMON 1. Hezekiah and Sennacherib's Invasion CHAPTER 18 _ 1. Hezekiah, King of Judah (2 Kings 18:1; 2 Kings 2 Chron. 29-32)_ 2. The Revival (2 Kings 18:4) 3...
2 KINGS 18-20. THE REIGN OF HEZEKIAH. These three Chapter s give an account of the reign of the best king of Judah, and a parallel but somewhat less full account is found in Isaiah 36-39. There is ano...
GROVES. _'Asherah,_ singular. See note on Exodus 34:13, and App-42. BRASEN SERPENT. Compare Numbers 21:9. Now 835 years old. (From 1452 to 617. 835). CHILDREN. sons. NEHUSHTAN. a brass thing....
_brake the images_[R.V. PILLARS] _and cut down the groves_ R.V. THE ASHERAH. On the -pillars" see note on 2 Kings 3:2, and on the -Asherah", which was probably the wooden image of a goddess so called,...
DISCOURSE: 376 HEZEKIAH DESTROYS THE BRASEN SERPENT 2 Kings 18:4. _He brake in pieces the brasen serpent that Moses had made: for unto those days the children of Israel did burn incense to it: and he...
HE REMOVED THE HIGH PLACES, &C.— It was a great demonstration of Hezekiah's sincere piety and zeal towards God, that he began so soon to reform the corruption of religion, and did not stay till he had...
I. GENERAL INTRODUCTION TO THE REIGN OF HEZEKIAH 18:1-12 TRANSLATION (1) And it came to pass in the third year of Hoshea the son of Elah king of Israel, that Hezekiah the son of Ahaz king of Judah be...
_HE REMOVED THE HIGH PLACES, AND BRAKE THE IMAGES, AND CUT DOWN THE GROVES, AND BRAKE IN PIECES THE BRASEN SERPENT THAT MOSES HAD MADE: FOR UNTO THOSE DAYS THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL DID BURN INCENSE TO I...
18:4 columns, (a-9) Or 'statues.' see chs. 3.2; 23.14. Nehushtan. (b-43) Meaning, 'Bronze' or 'Brass.'...
HEZEKIAH AND SENNACHERIB This chapter describes the reign of Hezekiah of Judah, his religious reforms, and the invasion of Judah by Sennacherib, king of Assyria, who sent one of his officers to deman...
THE LAST KINGS OF *ISRAEL AND *JUDAH BOOK OF 2 KINGS _PHILIP SMITH_ CHAPTER 18 HEZEKIAH’S RULE AS KING OF *JUDAH V1 Hezekiah, Ahaz’s son, began to rule as king of *Judah. He did so in the 3rd y...
HE REMOVED. — _He it was who removed._ According to this statement, Hezekiah made the Temple of Jerusalem the only place where Jehovah might be publicly worshipped. (Comp. 2 Kings 18:22, and the fulle...
ה֣וּא ׀ הֵסִ֣יר אֶת ־הַ בָּמֹ֗ות וְ שִׁבַּר֙ אֶת ־הַ מַּצֵּבֹ֔ת וְ כָרַ֖ת אֶת ־הָֽ...
HEZEKIAH B.C. 715-686 2 Kings 18:1 "For Ezekias had done the thing that pleased the Lord, and was strong in the ways of David his father, as Esay the prophet, who was great and faithful in his visi...
A RESOLUTE RELIGIOUS REFORMER 2 Kings 18:1 It is wonderful that such a man as Ahaz should have had so good a son, but it is likely that Hezekiah had a good mother. See 2 Chronicles 29:1; 2 Chronicles...
We now begin the third section of this Book, which includes the story of the reigns of Hezekiah and Josiah, with a period of reaction and sin between the two. It is remarkable that such a man as Hezek...
He removed the high places, and brake the images, and cut down the groves, and brake in pieces the brasen serpent that Moses had made: for unto those days the children of Israel did burn incense to it...
Groves. The people were now more obedient, being terrified at the chastisement of Israel, (Calmet) though Samaria was not taken till the sixth year of this good king; who carried his reform rather tha...
The Reader should carefully keep in view, in order to have a clear apprehension of those historical parts of the Bible, that the history of the two kingdoms, Israel and Judah, is so incorporated in on...
The kingdom of Israel, or Samaria, was now closed, not for ever, but for a season, and a season protracted long, even unto this day. There has been no restoration save in individuals. We know that Jeh...
_NEHUSHTAN_ ‘He … brake in pieces the brazen serpent that Moses had made: for unto those days the children of Israel did burn incense to it: and he called it Nehushtan.’ 2 Kings 18:4 King Hezekiah...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 18 AND 19. Chapter 18 brings us to a rather different subject, namely, the relations of Judah with the Assyrian, who had become their oppressor through their...
HE REMOVED THE HIGH PLACES,.... Which the best of the kings of Judah never attempted, and which is observed of them to their discredit: AND BROKE THE IMAGES, AND CUT DOWN THE GROVES; the idols his fa...
He removed the high places, and brake the images, and cut down the groves, and brake in pieces the brasen serpent that Moses had made: for unto those days the children of Israel did burn incense to it...
_He removed the high places_ Which none of his predecessors had had the courage to attempt. But, it is likely, the dreadful judgments of God, executed upon the ten tribes, and the carrying them away c...
1 Hezekiah his good reigne. 4 He destroyeth idolatrie, and prospereth. 9 Samaria is caried captiue for their sins. 13 Sennacherib inuading Iudah, is pacified by a tribute. 17 Rabshakeh sent by Sen...
HEZEKIAH KING OVER JUDAH...
THE REIGN OF HEZEKIAH IN JUDAH (vv.1-16) In Judah the reign of Hezekiah provided a refreshing relief to the tendency of departure from God. It was during his reign that Assyria took Samaria into ca...
IMAGES: _ Heb._ statues...
1-8 Hezekiah was a true son of David. Some others did that which was right, but not like David. Let us not suppose that when times and men are bad, they must needs grow worse and worse; that does not...
HE REMOVED THE HIGH PLACES, i.e. the most of them, or such as the people most frequented; for all were not taken away, 2 KINGS 23:13,14. And this he attempted to do, notwithstanding the people's great...
2 Kings 18:4 removed H5493 (H8689) places H1116 broke H7665 (H8765) pillars H4676 down H3772 (H8804) image H842 pieces H3807 (H8765) bronze H5178 serpent H5175 Moses H4872 made H6213 (H8804) days H311...
SUMMARY OF HEZEKIAH'S REIGN (2 KINGS 18:4). The activities and accomplishments of Hezekiah are now summarised, and his continuing faithfulness to YHWH and consequent success come out in this summary....
GROVES (_ See Scofield) - (Deuteronomy 16:21). _...
2 Kings 18:4 Nehushtan: a mere "piece of brass." So Hezekiah named the brazen serpent. He was bent on the work of national reformation. He saw that incense was being burnt to this brazen serpent; tha...
CONTENTS: Reign and revival of Hezekiah over Judah. Victory over Phillistines. Invasion of Sennacherib. Insolence of Rab-shekeh. CHARACTERS: God, Hezekiah, Hoshea, Shalmaneser, Sennacherib, Eliakim,...
2 Kings 18:4. _Nehushtan;_ that is, _their brass,_ or mere brass, or _parvum æs,_ corrupted brass, by way of contempt. In the Chronicum of Alexander, cited by Eusebius out of Anestasio Niceno, we are...
_Now it came to pass in the third year of Hoshea._ A STRIKING REFORMATION, A RUTHLESS DESPOTISM, AND AN UNPRINCIPLED DIPLOMACY I. A striking reformation (2 Kings 18:3). 1. The perverting tendency o...
2 KINGS—NOTE ON 2 KINGS 18:1 Hezekiah. In 715 B.C., seven years after the fall of the northern kingdom of Israel, Hezekiah comes to the throne in Judah. He resembles David more closely than any other...
THE REIGN OF HEZEKIAH THE GOOD CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.— 2 Kings 18:1. HEZEKIAH THE SON OF AHAZ BEGAN TO REIGN—See Note on chap. 2 Kings 16:2 as to the age of Ahaz. 2 Kings 18:4. HE REMOVED T...
EXPOSITION 18-25 THE HISTORY OF THE KINGDOM OF JUDAH AFTER THE FALL OF SAMARIA. 2 KINGS 18:1 THE ACCESSION OF HEZEKIAH. HIS SUCCESSES. HIS WAR WITH SENNACHERIB. 2 KINGS 18:1 THE EARLY YEARS Or HE...
In chapter eighteen we now move back to the southern kingdom of Judah. Inasmuch as the northern kingdom has now been destroyed from the rest of the... from the rest of Second Kings on we'll be dealing...
1 Kings 15:12; 1 Kings 15:13; 1 Kings 15:14; 1 Kings 22:43; 1 Kings 3:2; 1 Kings 3:3; 2 Chronicles 19:3; 2 Chronicles 31:1; 2 Chronicles 33:3;...
Serpent — The most of them, or such as the people most frequented: for all were not taken away, 2 Kings 23:13, tho' his own father had set them up. We must never dishonour God, in honour to our earthl...