Then they, the messengers on their first visit, cried with a loud voice in the Jews' speech, in the Hebrew language, unto the people of Jerusalem that were on the wall, to affright them and to trouble them, that they might take the city, after having broken down the morale of its defenders by the methods here recounted.
The author of Chronicles compresses into 13 verses the history which occupies in Kings a chapter and a half (2 Kings 18:17; where see the notes). 2 Chronicles 32:10 IN THE SIEGE - Perhaps “in straitn...
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;...
_in the Jews" speech_ R.V. IN THE JEWS" LANGUAGE. Cp. 2 Kings 18:28 ff. The Rab-shakeh shewed clearly that his object was not to treat with Hezekiah, but to excite a revolt among the Jews against Heze...
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...
_THEN THEY CRIED WITH A LOUD VOICE IN THE JEWS' SPEECH UNTO THE PEOPLE OF JERUSALEM THAT WERE ON THE WALL, TO AFFRIGHT THEM, AND TO TROUBLE THEM; THAT THEY MIGHT TAKE THE CITY._ They cried with a lou...
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'...
THEY CRIED] i.e. the 'servants' of 2 Chronicles 32:16. In the Jews' speech] see 2 Kings 18:26....
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...
(1-23) Invasion and Divine overthrow of Sennacherib. (Comp. 2 Kings 18:13 to 2 Kings 19:37.) The Assyrian monarch’s own record of the campaign may be read on his great hexagonal prism of terra-cotta,...
(9-21) A brief summary of what is related in 2 Kings 18:17 to 2 Kings 19:37....
THEY CRIED... ON THE WALL. — LXX. and Vulg., “he cried” (_i.e.,_ the Rab-sak). (See 2 Kings 18:26.) TO AFFRIGHT THEM, AND TO TROUBLE (_terrify, scare_) THEM; THAT THEY MIGHT TAKE THE CITY. — This is t...
וַ יִּקְרְא֨וּ בְ קֹול ־גָּדֹ֜ול יְהוּדִ֗ית ע
HEZEKIAH: THE RELIGIOUS VALUE OF MUSIC 2 Chronicles 29:1; 2 Chronicles 30:1; 2 Chronicles 31:1;...
THE CRY TO HEAVEN ANSWERED 2 Chronicles 32:16 Sennacherib's generals were even more insolent than himself. Their aim was to discourage the people and undermine their faith. To destroy confidence in G...
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...
Then they (l) cried with a loud voice in the Jews' speech unto the people of Jerusalem that [were] on the wall, to affright them, and to trouble them; that they might take the city. (l) Their words a...
By this time Israel had been carried away captive. And Sennacherib thought to do the same by Judah. The Holy Ghost hath considered this part of the church's history so important, as to cause three rec...
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,...
THEN THEY CRIED WITH A LOUD VOICE IN THE JEWS' SPEECH UNTO THE PEOPLE OF JERUSALEM THAT WERE ON THE WALL,.... The messengers of Sennacherib, particularly Rabshakeh the chief speaker; though they were...
Then they cried with a loud voice in the Jews' speech unto the people of Jerusalem that [were] on the wall, to affright them, and to trouble them; that they might take the city. Ver. 18. Then they cr...
_That they might take the city_ By a surrender of it into their hands. _They spake against the God of Jerusalem, as against the gods of the people_ They set the God of Israel, the Creator of heaven an...
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...
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...
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 b...
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2 Chronicles 32:18 called H7121 (H8799) loud H1419 voice H6963 Hebrew H3066 people H5971 Jerusalem H3389 wall...
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...
2 CHRONICLES—NOTE ON 2 CHRONICLES 32:1, 2 CHRONICLES 32:30 Hezekiah built a new WATER system for Jerusalem. A tunnel brought water directly fr
2 CHRONICLES—NOTE ON 2 CHRONICLES 32:18 The LANGUAGE OF JUDAH was Hebrew. Aramaic was the international language of Judah and the nations surrounding it (see 2 Ki
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 Samuel 17:10; 1 Samuel 17:26; 2 Kings 18:26; Isaiah 36:13; N