George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
2 Kings 19:34
Own sake, who have chosen this city for my sanctuary. (Menochius) --- David. Here again we behold the influence of the saints with God. (Haydock)
Own sake, who have chosen this city for my sanctuary. (Menochius) --- David. Here again we behold the influence of the saints with God. (Haydock)
FOR MINE OWN SAKE - God’s honor was concerned to defend His own city against one who denied His power in direct terms, as did Sennacherib 2 Kings 18:35; 2 Kings 19:10. His faithfulness was also concer...
2. HEZEKIAH AND ISAIAH AND THE DELIVERANCE CHAPTER 19 _ 1. Hezekiah's message to Isaiah (2 Kings 19:1)_ 2. Isaiah's answer. (2 Kings 19:6) 3. Sennacherib's message to Hezekiah (2 Kings 19:8;...
2 KINGS 19:2. UNTO ISAIAH: from the Book of Isaiah we learn that the prophet had steadily opposed Hezekiah's intrigues against Assyria. SHELNA: Isaiah 22:15 *. 2 Kings 19:9. Ethiopia was the country S...
DEFEND. spread, or be. shield over. FOR MINE OWN SAKE. Man's sins cannot foil God's purpose. He does not go outside of His own will to explain His actions in grace....
_for mine own sake_ God's mercy and love to Israel were manifested that in them He might have witness to all the world. Hence the Psalmist often celebrates these qualities, and adds that they were she...
_HEZEKIAH, MOURNING, SENDETH TO ISAIAH TO PRAY FOR HIM; HE COMFORTETH HIM: SENNACHERIB SENDETH A BLASPHEMOUS LETTER TO HEZEKIAH; HEZEKIAH'S PRAYER. AN ANGEL SLAYETH THE ASSYRIANS: SENNACHERIB IS SLAIN...
C. SENNACHERIB'S SECOND SURRENDER DEMAND 19:8-34 By means of a personal letter to Hezekiah King Sennacherib intensified the pressure to secure the surrender of Jerusalem (2 Kings 19:8-13). This new de...
_FOR I WILL DEFEND THIS CITY, TO SAVE IT, FOR MINE OWN SAKE, AND FOR MY SERVANT DAVID'S SAKE._ For mine own sake - (cf. Isaiah 48:11.) AND FOR MY SERVANT DAVID'S SAKE - i:e., from regard to the prom...
MINE OWN SAKE] God's intentions towards His people could not be foiled altogether through the sins of the latter; so that though the divine justice had demanded the chastisement of the nation, the div...
THE DELIVERANCE OF JERUSALEM 2. Isaiah the prophet] This is the first mention of Isaiah in this book, but his own writings show that he had been an active teacher and statesman not only during the ear...
THE LAST KINGS OF *ISRAEL AND *JUDAH BOOK OF 2 KINGS _PHILIP SMITH_ CHAPTER 19 ISAIAH THE *PROPHET V1 When King Hezekiah heard that, he tore his clothes. He dressed himself in rough cloth and h...
(32-34) This may be, as Mr. Cheyne supposes, an after _addition_ to the original prophecy. Isaiah may have spoken it a little later, in which case it was quite natural for an editor to append it here,...
FOR I WILL DEFEND. — _And I will cover_ (_with a shield_). (Comp. Isaiah 31:5; Isaiah 38:6; 2 Kings 20:6.) FOR MY SERVANT DAVID’S SAKE. — See...
וְ גַנֹּותִ֛י אֶל ־הָ עִ֥יר הַ זֹּ֖את
THE GREAT DELIVERANCE B.C. 701 2 Kings 19:1 "There brake He the arrows of the bow, the shield, the sword, and the battle." - Psalms 76:3. "And the might of the Gentile, unsmote by the sword Hath...
THE ANSWER OF THE KING OF KINGS 2 Kings 19:25 These verses, taken with Isaiah 10:5, form a most suggestive and sublime comment on the words, “the Lord reigneth.” They show us God using the Assyrian a...
In the presence of the undoubted peril, Hezekiah in penitence turned to his old and trusted friend, the prophet Isaiah, and charged him to pray for that remnant of God's people which still remained. H...
What a multitude of most rich and precious things appear in these verses. Observe, Reader! how long an answer the Lord returns to a short prayer. God is not only more ready to hear than we to pray; bu...
"And he sent Eliakim, which was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and the elders of the priests covered with sackcloth to Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz" (2 Kings 19:1-37). He goes to Je...
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...
2 Kings 19:1...
For I will defend this city, to save it, for mine own sake, and for my servant David's sake. Ver. 34. _For I will defend this city._] I will cover it as with a shield, - so the word signifieth see 2...
_By the same shall he return_ Whereas he expected to devour the kingdom of Judah at one morsel, and then to proceed farther and conquer Egypt, and other neighbouring countries; and _to cut off nations...
1 Hezekiah mourning, sendeth to Esay to pray for them. 6 Esay comforteth them. 8 Sennacherib going to encounter Tirhakah, sendeth a blasphemous letter to Hezekiah. 14 Hezekiah his prayer. 20 Esay...
Hezekiah's Prayer and the Deliverance of Jerusalem...
For I WILL DEFEND THIS CITY, TO SAVE IT, FOR MINE OWN SAKE, to uphold His honor against the blasphemy of the Assyrian, and for My servant David's sake, on account of the promise made to him, 1 Kings 1...
GOD'S ANSWER THROUGH ISAIAH (vv.1-7) Hezekiah, when he heard the report, showed the same humble attitude as his three servants had. He tore his cloches and put on sackcloth, the symbol of repentanc...
20-34 All Sennacherib's motions were under the Divine cognizance. God himself undertakes to defend the city; and that person, that place, cannot but be safe, which he undertakes to protect. The invas...
For my promise and covenant's sake, made with David concerning the stability and eternity of his kingdom. See 1 KINGS 11:12,13....
2 Kings 19:34 defend H1598 (H8804) city H5892 save H3467 (H8687) servant H5650 Davids H1732 I will defend -...
THE FINAL ORACLE OF DELIVERANCE WHICH WILL RESULT IN ITS OWN FULFILMENT (2 KINGS 19:32). The final oracle was put in plain and straightforward terms that could leave no doubt. It was the policy of gre...
CONTENTS: Hezekiah's message to Isaiah and the answer. Sennacherib defies God. Hezekiah's prayer and the answer through Isaiah. CHARACTERS: God, angel (Jesus), Hezekiah, Isaiah, Sennacherib, Eliakim,...
2 Kings 19:7. _I will send a blast,_ not the simoon or hot wind, very sulphurous and destructive, as in Berosus, but the immediate visitation of an angel, as when the firstborn of the Egyptians were a...
_And it came to pass when King Hezekiah heard it, he rent his clothes._ A NATION’S CALAMITIES, COUNSELLOR, AND GOD I. The exposure of a nation to an overwhelming calamity. 1. The nature of the thre...
2 KINGS—NOTE ON 2 KINGS 19:32 CONCERNING THE KING OF ASSYRIA. The third part of Isaiah’s prophecy makes clear the circumstances in which Sennacherib will RETURN home (vv....
JERUSALEM SUPERNATURALLY DELIVERED CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.— 2 Kings 19:2. SENT TO THE PROPHET ISAIAH—The prophet, in that Jewish age, was regarded as the messenger and representative of Jehov...
EXPOSITION 2 KINGS 19:1 SECOND EXPEDITION OF SENNACHERIB AGAINST HEZEKIAH (_continued_)._ _The chapter falls into four portions: (1) The sequel to the embassy of Rabshakeh ...
So it came to pass, when Hezekiah heard the words and the threats and the blasphemy, that he tore his clothes, covered himself with sackcloth, and went to the house of the LORD. And Eliakim, which was...
1 Kings 11:12; 1 Kings 11:13; 1 Kings 15:4; 2 Kings 20:6; De