Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes
2 Kings 18:5
trusted. confided. Hebrew. batah. App-69.
God. Hebrew. Elohim. App-4.
none like him: i.e. for trust in Jehovah. Same praise given of Josiah (2 Kings 23:25), but in. different respect.
trusted. confided. Hebrew. batah. App-69.
God. Hebrew. Elohim. App-4.
none like him: i.e. for trust in Jehovah. Same praise given of Josiah (2 Kings 23:25), but in. different respect.
Verse 2 Kings 18:5. _HE TRUSTED IN THE LORD_] See the character of this good king: 1. _He trusted in the Lord God of Israel_; 2. He _clave to the_ _Lord_; 3. He was steady in his religion; he _depa...
AFTER HIM WAS NONE LIKE HIM - The same is said of Josiah (marginal reference). The phrase was probably proverbial, and was not taken to mean more than we mean when we say that such and such a king was...
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...
_the Lord God_[R.V. THE GOD] _of Israel_ The usual change. _after him was none like him … nor_any [R.V. AMONG THEM] _that were before him_ The comparison is with individual kings. The plural expressi...
AFTER HIM WAS NONE LIKE HIM, &C.— This same commendation is given to Josiah, chap. Exodus 23:25 so that it must relate to some particular virtue wherein Hezekiah stood distinguished from the rest of t...
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 TRUSTED IN THE LORD GOD OF ISRAEL; SO THAT AFTER HIM WAS NONE LIKE HIM AMONG ALL THE KINGS OF JUDAH, NOR ANY THAT WERE BEFORE HIM._ He trusted in the Lord God of Israel - without invoking the aid...
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...
NONE LIKE HIM] The same praise is given to Josiah (2 Kings 23:25)....
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 TRUSTED... ISRAEL. — _In Jehovah, the God of Israel he trusted._ Hezekiah is thus contrasted with idolatrous kings, such as those who trusted in the Nehushtan. AFTER HIM WAS NONE LIKE HIM AMONG ALL...
בַּ יהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֵֽי ־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל בָּטָ֑ח וְ א
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...
_Like him. Ezechias was remarkable for many excellent qualities. Yet we must not push these comparisons too far, contrary to the intention of the sacred writers. The same eulogium is given to Josias,...
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...
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...
_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...
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 TRUSTED IN THE LORD GOD OF ISRAEL,.... To be his protector and defender, and had no dependence on idols as an arm of flesh; the Targum is, he trusted in the Word of the Lord God; not in Nehushtan,...
He trusted in the LORD God of Israel; so that after him was none like him among all the kings of Judah, nor [any] that were before him. Ver. 5. _He trusted in the Lord God of Israel_] His confidence...
_He trusted in the Lord God of Israel_ In abolishing idolatry, there was danger, as has been intimated, of disobliging his subjects, and provoking them to rebel; but he trusted in the Lord to bear him...
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...
He trusted in the Lord God of Israel, so that after him was none like him among all the kings of Judah, nor any that were before him. He was distinguished by a most unusual amount of confidence and fi...
HEZEKIAH KING OVER JUDAH...
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...
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 TRUSTED IN THE LORD GOD OF ISRAEL, without calling in foreign and heathenish succours to stablish or help him; which his father Ahaz did, 2 KINGS 16:7 ISA 7; and before him Asa, 1 KINGS 15:18,19, w...
2 Kings 18:5 trusted H982 (H8804) LORD H3068 God H430 Israel H3478 after H310 kings H4428 Judah H3063 before...
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....
TRUSTED (_ See Scofield) - (Psalms 2:12). _...
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...
_He trusted in the Lord God of Israel._ THREE STAGES IN THE DEVOUT LIFE This is the writer’s summing up of the character of Hezekiah, before he enters on the details of his reign. It is a lofty and u...
_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...
_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 18:5 HE TRUSTED IN THE LORD. Hezekiah’s trust was unparalleled in Judean history (THERE WAS NONE LIKE HIM). This could be seen in the way he...
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...
2 Chronicles 14:11; 2 Chronicles 16:7; 2 Chronicles 20:20; 2 Chronicles 20:35;...
Trusted — Without calling in foreign succours to establish or help him; which his father Ahaz did; and before him Asa. Before him — Of the kings of Judah only; for David and Solomon were kings of all...