George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
2 Chronicles 32:33
Above, for distinction's sake: (C.) meriti prærogativa. S. Jerom, Trad. M. --- The cell was either higher than the rest, or a sort of pyramid was erected over the tomb of Ezechias. C.
Above, for distinction's sake: (C.) meriti prærogativa. S. Jerom, Trad. M. --- The cell was either higher than the rest, or a sort of pyramid was erected over the tomb of Ezechias. C.
Verse 2 Chronicles 32:33. _CHIEFEST OF THE SEPULCHRES_] This respect they paid to _him_ who, since David, had been the best of all their kings. I shall subjoin a few things from the _Targum_ on this...
THE CHIEFEST OF THE SEPULCHRES - Most modern commentators render - “on the ascent to the sepulchres;” but some think that an excavation above all the other tombs - in the same repository, but at a hig...
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;...
SLEPT WITH HIS FATHERS. See note on Deuteronomy 31:16....
_in the chiefest_ R.V. IN THE ASCENT, LXX. ἐν ἀναβάσει. _did him honour_ Cp. 2Ch 16:14; 2 Chronicles 21:19....
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...
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'...
IN THE CHIEFEST] RV 'in the ascent': i.e. on the road that led up to the sepulchres....
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...
AND THEY BURIED HIM... HONOUR AT HIS DEATH. — Statements peculiar to the chronicler. They go to prove an authority besides the canonical books of Kings. THE CHIEFEST. — Rather, _the ascent_ — i.e., _t...
וַ יִּשְׁכַּ֨ב יְחִזְקִיָּ֜הוּ עִם ־אֲבֹתָ֗יו וַֽ...
HEZEKIAH: THE RELIGIOUS VALUE OF MUSIC 2 Chronicles 29:1; 2 Chronicles 30:1; 2 Chronicles 31:1;...
ONE FLAW IN A GOOD LIFE 2 Chronicles 32:24 What this sign was is more clearly told in Isaiah 38:1. Great interpositions on the part of God impose corresponding responsibilities. If you have received...
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...
REFLECTIONS So royal a character as Hezekiah, and especially after the view we have had before of his father Ahaz, demands our thankfulness to the God of our mercies, who maketh one to differ from ano...
Here's the end of Hezekiah, which forms the final end of end of all. Dust thou art, and unto dust shalt, thou return. But the memory of the just is blessed!...
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 HEZEKIAH SLEPT WITH HIS FATHERS,.... Died, as they did: AND THEY BURIED HIM IN THE CHIEFEST OF THE SEPULCHRES OF THE SONS OF DAVID; in the more honourable and principal of them; there are still t...
And Hezekiah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the chiefest of the sepulchres of the sons of David: and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem did him honour at his death. And Manasse...
_All Judah did him honour at his death_ They buried him in the chiefest of the sepulchres, made as great burning for him as for Asa; or, which is a much greater honour, made great lamentation for him,...
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...
The Assyrians Destroyed. The End of Hezekiah's Reign....
And Hezekiah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the chiefest of the sepulchers of the sons of David, in a place higher on the slope than the tombs then occupied. AND ALL JUDAH AND THE INHA...
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 c...
CHIEFEST: Or, highest...
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 kn...
No text from Poole on this verse....
2 Chronicles 32:33 Hezekiah H3169 rested H7901 (H8799) fathers H1 buried H6912 (H8799) upper H4608 tombs H6913
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...
_Now the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, and his goodness._ HEZEKIAH’S GOODNESS I. The genuine goodness shall not want appropriate record and remembrance. 1. God, the inspirer of goodness in the hear...
2 CHRONICLES—NOTE ON 2 CHRONICLES 32:32 THE VISION OF ISAIAH THE PROPHET... IN THE BOOK OF THE KINGS OF JUDAH AND ISRAEL. Not the canonical book of Isaiah 1:1
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 ...
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;...
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 whe...
1 Kings 1:21; 1 Kings 11:43; 1 Kings 2:10; 1 Samuel 2:30; 1 Samuel 25:1
Did him honour — It is a debt we owe to those who have been eminently useful, to do them honour at their death, when they are out of the reach of flattery, and we have seen the end of their conversati...