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Verse 2 Chronicles 32:4. _STOPPED ALL THE FOUNTAINS_] This was
prudently done, for without water how could an immense army subsist in
an _arid_ _country_? No doubt the Assyrian army suffered much thr...
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The “brook” intended is probably not the Kidron, but the natural
water-course of the Gihon, which ran down the Tyropoeon valley
(compare the 1 Kings 1:3 note)....
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CHAPTER 32 SENNACHERIB'S INVASION, THE DELIVERANCE, AND THE PASSING OF
HEZEKIAH
_ 1. Sennacherib's invasion (2 Chronicles 32:1)_
2. The king's counsel and trust in God (2 Chronicles 32:3)
3. Sennac...
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2 Chronicles 29:1 to 2 Chronicles 32:33. THE REIGN OF HEZEKIAH (see
notes on 2 Kings 18:2 f., 2 Kings 18:13;...
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THE BROOK. the overflow: i.e. Gihon, which frequently did so.
KINGS. the [great] king. Plural of majesty....
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_who stopt_ R.V. AND THEY STOPPED.
_the brook that ran_ R.V. THE BROOK THAT FLOWED. The Heb. verb means
"flow with strong stream" (as a flood). We naturally look for such a
brook either east of Jerusa...
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2 Chronicles 32:1-8 (cp. 2 Kings 18:13-16). Sennacherib's threatened
Invasion. Hezekiah's Precautions
The Chronicler introduces us somewhat abruptly to the Assyrian
crisis. From 2 Kin. we learn first...
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THE BROOK THAT RAN THROUGH THE MIDST OF THE LAND— As a plentiful
fountain was very necessary, in that country, at the places, where
they were wont to rendezvous; so the want of water must have been ve...
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14. THE REIGN OF HEZEKIAH (29-32)
TEXT
2 Chronicles 29:1. Hezekiah began to reign when he was five and twenty
years old; and he reigned nine and twenty years in Jerusalem: and his
mother's name was A...
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_SO THERE WAS GATHERED MUCH PEOPLE TOGETHER, WHO STOPPED ALL THE
FOUNTAINS, AND THE BROOK THAT RAN THROUGH THE MIDST OF THE LAND,
SAYING, WHY SHOULD THE KINGS OF ASSYRIA COME, AND FIND MUCH WATER?_ SO...
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REIGN OF HEZEKIAH (CONCLUDED)
This chapter abbreviates the account of Sennacherib's invasion as
related in 2 Kings 18:13; 2 Kings 20:21, but supplements it by various
particulars respecting Hezekiah'...
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THE BROOK] lit. 'torrent-valley.' The Gihon spring was in the ravine
of the Kidron....
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2 CHRONICLES: GOD DESIRES LOYAL PEOPLE
The *Kingdom called Judah
2 CHRONICLES CHAPTER S 10 TO 36
_IAN MACKERVOY_
CHAPTER 32
SENNACHERIB COMES TO ATTACK JERUSALEM – 2 CHRONICLES 32:1-23...
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(1-23) Invasion and Divine overthrow of Sennacherib. (Comp. 2 Kings
18:13 to 2 Kings 19:37.) The Assyrian monarch’s own record of the
campaign may be read on his great hexagonal prism of terra-cotta,...
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PREPARATIONS FOR THE DEFENCE (2 Chronicles 32:2).
This section is peculiar to the Chronicles. Its contents are
“perfectly credible” (_Thenius_)_,_ and are borne out by Isaiah
22:8, and 2 Kings 20:20,...
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THE FOUNTAINS. — _Ma‘yânôth._ 2 Chronicles 32:3 has
“springs” (_‘ayânôth_).
THE BROOK. — _Nàchal._ “The _wâdy.”_ The Gihon is meant, a
watercourse in the Valley of Hinnom, supplied with water by the
s...
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וַ יִּקָּבְצ֣וּ עַם ־רָ֔ב וַֽ
יִּסְתְּמוּ֙ אֶ
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HEZEKIAH: THE RELIGIOUS VALUE OF MUSIC
2 Chronicles 29:1; 2 Chronicles 30:1; 2 Chronicles 31:1;...
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PREPARED TO MEET THE FOE
2 Chronicles 32:1
We might have supposed that Hezekiah's faithfulness in cleansing the
Temple and restoring the worship of Jehovah would have secured for him
and his people c...
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One is almost inevitably halted by the opening statement of the
chapter. "After these things, and this faithfulness, Sennacherib, king
of Assyria, came." It would seem to be a strange answer of God to...
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_Land, Cedron, on the east; (C.; M.) or it may be the Gihon, which
supplies Siloe, v. 30. T._...
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This is an interesting account of the plan Hezekiah pursued against
the invader; and which is not related to us in the parallel history in
the book of the Kings. But what I most admire is Hezekiah's f...
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God fully answered the king's faith; but the iniquity of the people's
heart was little changed, and the ways of God in judgment began to be
manifested; and in such a manner as to make it evident that,...
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SO THERE WAS GATHERED MUCH PEOPLE TOGETHER,.... At the instance of
Hezekiah, his nobles and officers:
WHO STOPPED ALL THE FOUNTAINS; perhaps by laying planks over them, and
earth upon them, so that i...
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So there was gathered much people together, who stopped all the
fountains, and the brook that ran through the midst of the land,
saying, Why should the kings of Assyria come, and find much water?
Ver...
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_To stop the waters of the fountains_ To fill them up with earth and
other things cast into them, that it might not be known there was any
water there, and withal to draw the waters by secret passages...
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1 Sennacherib inuading Iudah, Hezekiah fortifieth himselfe and
encourageth his people.
9 Against the blasphemies of Sennacherib by message and letters,
Hezekiah & Isaiah pray.
21 An Angel destroyeth...
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So there was gathered much people together, who stopped all the
fountains, by covering over the cisterns and removing all evidences of
the presence of any pools, AND THE BROOK THAT RAN THROUGH THE MID...
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Sennacherib's Invasion...
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ASSYRIA THREATENS JUDAH
(vv.1-18)
Assyria had before this conquered the ten tribes (2 Kings 17:1), and
their king, Sennacharib, confident of taking Judah also, came to
encamp against the fortified c...
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RAN:
_ Heb._ overflowed...
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1-23 Those who trust God with their safety, must use proper means,
else they tempt him. God will provide, but so must we also. Hezekiah
gathered his people together, and spake comfortably to them. A
b...
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Which was a scarce commodity in this country, and the want of it might
much annoy the Assyrian army....
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CONTENTS: Invasion of Sennacherib. His army defeated in answer to
prayer.
CHARACTERS: God, Hezekiah, Isaiah, angel.
CONCLUSION: A believing confidence in God will raise us above the
prevailing fear...
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2 Chronicles 32:1. _Sennacherib king of Assyria,_ Our knowledge of the
once great and flourishing empire of the Assyrians, is very imperfect.
Berosus, a native of Chaldea, has written the most; Herodo...
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_Why should the kings of Assyria come, and find much water?_
STOPPING THE FOUNTAINS
Nothing was more thought of in ancient times in order to add to the
greatness of a city than an abundant water supp...
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2 CHRONICLES—NOTE ON 2 CHRONICLES 32:1, 2 CHRONICLES 32:30 Hezekiah
built a new WATER system for Jerusalem. A tunnel brought water
directly fr
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CRITICAL NOTES.] Sen. invades Israel (2 Chronicles 32:1); H.’s
preparations to meet him (2 Chronicles 32:6); Sen.’s seductions (2
Chronicles 32:9); Sen.’s letter ...
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EXPOSITION
This chapter of thirty-three verses is paralleled by the sixty-one
verses that begin with 2 Kings 18:13 and end with 2 Kings 19:37; and
by Isaiah 36:1;...
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Now in chapter 32, we find that,
Sennacherib, the king of Assyria was coming against them, he entered
into Judah, and he encamped against the fenced cities, he thought to
win them for himself. And whe...
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1 Kings 19:21; 1 Kings 3:16; 1 Kings 3:17; 1 Kings 3:9; 2 Chron