Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible
2 Kings 19:11
All lands, by destroying them utterly. — All the countries, by putting them under the ban, i.e., solemnly devoting all that lived in them to extermination.
All lands, by destroying them utterly. — All the countries, by putting them under the ban, i.e., solemnly devoting all that lived in them to extermination.
ALL LANDS - This boast is in strict accordance with the general tenor of the Assyrian inscriptions. Hyperbole is the general language of the East; but in this instance it was not so extreme as in some...
2. HEZEKIAH AND ISAIAH AND THE DELIVERANCE CHAPTER 19 _ 1. Hezekiah's message to Isaiah (2 Kings 19:1)_ 2. Isaiah's answer. (2 Kings 19:6) 3. Sennacherib's message to Hezekiah (2 Kings 19:8;...
2 KINGS 19:2. UNTO ISAIAH: from the Book of Isaiah we learn that the prophet had steadily opposed Hezekiah's intrigues against Assyria. SHELNA: Isaiah 22:15 *. 2 Kings 19:9. Ethiopia was the country S...
AND SHALT THOU BE DELIVERED? Note the Figure of speech _Erotesis_ here, and in verses: 2 Kings 19:12; 2 Kings 19:13, and 2 Kings 19:25....
_by destroying them utterly_ The verb implies -dooming", -devoting as if to a curse". Hence the LXX. represents it by ἀναθεματίσαι....
_HEZEKIAH, MOURNING, SENDETH TO ISAIAH TO PRAY FOR HIM; HE COMFORTETH HIM: SENNACHERIB SENDETH A BLASPHEMOUS LETTER TO HEZEKIAH; HEZEKIAH'S PRAYER. AN ANGEL SLAYETH THE ASSYRIANS: SENNACHERIB IS SLAIN...
C. SENNACHERIB'S SECOND SURRENDER DEMAND 19:8-34 By means of a personal letter to Hezekiah King Sennacherib intensified the pressure to secure the surrender of Jerusalem (2 Kings 19:8-13). This new de...
_THUS SHALL YE SPEAK TO HEZEKIAH KING OF JUDAH, SAYING, LET NOT THY GOD IN WHOM THOU TRUSTEST DECEIVE THEE, SAYING, JERUSALEM SHALL NOT BE DELIVERED INTO THE HAND OF THE KING OF ASSYRIA._ No JFB comm...
THE DELIVERANCE OF JERUSALEM 2. Isaiah the prophet] This is the first mention of Isaiah in this book, but his own writings show that he had been an active teacher and statesman not only during the ear...
THE LAST KINGS OF *ISRAEL AND *JUDAH BOOK OF 2 KINGS _PHILIP SMITH_ CHAPTER 19 ISAIAH THE *PROPHET V1 When King Hezekiah heard that, he tore his clothes. He dressed himself in rough cloth and h...
הִנֵּ֣ה ׀ אַתָּ֣ה שָׁמַ֗עְתָּ אֵת֩ אֲשֶׁ֨ר עָשׂ֜וּ...
THE GREAT DELIVERANCE B.C. 701 2 Kings 19:1 "There brake He the arrows of the bow, the shield, the sword, and the battle." - Psalms 76:3. "And the might of the Gentile, unsmote by the sword Hath...
FACING THE ENEMY'S THREATENINGS 2 Kings 19:1 That bowed form of Hezekiah before the altar of God, while his servants and elders were conferring with Isaiah, is a beautiful emblem of the true way of m...
In the presence of the undoubted peril, Hezekiah in penitence turned to his old and trusted friend, the prophet Isaiah, and charged him to pray for that remnant of God's people which still remained. H...
The same blasphemy is made use of by the master, as by the servant. It only riseth a little higher. He charges God with deceiving Hezekiah and bids him beware of it. Whereas Rab-shakeh only begged Hez...
"And he sent Eliakim, which was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and the elders of the priests covered with sackcloth to Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz" (2 Kings 19:1-37). He goes to Je...
_SENNACHERIB’S INVASION_ ‘Shalt thou be delivered?’ 2 Kings 19:11 We can descry the vast army, with its multitudinous brown tents, environing the city of God, and the fierce people, whose deep gutt...
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...
2 Kings 19:1...
Behold, thou hast heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands, by destroying them utterly: and shalt thou be delivered? Ver. 11. _Behold, thau hast heard._] See 2 Kings 18:33,35 . _ To all...
_Thus shall ye speak to Hezekiah_ That is, these things shall ye communicate; for they did not signify them by word of mouth, but in writing. _Let not thy God, in whom thou trustest, deceive thee_ Rab...
1 Hezekiah mourning, sendeth to Esay to pray for them. 6 Esay comforteth them. 8 Sennacherib going to encounter Tirhakah, sendeth a blasphemous letter to Hezekiah. 14 Hezekiah his prayer. 20 Esay...
Behold, thou hast heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands, by destroying them utterly, this being a boastful exaggeration; AND SHALT THOU BE DELIVERED?...
THE MOURNING OF HEZEKIAH AND THE ARROGANCE OF THE ASSYRIAN KING...
GOD'S ANSWER THROUGH ISAIAH (vv.1-7) Hezekiah, when he heard the report, showed the same humble attitude as his three servants had. He tore his cloches and put on sackcloth, the symbol of repentanc...
8-19 Prayer is the never-failing resource of the tempted Christian, whether struggling with outward difficulties or inward foes. At the mercy-seat of his almighty Friend he opens his heart, spreads hi...
No, certainly, never expect it: such questions oft imply a denial, as GENESIS 18:17....
2 Kings 19:11 heard H8085 (H8804) kings H4428 Assyria H804 done H6213 (H8804) lands H776 destroying H2763 ...
NEWS OF THE APPROACH OF A LARGE EGYPTIAN ARMY UNDER TIRHAKAH, KING OF CUSH (THE SUDAN), CAUSES A CHANGE OF ATTITUDE AND A FURTHER ATTEMPT TO OBTAIN KING HEZEKIAH'S SUBMISSION (2 KINGS 19:9). The news...
CONTENTS: Hezekiah's message to Isaiah and the answer. Sennacherib defies God. Hezekiah's prayer and the answer through Isaiah. CHARACTERS: God, angel (Jesus), Hezekiah, Isaiah, Sennacherib, Eliakim,...
2 Kings 19:7. _I will send a blast,_ not the simoon or hot wind, very sulphurous and destructive, as in Berosus, but the immediate visitation of an angel, as when the firstborn of the Egyptians were a...
_And it came to pass when King Hezekiah heard it, he rent his clothes._ A NATION’S CALAMITIES, COUNSELLOR, AND GOD I. The exposure of a nation to an overwhelming calamity. 1. The nature of the thre...
2 KINGS—NOTE ON 2 KINGS 19:10 DO NOT LET YOUR GOD IN WHOM YOU TRUST DECEIVE YOU. In 2 Kings 18:19 the Rabshakeh claimed that Hezekiah was deceiving the people
JERUSALEM SUPERNATURALLY DELIVERED CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.— 2 Kings 19:2. SENT TO THE PROPHET ISAIAH—The prophet, in that Jewish age, was regarded as the messenger and representative of Jehov...
EXPOSITION 2 KINGS 19:1 SECOND EXPEDITION OF SENNACHERIB AGAINST HEZEKIAH (_continued_)._ _The chapter falls into four portions: (1) The sequel to the embassy of Rabshakeh ...
So it came to pass, when Hezekiah heard the words and the threats and the blasphemy, that he tore his clothes, covered himself with sackcloth, and went to the house of the LORD. And Eliakim, which was...
2 Chronicles 32:13; 2 Chronicles 32:14; 2 Kings 17:5; 2 Kings 19:17;...