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Verse 2 Kings 18:37. _THEN CAME ELIAKIM - AND SHEBNA - AND JOAH - TO
HEZEKIAH WITH_ THEIR _CLOTHES RENT_] It was the custom of the Hebrews,
when they heard any blasphemy, to rend their clothes, becau...
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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...
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_with_their _clothes rent_ See note on Chap. 2 Kings 5:7....
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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...
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_THEN CAME ELIAKIM THE SON OF HILKIAH, WHICH WAS OVER THE HOUSEHOLD,
AND SHEBNA THE SCRIBE, AND JOAH THE SON OF ASAPH THE RECORDER, TO
HEZEKIAH WITH THEIR CLOTHES RENT, AND TOLD HIM THE WORDS OF
RABSH...
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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...
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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...
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וַ יָּבֹ֣א אֶלְיָקִ֣ים בֶּן
־חִלְקִיָּ֣ה אֲשֶׁר...
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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...
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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...
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SILENT BEFORE THE BOASTER
2 Kings 18:26
The Jews met the taunts of Rabshakeh with silence. It was wise policy.
It is infinitely better to hand over our cause to God, and leave Him
to answer for us an...
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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...
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_Rent, as was customary on such dismal occasions. Joakim is
reprehended for not shewing this mark of consternation, when he heard
the dreadful predictions of Jeremias, xxxvi. 24. (Calmet)_...
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REFLECTIONS
THERE are many improving observations which arise out of this chapter.
In the first place, I would call upon the Reader to remark with me,
that though Hezekiah is said to have been the bes...
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How delightful it is to do as the servants of Hezekiah did upon
various trials; keep silence. In your patience (saith our dear Lord)
possess ye your souls. The rented garment and the sprinkled ashes,...
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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...
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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...
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2 Kings 18:17...
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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...
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THE ASSYRIAN EXPEDITION AGAINST JERUSALEM...
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Then came Eliakim, the son of Hilkiah, which was over the household,
and Shebna, the scribe, and Joah, the son of Asaph, the recorder, to
Hezekiah with their clothes rent, their great grief and sorrow...
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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...
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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...
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No text from Poole on this verse....
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2 Kings 18:37 Eliakim H471 son H1121 Hilkiah H2518 household H1004
Shebna H7644 scribe H5608 (H8802) Joah H3098 so
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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,...
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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...
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_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...
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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...
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EXPOSITION
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THE HISTORY OF THE KINGDOM OF JUDAH AFTER THE FALL OF SAMARIA.
2 KINGS 18:1
THE ACCESSION
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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...
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2 Kings 22:11; 2 Kings 22:19; 2 Kings 5:7; Genesis 37:29; Genesis 37: