Sargon had established the complete dominion of Assyria over the Philistines. Hence, the object of Hezekiah’s Philistine campaign was not so much conquest as opposition to the Assyrian power. How successful it was is indicated in the Assyrian records by the number of towns in this quarter which Sennacherib recovered before he proceeded against Jerusalem.
Verse 2 Kings 18:8. _FROM THE TOWER OF THE WATCHMEN_] See the same words, 2 Kings 17:9. It seems a proverbial mode of expression: he reduced every kind of fortification; nothing was able to stand befo...
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 18-20. THE REIGN OF HEZEKIAH. These three Chapter s give an account of the reign of the best king of Judah, and a parallel but somewhat less full account is found in Isaiah 36-39. There is ano...
_he smote the Philistines_, even _unto Gaza_ Gaza was the most southern of the five great towns of the Philistines, so that it is intimated that the whole land of Philistia was overrun by the king of...
I. GENERAL INTRODUCTION TO THE REIGN OF HEZEKIAH 18:1-12 TRANSLATION (1) And it came to pass in the third year of Hoshea the son of Elah king of Israel, that Hezekiah the son of Ahaz king of Judah be...
_HE SMOTE THE PHILISTINES, EVEN UNTO GAZA, AND THE BORDERS THEREOF, FROM THE TOWER OF THE WATCHMEN TO THE FENCED CITY._ No JFB commentary on this verse....
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...
SMOTE THE PHILISTINES] probably such as remained loyal to Assyria....
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...
HE SMOTE. — _He it was who smote._ The reduction of the Philistines was probably subsequent to the retreat of Sennacherib. (Comp. 2 Chronicles 32:22; Isaiah 11:14.) UNTO GAZA. — The southernmost part...
הֽוּא ־הִכָּ֧ה אֶת ־פְּלִשְׁתִּ֛ים עַד ־עַזָּ֖ה...
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...
A RESOLUTE RELIGIOUS REFORMER 2 Kings 18:1 It is wonderful that such a man as Ahaz should have had so good a son, but it is likely that Hezekiah had a good mother. See 2 Chronicles 29:1; 2 Chronicles...
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...
He smote the Philistines, [even] unto Gaza, and the borders thereof, (c) from the tower of the watchmen to the fenced city. (c) Read (2 Kings 17:9)....
_City. Thus he punished them for their late invasion, 2 Paralipomenon xxviii. 18._...
This is a kind of parenthesis to what went before, and what follows: for it repeats what the former chapter related, the capture of Samaria; and is no further connected with the history of Judah, than...
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...
HE SMOTE THE PHILISTINES EVEN UNTO GAZA, AND THE BORDERS THEREOF,.... Who in his father's time had invaded Judah, and taken many cities and towns in it, which Hezekiah now recovered, and drove them to...
He smote the Philistines, [even] unto Gaza, and the borders thereof, from the tower of the watchmen to the fenced city. Ver. 8. _He smote the Philistines._] A warlike people, and therefore his glory...
_He smote the Philistines even unto Gaza_ And recovered from them what his father had lost, and more, 2 Chronicles 28:18. _From the tower of the watchmen to the fenced city_ That is, all the country o...
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...
HEZEKIAH KING OVER JUDAH...
He smote the Philistines, the ancient enemy of Judah on the west, EVEN UNTO GAZA AND THE BORDERS THEREOF, the southernmost of their city-states, FROM THE TOWER OF THE WATCHMEN TO THE FENCED CITY, the...
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...
GAZA: _ Heb._ Azzah.! [sic]...
1-8 Hezekiah was a true son of David. Some others did that which was right, but not like David. Let us not suppose that when times and men are bad, they must needs grow worse and worse; that does not...
HE SMOTE THE PHILISTINES, and recovered from them what his father had lost, 2 CHRONICLES 28:18, and more. FROM THE TOWER OF THE WATCHMEN TO THE FENCED CITY; of which phrase SEE POOLE ON "2 KINGS 17:9...
2 Kings 18:8 subdued H5221 (H8689) Philistines H6430 Gaza H5804 territory H1366 watchtower H4026 H5341 (H8802) forti
SUMMARY OF HEZEKIAH'S REIGN (2 KINGS 18:4). The activities and accomplishments of Hezekiah are now summarised, and his continuing faithfulness to YHWH and consequent success come out in this summary....
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 18:7 Because of Hezekiah’s faithfulness, THE LORD WAS WITH HIM in his military exploits (compare 1 Samuel 16:18
THE REIGN OF HEZEKIAH THE GOOD CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.— 2 Kings 18:1. HEZEKIAH THE SON OF AHAZ BEGAN TO REIGN—See Note on chap. 2 Kings 16:2 as to the age of Ahaz. 2 Kings 18:4. He removed t...
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 Chronicles 4:41; 2 Chronicles 26:10; 2 Chronicles 28:18; 2 Kings 17:9;...