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Isaiah 36:21

they held their peace i.e. the people on the wall, as is expressed in 2 Kings 18:36.

Isaiah 37:1. Hezekiah, thrown back at last on the policy of faith consistently advocated by Isaiah, sends an influential deputation to the prophet, entreating him to intercede for the nation in this extremity. (Cf. 2 Kings 12:12-14; Jeremiah 37:3) The king's message could not fail to be interpreted as a public confession of the utter failure of the policy which had landed him in such a desperate situation.

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See also Isaiah 36:21 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Isaiah 36:21. _BUT THEY HELD THEIR PEACE _- "But the people held their peace"] The word העם _haam, the people_, is supplied from the other copy, and is authorized by a MS. which inserts it after...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    BUT THEY HELD THEIR PEACE - Hezekiah had commanded them not to answer. They were simply to hear what Rabshakeh had to propose, and to report to him, that he might decide on what course to pursue. It w...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    THE HISTORICAL PARENTHESIS (36-39) The center of the book of Isaiah is a brief but deeply interesting historical account of events during the reign of King Hezekiah. His name is mentioned not less tha...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    ISAIAH 36-39. This section has been extracted from 2 Kings 18:13 to 2 Kings 20:19, and the Song of Hezekiah has been added. For an exposition see the notes on 2 K.; here we have simply to deal with th...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    3. PATIENCE TEXT: Isaiah 36:21-22 21 But they held their peace, and answered him not a word; for the king's commandment was, saying, Answer him not. 22 Then came Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, that...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    But they held their peace, and answered him not a word: for the king's commandment was, saying, Answer him not. ANSWERED HIM NOT A WORD - so as not to enter into a war of words with the blasphemer...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    1. IN THE FOURTEENTH YEAR] The chronology is difficult. From Isaiah 38:1; Isaiah 39:1 we might conclude that Hezekiah's sickness and the Babylonian embassy followed Sennacherib's invasion, whereas Isa...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    ISAIAH: GOD CONTROLS THE NATIONS GOD DEFENDS *JERUSALEM ISAIAH CHAPTER S 31 TO 39 _NORMAN HILLYER_ CHAPTER 36 THE *ASSYRIANS ATTACK JUDAH V1 Hezekiah had been king of Judah for nearly 14 years...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    BUT THEY HELD THEIR PEACE... — Hezekiah seems to have commanded silence, as if distrustful either of the wisdom of the ambassadors or of the effect which any chance words might have upon the garrison...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וַֽ יַּחֲרִ֔ישׁוּ וְ לֹֽא ־עָנ֥וּ אֹתֹ֖ו דָּב

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    BOOK 4 JERUSALEM AND SENNACHERIB 701 B.C. INTO this fourth book we put all the rest of the prophecies of the Book of Isaiah, that have to do with the prophet's own time: Chapter s 1, 22 and 33, wit...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    This chapter is the first of four which constitute a brief historical interlude. All have to do with Hezekiah and Isaiah. The first two are related to the prophecies of judgment so far as they are of...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    But they (n) held their peace, and answered him not a word: for the king's commandment was, saying, Answer him not. (n) Not that they did not show by evident signs that they detested his blasphemy: o...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    21._And they were silent. _This is added in order that we may more fully understand how deep was the affliction which prevailed throughout the whole of Judea; for the good king, having hardly any stre...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 36, 37, 38, AND 39. Chapter s 36-39 relate the history of the invasion of Sennacherib, its result, and the sickness unto death of Hezekiah, which preceded it:...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    BUT THEY HELD THEIR PEACE, AND ANSWERED HIM NOT A WORD,.... The three ministers of Hezekiah; not as confounded, and unable to return an answer: they were capable of saying many things in proof that th...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _A.M. 3292. B.C. 712._ In this and the three following Chapter s is contained the historical part of the book of Isaiah, relating a memorable transaction, strongly confirmative of the divine mission...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Isaiah's Prophecy and its Fulfillment...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    But they, the men of Judah, also those on the wall, HELD THEIR PEACE AND ANSWERED HIM NOT A WORD, for a single incautious remark might have worked great harm; FOR THE KING'S COMMANDMENT WAS, SAYING, A...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Rahshakeh's Efforts to bring about Revolt...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    No text from Poole on this verse....

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Isaiah 36:21 peace H2790 (H8686) answered H6030 (H8804) word H1697 kings H4428 commandment H4687 was H559 ...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    ‘But they held their peace and did not answer him a word, for the king's command was, “Do not answer him”.' Then Eliakim, the son of Hilkiah, who was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joa...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Sennacherib's invasion and Jehovah's deliverance. The threats of Rabshakeh. CHARACTERS: God, Sennacherib, Rabskakeh, Hezekiah, Eliakim, Shebnab, Joab, Pharaoh. CONCLUSION: The enemies of G...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Isaiah 36:1. _In the fourteenth year of Hezekiah,_ Sennacherib came up against all the cities of Judah. This history is related in 2 Chronicles 32., with notes and comments: but it was proper for Isai...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Hear ye the words of the great king_ THE BLAND INSINUATIONS OF THE ENEMIES OF GOD’S PEOPLE When Satan would tempt men from trusting in God and cleaving to Him, he doth it by insinuating that in yiel...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    HEZEKIAH’S PRUDENT SILENCE Isaiah 36:21. _But they held their peace, &c._ Dr. Geikie says of Hezekiah, “Ready for war when necessary, and alike brave and skilful in its conduct, he was more inclined...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    PART II. HISTORICAL SKETCH OF EVENTS IN THE REIGN OF HEZEKIAH (CH. 36-39.). SECTION I. SENNACHERIB'S ATTEMPTS TO REDUCE JUDAEA, AND HIS OVERTHR

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Shall we turn to Isaiah chapter 36. Last week as we completed the thirty-fifth chapter of the book of Isaiah, of course, we got into those glorious prophecies of the future Kingdom Age when Jesus Chri...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    2 Kings 18:26; 2 Kings 18:37; Amos 5:13; Matthew 7:6; Proverbs 26:4;...

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