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Verse 2 Kings 18:4. _BRAKE IN PIECES THE BRAZEN SERPENT._] The history
of this may be seen in Numbers 21:8; Numbers 21:9; see the notes
there.
We find that this brazen serpent had become an object o...
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HE REMOVED THE HIGH PLACES - This religious reformation was effected
in a violent and tumultuous manner (marginal reference). The “high
places,” though forbidden in the Law (Deuteronomy 12:2, Deuteron...
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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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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...
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GROVES. _'Asherah,_ singular. See note on Exodus 34:13, and App-42.
BRASEN SERPENT. Compare Numbers 21:9. Now 835 years old. (From 1452 to
617. 835).
CHILDREN. sons.
NEHUSHTAN. a brass thing....
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_brake the images_[R.V. PILLARS] _and cut down the groves_ R.V. THE
ASHERAH. On the -pillars" see note on 2 Kings 3:2, and on the
-Asherah", which was probably the wooden image of a goddess so called,...
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DISCOURSE: 376
HEZEKIAH DESTROYS THE BRASEN SERPENT
2 Kings 18:4. _He brake in pieces the brasen serpent that Moses had
made: for unto those days the children of Israel did burn incense to
it: and he...
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HE REMOVED THE HIGH PLACES, &C.— It was a great demonstration of
Hezekiah's sincere piety and zeal towards God, that he began so soon
to reform the corruption of religion, and did not stay till he had...
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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...
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_HE REMOVED THE HIGH PLACES, AND BRAKE THE IMAGES, AND CUT DOWN THE
GROVES, AND BRAKE IN PIECES THE BRASEN SERPENT THAT MOSES HAD MADE:
FOR UNTO THOSE DAYS THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL DID BURN INCENSE TO I...
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18:4 columns, (a-9) Or 'statues.' see chs. 3.2; 23.14. Nehushtan.
(b-43) Meaning, 'Bronze' or 'Brass.'...
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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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HE REMOVED THE HIGH PLACES] cp. 2 Kings 18:22. This was the first
attempt to put an end to the provincial shrines which had co-existed
with the Temple as seats of worship from the time of Solomon onwa...
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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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HE REMOVED. — _He it was who removed._ According to this statement,
Hezekiah made the Temple of Jerusalem the only place where Jehovah
might be publicly worshipped. (Comp. 2 Kings 18:22, and the fulle...
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ה֣וּא ׀ הֵסִ֣יר אֶת ־הַ בָּמֹ֗ות וְ
שִׁבַּר֙
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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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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...
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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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He removed the high places, and brake the images, and cut down the
groves, and brake in pieces the brasen serpent that Moses had made:
for unto those days the children of Israel did burn incense to it...
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Groves. The people were now more obedient, being terrified at the
chastisement of Israel, (Calmet) though Samaria was not taken till the
sixth year of this good king; who carried his reform rather tha...
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The Reader should carefully keep in view, in order to have a clear
apprehension of those historical parts of the Bible, that the history
of the two kingdoms, Israel and Judah, is so incorporated in on...
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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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_HEZEKIAH’S REFORMS_
‘He removed the high places.’
2 Kings 18:4
It is a mark of Hezekiah’s breadth of mind that he sought to unite
the kingdoms in their worship. We read in Chronicles of his attemp...
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_NEHUSHTAN_
‘He … brake in pieces the brazen serpent that Moses had made: for
unto those days the children of Israel did burn incense to it: and he
called it Nehushtan.’
2 Kings 18:4
King Hezekiah...
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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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HE REMOVED THE HIGH PLACES,.... Which the best of the kings of Judah
never attempted, and which is observed of them to their discredit:
AND BROKE THE IMAGES, AND CUT DOWN THE GROVES; the idols his fa...
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He removed the high places, and brake the images, and cut down the
groves, and brake in pieces the brasen serpent that Moses had made:
for unto those days the children of Israel did burn incense to it...
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_He removed the high places_ Which none of his predecessors had had
the courage to attempt. But, it is likely, the dreadful judgments of
God, executed upon the ten tribes, and the carrying them away c...
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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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HEZEKIAH KING OVER JUDAH...
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He removed the high places, something which even the sincere believers
before him had not accomplished, AND BRAKE THE IMAGES, the stone
statues erected to idols, AND CUT DOWN THE GROVES, the wooden As...
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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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IMAGES:
_ Heb._ statues...
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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...
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HE REMOVED THE HIGH PLACES, i.e. the most of them, or such as the
people most frequented; for all were not taken away, 2 KINGS 23:13,14.
And this he attempted to do, notwithstanding the people's great...
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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....
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GROVES
(_ See Scofield) - (Deuteronomy 16:21). _...
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2 Kings 18:4
Nehushtan: a mere "piece of brass." So Hezekiah named the brazen
serpent. He was bent on the work of national reformation. He saw that
incense was being burnt to this brazen serpent; tha...
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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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_He removed the high places, and brake the images._
ICONOCLAST
The First Commandment instructs us that there is but one God, who
alone is to be worshipped; and the Second Commandment teaches that no...
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_And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord._
GOODNESS AND PROSPERITY
It is impossible to read these words without some surprise. First of
all, we are surprised at the fact of a good ki...
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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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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...
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2 KINGS—NOTE ON 2 KINGS 18:4 HE REMOVED THE HIGH PLACES. This is
significant because even the most faithful of Judean kings prior to
Hezekiah had failed to do this (e.g., 1 Kings 3:
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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...
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EXPOSITION
18-25
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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1 Kings 15:12; 1 Kings 15:13; 1 Kings 15:14; 1 Kings 22:43; 1 Kings
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Serpent — The most of them, or such as the people most frequented:
for all were not taken away, 2 Kings 23:13, tho' his own father had
set them up. We must never dishonour God, in honour to our earthl...