Whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah hath taken away; thereby robbing him of that worship and service which he had in those places. Thus boldly he speaks of these things which he understood not, judging of the great God by their false and petty gods; and judging of God's worship according to the vain fancies of the heathens, who measured piety by the multitude of altars.
Verse 2 Kings 18:22. _WHOSE HIGH PLACES AND WHOSE ALTARS HEZEKIAH HATH TAKEN_ _AWAY_] This was artfully malicious. Many of the people sacrificed to Jehovah on the _high_ places; Hezekiah had removed...
The destruction of numerous shrines and altars where Yahweh had been worshipped 2 Kings 18:4 seemed to the Rab-shakeh conduct calculated not to secure the favor, but to call forth the anger, of the go...
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...
IF YE SAY. Isaiah 36:7. If thou say. Spoken to one, but meant for all....
_We trust in the Lord our God_ Probably Rab-shakeh knew something about the character of Egypt and her ability and likeliness to help. -Rahab that sitteth still" (Isaiah 30:7 R.V.) was a name probably...
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...
_BUT IF YE SAY UNTO ME, WE TRUST IN THE LORD OUR GOD: IS NOT THAT HE, WHOSE HIGH PLACES AND WHOSE ALTARS HEZEKIAH HATH TAKEN AWAY, AND HATH SAID TO JUDAH AND JERUSALEM, YE SHALL WORSHIP BEFORE THIS AL...
WHOSE HIGH PLACES, etc.] Rabshakeh thought that such sacrilege was calculated to provoke the anger of the Lord, whereas Hezekiah's action really conduced to religious purity: see on 2 Kings 18:4....
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...
BUT IF YE SAY. — The address seems to turn abruptly from Hezekiah to his ministers, and to the garrison of Jerusalem in general. But the LXX., Syriac, Arabic, and Isaiah 36:7 have the singular, “But i...
וְ כִי ־תֹאמְר֣וּן אֵלַ֔י אֶל ־יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֵ
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...
But if ye say unto me, We trust in the LORD our God: [is] not that he, whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah hath (h) taken away, and hath said to Judah and Jerusalem, Ye shall worship before th...
_Jerusalem. Many were perhaps displeased at this injunction, and Rabsaces endeavoured to excite them to revolt, and insinuates (Calmet) that the king had made God his enemy, (Haydock) and must expect...
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...
2 Kings 18:17...
But if ye say unto me, We trust in the LORD our God: [is] not that he, whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah hath taken away, and hath said to Judah and Jerusalem, Ye shall worship before this a...
_But if ye say, We trust in the Lord_ His weak arguing here proceeds from his ignorance of that God in whom Hezekiah trusted, and of his law. _Is not that he whose high places, &c., Hezekiah hath take...
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 ASSYRIAN EXPEDITION AGAINST JERUSALEM...
But if ye say unto me, We trust in the Lord, our God, is not that He whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah hath taken away, and hath said to Judah and Jerusalem, Ye shall worship before this alt...
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...
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...
2 Kings 18:22 say H559 (H8799) trust H982 (H8804) LORD H3068 God H430 places H1116 altars H4196 Hezekiah...
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 18:19 Sennacherib’s men claim that EGYPT will not help Hezekiah. They also claim that TRUST IN THE LORD is useless, because the Lord is angry with Hezekiah fo
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...
1 Corinthians 2:15; 2 Chronicles 31:1; 2 Chronicles 32:12; 2 Kings 18:4;...
Is not, &c. — Thus boldly he speaks of the things which he understood not, judging of the great God, by their petty gods; and of God's worship by the vain fancies of the Heathens, who measured piety b...