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Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Isaiah 36:2

And the king of Assyria sent Rabshakeh— The prophet omits what is related in 2 Kings 18:14, that Hezekiah sent ambassadors to Sennacherib at Lachish. What is here related probably happened after Sennacherib returned from his Egyptian expedition. See Joseph. Antiq. book 10: chap. 1: Rabshakeh is thought to have been a name of office, signifying the principal cup-bearer, as Tartan and Rabsaris mentioned in Exodus 18:17 signify the president of the council and the chief eunuch.

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See also Isaiah 36:2 in other biblical comments:

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    AND THE KING OF ASSYRIA SENT RABSHAKEH - In 2 Kings 18:17, it is said that he sent Tartan, and Rabsaris, and Rabshakeh. In regard to Tartan, see the note at Isaiah 20:1. It is probable that Rabshakeh...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    THE HISTORICAL PARENTHESIS (36-39) The center of the book of Isaiah is a brief but deeply interesting historical account of events during the reign of King Hezekiah. His name is mentioned not less tha...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    ISAIAH 36-39. This section has been extracted from 2 Kings 18:13 to 2 Kings 20:19, and the Song of Hezekiah has been added. For an exposition see the notes on 2 K.; here we have simply to deal with th...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    RABSHAKEH: or, "political officer". Probably. renegade Jew. LACHISH. Now _Tell el Hesy_, or _Umm Lakis_. See the work on the excavations there, published by the "Palestine Exploration Fund". Compare...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _Rabshakeh_is not a proper name, but an official designation, like the Tartan (see ch. Isaiah 20:1) and the Rab-saris (chief eunuch) who are mentioned along with him in 2 Kings 18:17. The Assyrian wor...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    VI. CHASTENING THROUGH CAPTIVITY Chapter S 36-39 A. PRESSURE, CHAPTER 36 1. PREDICAMENT TEXT: Isaiah 36:1-12 1 Now it came to pass in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah, that Sennacherib, king o...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    And the king of Assyria sent Rabshakeh from Lachish to Jerusalem unto king Hezekiah with a great army. And he stood by the conduit of the upper pool in the highway of the fuller's field. RABSHAKEH...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    36:2 Rab-shakeh (f-7) Title of the chief cup-bearer....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    1. IN THE FOURTEENTH YEAR] The chronology is difficult. From Isaiah 38:1; Isaiah 39:1 we might conclude that Hezekiah's sickness and the Babylonian embassy followed Sennacherib's invasion, whereas Isa...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    RABSHAKEH] is a title, 'the Rabshakeh,' i.e. chief officer, or cupbearer....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    ISAIAH: GOD CONTROLS THE NATIONS GOD DEFENDS *JERUSALEM ISAIAH CHAPTER S 31 TO 39 _NORMAN HILLYER_ CHAPTER 36 THE *ASSYRIANS ATTACK JUDAH V1 Hezekiah had been king of Judah for nearly 14 years...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    Sennacherib was still with his army that was attacking the strong city called Lachish (see 2 Chronicles 11:9). • Lachish was in the hills, south-west of *Jerusalem. To *seize Lachish would free Senna...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    THE KING OF ASSYRIA SENT RABSHAKEH. — The word is a title (_the_ Rabshakeh) probably the chief officer or cup-bearer. In 2 Kings 18; 2 Chronicles 32; 2 Chronicles 32, we have the previous history of t...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וַ יִּשְׁלַ֣ח מֶֽלֶךְ ־אַשּׁ֣וּר ׀ אֶת ־רַב־שָׁקֵ֨ה...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    BOOK 4 JERUSALEM AND SENNACHERIB 701 B.C. INTO this fourth book we put all the rest of the prophecies of the Book of Isaiah, that have to do with the prophet's own time: Chapter s 1, 22 and 33, wit...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    This chapter is the first of four which constitute a brief historical interlude. All have to do with Hezekiah and Isaiah. The first two are related to the prophecies of judgment so far as they are of...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    2._Then the king of Assyria Rent Rabshakeh. _The order of the narrative may here have been altered; for he had formerly said that Sennacherib had taken all the cities of Judea, and now he says that he...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 36, 37, 38, AND 39. Chapter s 36-39 relate the history of the invasion of Sennacherib, its result, and the sickness unto death of Hezekiah, which preceded it:...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    AND THE KING OF ASSYRIA SENT RABSHAKEH FROM LACHISH TO JERUSALEM UNTO KING HEZEKIAH WITH A GREAT ARMY,.... Notwithstanding he had taken Hezekiah's money to withdraw his army out of his country, yet se...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _A.M. 3292. B.C. 712._ In this and the three following Chapter s is contained the historical part of the book of Isaiah, relating a memorable transaction, strongly confirmative of the divine mission...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    And the king of Assyria sent Rabshakeh, the commander-in-chief of his army, from Lachish, a fortress in the southwestern part of Canaan, which the Assyrians wished to take preliminary to their descent...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    THE ASSYRIANS THREATEN JERUSALEM. The three Chapter s now following form the historical appendix to the first part of the book of the prophet Isaiah, serving chiefly to make the prophecies concerning...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    No text from Poole on this verse....

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Isaiah 36:2 king H4428 Assyria H804 sent H7971 (H8799) Rabshakeh H7262 great H3515 army H2426 Lachish H3923 King...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    ‘And the king of Assyria sent the Rabshakeh from Lachish to Jerusalem to king Hezekiah with a great army. And he stood by the conduit of the upper pool in the highway of the launderer's field' ‘The Ra...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Sennacherib's invasion and Jehovah's deliverance. The threats of Rabshakeh. CHARACTERS: God, Sennacherib, Rabskakeh, Hezekiah, Eliakim, Shebnab, Joab, Pharaoh. CONCLUSION: The enemies of G...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Isaiah 36:1. _In the fourteenth year of Hezekiah,_ Sennacherib came up against all the cities of Judah. This history is related in 2 Chronicles 32., with notes and comments: but it was proper for Isai...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _And the King of Assyria sent Rabshakeh_ INVASION OF JUDAH BY ASSYRIA In chaps, 36-39, a historical part follows, which retiring from the ideal distances of chaps, 34. , 35. into the historical real...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 36:1 Historical Transition: “In Whom Do You Now Trust?” These chapters of history form a bridge between the mostly poetic chs. Isaiah 1:1 and...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 36:2 RABSHAKEH is the title of a high-ranking Assyrian military officer (see esv footnote). ⇐

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    PART II. HISTORICAL SKETCH OF EVENTS IN THE REIGN OF HEZEKIAH (CH. 36-39.). SECTION I. SENNACHERIB'S ATTEMPTS TO REDUCE JUDAEA, AND HIS OVERTHR

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Shall we turn to Isaiah chapter 36. Last week as we completed the thirty-fifth chapter of the book of Isaiah, of course, we got into those glorious prophecies of the future Kingdom Age when Jesus Chri...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    2 Chronicles 32:9; 2 Kings 18:17; Isaiah 22:9; Isaiah 7:3...

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