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2 Kings 18:17-37
The Assyrian Expedition Against Jerusalem
The Assyrian Expedition Against Jerusalem
Verse 2 Kings 18:17. _THE KING OF ASSYRIA SENT TARTAN, C._] Calmet has very justly remarked that these are not the names of _persons_, but of _offices_. _Tartan_, תרתן tartan or _tantan_, as in the pa...
An interval of time must be placed between this verse and the last. Sennacherib, content with his successes, had returned to Nineveh with his spoil and his numerous captives. Hezekiah, left to himself...
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 18:13 TO 2 KINGS 19:37. SENNACHERIB'S CAMPAIGN. 2 Kings 18:13. In the fourteenth year: if Hezekiah began to reign five years before the fall of Samaria (722 B.C.), and Sennacherib did not succ...
KING OF ASSYRIA. Some suppose Sargon, and treat Sennacherib as. mistake here. But probably Sennacherib was the co-regent in the field. Compare Jerusalem's being taken by Nebuchadnezzar, while Nabo-pol...
The Assyrian army sent against Jerusalem. Rab-shakeh's arguments for a surrender of the city (2 Chronicles 32:2-12; Isaiah 36:2-10) 17. _the king of Assyria sent Tartan_ In the light of the record in...
B. SENNACHERIB'S INITIAL SURRENDER DEMANDS 18:17-19:7 The Assyrian king was not satisfied with the tribute paid by Hezekiah. He wanted nothing less than the total surrender of Jerusalem. While he hims...
_AND THE KING OF ASSYRIA SENT TARTAN AND RABSARIS AND RABSHAKEH FROM LACHISH TO KING HEZEKIAH WITH A GREAT HOST AGAINST JERUSALEM. AND THEY WENT UP AND CAME TO JERUSALEM. AND WHEN THEY WERE COME UP, T...
18:17 Rab-shakeh (e-11) Or 'the marshal, the chief chamberlain, and the chief officer.'...
THE KING OF ASSYRIA SENT] It is probable that the surrender, described in 2 Kings 18:14, was expected by the Jews to secure their city from further molestation; but Sennacherib was moving towards Egyp...
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...
AND THE KING OF ASSYRIA SENT... — Apparently in careless violation of his word, as Josephus states. TARTAN. — Rather, _the commander-in-chief;_ called in Assyrian _tur-ta-nu,_ a word of Sumerian orig...
וַ יִּשְׁלַ֣ח מֶֽלֶךְ ־אַשּׁ֡וּר אֶת ־תַּרְתָּ֥ן...
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...
HEZEKIAH AND ASSYRIA B.C. 701 2 Kings 18:13; 2 Kings 19:1 "When, sudden-how think ye the end? Did I say ‘without friend'? Say rather from marge to blue marge The whole sky grew his targe, With...
THREATENED BY WORLDLY MIGHT 2 Kings 18:13 It is an interesting fact that this siege of Lachish is mentioned on the Assyrian monuments, and Sennacherib is depicted as giving orders for its destruction...
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...
And the king of Assyria sent (e) Tartan and Rabsaris and Rabshakeh from Lachish to king Hezekiah with a great host against Jerusalem. And they went up and came to Jerusalem. And when they were come up...
Tharthan, or Thathania, (1 Esdras v. 3.) and in the Greek of Isaias xx. 1., means "the president of tributes," or presents. The two other names denote "the chief eunuch," and "the chief butler," and a...
Hezekiah is soon taught what a base wretch he had to do with, who not only took Hezekiah's gold, and then turned against him, with more force, in the perfidy of his heart, but even charged Hezekiah wi...
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...
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...
AND THE KING OF ASSYRIA SENT TARTAN AND RABSARIS, AND RABSHAKEH FROM LACHISH TO KING HEZEKIAH WITH A GREAT HOST AGAINST JERUSALEM,.... Notwithstanding he took the above large sum of money of him, so f...
And the king of Assyria sent Tartan and Rabsaris and Rabshakeh from Lachish to king Hezekiah with a great host against Jerusalem. And they went up and came to Jerusalem. And when they were come up, th...
_The king of Assyria sent Tartan_ Having received the money, upon which he agreed to depart from Hezekiah and his land, he breaks his faith with him; thereby justifying his revolt, and preparing the w...
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...
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 cap...
GREAT: _ Heb._ heavy...
17-37 Rabshakeh tries to convince the Jews, that it was to no purpose for them to stand it out. What confidence is this wherein thou trustest? It were well if sinners would submit to the force of thi...
THE KING OF ASSYRIA SENT; having received the money, upon which he agreed to depart from Hezekiah and his land, 2 KINGS 18:16. He breaks his faith with Hezekiah, thereby justifying Hezekiah's rebellio...
2 Kings 18:17 king H4428 Assyria H804 sent H7971 (H8799) Tartan H8661 Rabsaris H7249 Rabshakeh H7262 Lachish H3923
THE INVASION OF JUDAH BY SENNACHERIB RESULTS IN HEZEKIAH YIELDING AND BEING CALLED ON TO FACE MAJOR PENALTIES, ONLY FOR SENNACHERIB TO DO AN ABOUT FACE AND DECIDE TO TAKE JERUSALEM AFTER ALL (2 KINGS...
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 of...
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...
2 KINGS—NOTE ON 2 KINGS 18:17 While attacking Lachish, Sennacherib decides not to accept Hezekiah’s attempt to persuade him to withdraw (vv. 2 Kings 18:14). Instead, Sennacherib sends an army to Jerus...
CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.— 2 Kings 18:13. IN THE FOURTEENTH YEAR OF HEZEKIAH DID SENNACHERIB, &c.—_Comp._ Isaiah 36. This mighty Assyrian was with his vast army on his way to war with his hated...
EXPOSITION 18-25 THE HISTORY OF THE KINGDOM OF JUDAH AFTER THE FALL OF SAMARIA. 2 KINGS 18:1 THE ACCESSION
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...
2 Chronicles 32:9; 2 Kings 20:20; Isaiah 20:1; Isaiah 22:9; Isaiah
Sent — Having received the money, upon which he agreed to depart from Hezekiah and his land, he breaks his faith with Hezekiah, thereby justifying his revolt, and preparing the way for his own destruc...