AT THAT TIME: i.e. shortly after the two miracles of the shadow and Hezekiah's recovery from his sickness. Compare 2 Chronicles 32:31. LETTERS AND. PRESENT. These were more potent than Sennacherib's hosts; just as Ahab's daughter and feast were than his men of war with Jehoshaphat. See 2 Chronicles... [ Continue Reading ]
GLAD OF THEM. This is further Divine information, given by Him Who knew Hezekiah's heart. 2 Kings 20:13 records what Hezekiah did: viz. "hearkened unto them". Man could see the _ear,_ but only Jehovah could know the _heart._ Hezekiah forgot to pray, as in Isaiah 37:4; Isaiah 37:14; Isaiah 37:15, and... [ Continue Reading ]
HE: i.e. Isaiah.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE LORD OF HOSTS. See note on 1 Samuel 1:3.... [ Continue Reading ]
THY SONS. Hezekiah had none as yet, and Jehovah's promise to David (2 Samuel 7:16) seemed in danger of failing. Manasseh was not born till the third of the fifteen added years. Hence his reference to this position in the "Songs of the Degrees". See Psalms 127:3; Psalms 127:3 and Psalms 128 (quoting... [ Continue Reading ]
GOOD. Hezekiah's submission was like Eli's. Compare 1 Samuel 3:18; 2 Kings 20:19; Job 1:21; Job 2:10, &c. FOR. Nevertheless. The Hebrew distinctive accent _meyrka_ thus marks it. This chapter commences. new Prophecy (see App-82), and follows that in Isa 34:1-35.Isaiah 34:10; Isaiah 34:10... [ Continue Reading ]