AFTER THESE THINGS. Thirteen years after the events in chapter 31. ESTABLISHMENT. "[done in] faithfulness". to win. Hebrew to break them up. Supply Figure of speech _Ellipsis,_ thus: "to break them up [and annex them] for himself".... [ Continue Reading ]
TO STOP. By covering up the fountain En-rogel (now known as "The Virgin's Fount"), or Gihon (upper pool), on east side of Ophel. Discovered by Sir Charles Warren in 1867. This was brought down to the west side of the city by Hezekiah (2 Chronicles 32:30. Compare 2 Kings 20:20). En-rogel was stopped... [ Continue Reading ]
THE BROOK. the overflow: i.e. Gihon, which frequently did so. KINGS. the [great] king. Plural of majesty.... [ Continue Reading ]
REPAIRED MILLO. See notes on 2 Samuel 5:9; 1 Kings 11:27.... [ Continue Reading ]
STREET. broad space. SPAKE COMFORTABLY. Compare Isaiah 40:2.... [ Continue Reading ]
BE STRONG, &C. Hebrew "be ye strong", &c. See note on Deuteronomy 31:6. MULTITUDE. Compared to raging waters (Psalms 46:2; Psalms 46:3).... [ Continue Reading ]
AFTER THIS. Omitting the account of the surrender of 2 Kings 18:14. SEND HIS SERVANTS. Compare 2 Kings 18:17; 2 Kings 19:1.Isaiah 10:8. Isa 10:36. Isa 10:37. AGAINST LACNISH.. difficult task, for Rab-shakeh found Sennacherib had abandoned the siege (2 Kings 19:8). Joshua had found it the same (see... [ Continue Reading ]
WHEREON... ? Note the Figure of speech _Erotesis_ (App-6), used throughout Rabshakeh's message, verses: 2 Chronicles 32:32; 2 Chronicles 32:10. TRUST. confide. Hebrew. _batah._ App-69. Note the reference to Hezekiah's "trust in Jehovah" in his Songs of the degrees (121:3; 125.:1-3; 127:1; 130:5-8,... [ Continue Reading ]
DELIVER. rescue.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE SAME HEZEKIAH. Contrast Ahaz (2 Chronicles 28:22). See App-67.... [ Continue Reading ]
PEOPLE. peoples.... [ Continue Reading ]
WHO... ? Figure of speech _Erotesis._ App-6.... [ Continue Reading ]
GOD. Hebrew. _'eloah._ App-4. GOD. Hebrew. _Elohim._ App-4. Plural, with verb "deliver" in sing... [ Continue Reading ]
GOD. Elohim (with Art.). the [true] God.... [ Continue Reading ]
TO RAIL. It is this railing which is referred to in Hezekiah's "Songs of the degrees": e.g. Psalms 120:2; Psalms 120:3; Psalms 123:3; Psalms 123:4; Psalms 129:5.... [ Continue Reading ]
GOD OF JERUSALEM.. remarkable title used by heathen.... [ Continue Reading ]
PRAYED AND CRIED. This is what Hezekiah refers to in his "Songs of the degrees" (Psalms 120:1; Psalms 123:1; Psalms 130:1; Psalms 130:2). Compare Isaiah 38:10; 2 Kings 19:15; 2 Kings 20:2; 2 Kings 20:3. See App-67. One of the few O.T. instances of united prayer. HEAVEN. Put by Fig [ Continue Reading ]
RETURNED WITH SHAME. This is referred to in Hezekiah's "Songs of the degrees" (Psalms 129:4; Psalms 129:5). Revised Version "be ashamed and turned backward". See App-67. THEY THAT CAME FORTH OF HIS OWN BOWELS. The phrase occurs only here. See notes on 2 Kings 19:37.... [ Continue Reading ]
BROUGHT GIFTS... PRESENTS. This explains 2 Chronicles 32:27, and tells us how he could show treasures to the ambassadors from Babylon (2 Kings 20:13.Isaiah 39:1; Isaiah 39:2), after he had stripped himself for Sennacherib in 2 Kings 18:15. NATIONS. the nations.... [ Continue Reading ]
IN THOSE DAYS. While Sennacherib's host was still surrounding Jerusalem. This is. brief summary of what is described in 2 Kings 2. and Isaiah 38. GAVE HIM. SIGN. Recorded in 2 Chronicles 20:1. The going back of the shadow on the sun-dial of Ahaz ten degrees, which caused him to give the title of th... [ Continue Reading ]
THE PRIDE. the lifting up. Compare 2 Chronicles 32:25.... [ Continue Reading ]
WINE. new wine. Hebrew. _tirosh._ App-27. COTES. Anglo-Saxon for enclosures.... [ Continue Reading ]
STOPPED. The latest discoveries prove that the upper pool (Gihon) is identical with En-rogel (= the Fuller _'_. Spring), now "the Virgin _'_. Fount".. rock-hewn channel was cut from this westward to "the lower pool of Gihon, and eastward to Siloam". On the water supply at that time, see Isaiah 7:3;... [ Continue Reading ]
BABYLON. The first occurrence of the name in connection with Judah. THE WONDER. Compare 2 Chronicles 32:24. 2Ki 20:10, 2 Kings 20:11.Isaiah 38:7; Isaiah 38:8.... [ Continue Reading ]
GOODNESS. kindnesses. ISAIAH. See Isa 36-39. AND IN, or [following] upon.... [ Continue Reading ]
SLEPT WITH HIS FATHERS. See note on Deuteronomy 31:16.... [ Continue Reading ]