Was worshipping, &c. — The God of Israel had done enough to convince him, that he was the only true God. Yet he persists in his idolatry. Justly then is his blood mingled with his sacrifices, who will not be convinced by so dear — bought a demonstration, of his folly in worshipping idols.
Verse 2 Kings 19:37. _NISROCH HIS GOD_] We know nothing of this deity; he is nowhere else mentioned. _SMOTE HIM WITH THE SWORD_] The rabbins say that his sons had learned that he intended to sacrific...
The death of Sennacherib, which took place many years afterward (680 B.C.), is related here, as, from the divine point of view, the sequel to his Syrian expeditions. NISROCH HIS GOD - Nisroch has not...
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...
NISROCH. Mentioned in the inscriptions. HIS SONS.. cylinder recently acquired (1910) by, and now in the British Museum, states: "On the twentieth day of the month Tebet (Dee.), Sennacherib, king of As...
in _the house of Nisroch_ The LXX. gives the name as Μεσεράχ. Of Nisroch we have no information except this passage, and it is uncertain whether the name be rightly represented in the Hebrew. Some hav...
_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. THE DELIVERANCE OF JUDAH 19:35-37 TRANSLATION (35) And it came to pass in that night that the angel of the LORD went out and smote in the camp of Assyria 185,000 men; and they arose in the morning...
_AND IT CAME TO PASS, AS HE WAS WORSHIPPING IN THE HOUSE OF NISROCH HIS GOD, THAT ADRAMMELECH AND SHAREZER HIS SONS SMOTE HIM WITH THE SWORD: AND THEY ESCAPED INTO THE LAND OF ARMENIA. AND ESARHADDON...
HIS SONS SMOTE HIM] Sennacherib's death did not occur until some 20 years after the destruction of his army, as described in 2 Kings 19:35 but though he took part in several expeditions subsequent to...
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...
AND IT CAME TO PASS. — Twenty years afterwards. NISROCH. — This name appears to be corrupt. The LXX. gives Νεσεραχ and Μεσορὰχ; Josephus, ἐν Αράσαη_,_ “in Araskè,” as if the name were that of the temp...
וַ יְהִי֩ ה֨וּא מִֽשְׁתַּחֲוֶ֜ה בֵּ֣ית ׀ נִסְרֹ֣ךְ...
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...
And it came to pass, as he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons (y) smote him with the sword: and they escaped into the land of Armenia. And Esarhadd...
CHAPTER XIX. Nesroch. Jospehus calls both the idol and the temple Araskes. Sennacherib persecuted the Israelites for 45 (Greek 55) days. (Tobias i. 21.) --- Sons, as the Jews suppose they were destin...
REFLECTIONS READER! in the opening of this chapter we take part with Hezekiah in his affliction, and feel the commiseration of the believer in the view of his sorrows, and desolate circumstances. Beho...
We have here not only the fulfillment of God's promises in the salvation of his people; but the pouring out of his anger in the destruction of his enemies. Sennacherib himself, though saved, was only...
"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 DEATH OF SENNACHERIB_ ‘As he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his god … his sons smote him with the sword.’ 2 Kings 19:37 If we consider (1) the character of Sennacherib’s life, and com...
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...
And it came to pass, as he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons smote him with the sword: and they escaped into the land of Armenia. And Esarhaddon h...
_He was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his god_ The God of Israel had done enough to convince him that he was the only true God, yet he persists in his idolatry: justly then is his blood mingled...
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...
And it came to pass, as he was worshiping in the house of Nisroch, his god, the chief Assyrian divinity, shown in human form with double wings and an eagle's head, THAT ADRAMMELECH AND SHAREZER, HIS S...
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...
ARMENIA: _ Heb._ Ararat...
35-37 That night which followed the sending of this message to Hezekiah, the main body of their army was slain. See how weak the mightiest men are before Almighty God. Who ever hardened himself again...
THE LAND OF ARMENIA was a place most fit for their purpose, because it was near to that part of Assyria, and was very mountainous and inaccessible by armies, and the people more stout and warlike, and...
2 Kings 19:37 worshiping H7812 (H8693) temple H1004 Nisroch H5268 god H430 sons H1121 Adrammelech H152 Sharezer H8272
YHWH TOTALLY UNEXPECTEDLY DEVASTATES THE ASSYRIAN ARMY CAUSING SENNACHERIB TO RETURN HOME WHERE SUBSEQUENTLY HE ARRANGES FOR HIS ASSASSINATION (2 KINGS 19:35). What happened now was totally unexpected...
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...
_His sons smote him with the sword._ THE DEATH OF SENNACHERIB Why are we told of this fact? Holy Scripture, as a general rule, passes over the lives and deaths and exploits of the mere great men of t...
_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 19:37 Though he was WORSHIPING IN THE HOUSE OF NISROCH HIS GOD, this false god could not protect the king. Sennacherib’s assassins flee to ARARAT, known to the Assyrians as Ura...
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...
2 Chronicles 32:14; 2 Chronicles 32:19; 2 Chronicles 32:21; 2 Kings 18:30;...