CHAPTER XXXII _Sennacherib invades Judea_, 1. _Hezekiah takes proper measures for the defence of his kingdom_, 2-6. _His exhortation_, 7, 8. _Sennacherib sends a blasphemous message to Hezekiah, and to the_ _people_, 9-15. _His servants rail against God; and he and they blaspheme most_ _grie... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 2 Chronicles 32:2. _WHEN HEZEKIAH SAW_] This was in the _fourteenth_ year of the reign of Hezekiah; and at first the Jewish king _bought_ him off at the great price of _three hundred talents of silver_, and _thirty_ _talents of gold_; and even emptied his own treasures, and spoiled the house o... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 2 Chronicles 32:4. _STOPPED ALL THE FOUNTAINS_] This was prudently done, for without water how could an immense army subsist in an _arid_ _country_? No doubt the Assyrian army suffered much through this, as a Christian army did _eighteen hundred years_ after this. When the crusaders came, in A... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 2 Chronicles 32:5. _RAISED_ IT _UP TO THE TOWERS_] He built the wall up to the height of the towers, or, having built the wall, he raised towers on it.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 2 Chronicles 32:6. _SET CAPTAINS OF WAR OVER THE PEOPLE - IN THE STREET OF_ _THE GATE OF THE CITY_] That is, the _open places_ at the gate of the city, whither the people came for judgment, c.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 2 Chronicles 32:7. THERE BE _MORE WITH US THAN WITH HIM_] We have more power than they have. (These words he quotes from the prophet Elisha, 2 Kings 6:16.) This was soon proved to be true by the slaughter made by the angel of the Lord in the Assyrian camp.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 2 Chronicles 32:9. _AFTER THIS DID SENNACHERIB_] Having received the silver and gold mentioned above, he withdrew his army, but shortly after he sent Rab-shakeh with a blasphemous message. This is the fact mentioned here.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 2 Chronicles 32:10. _THUS SAITH SENNACHERIB_] See all these circumstances largely explained 2 Kings 18:17-12.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 2 Chronicles 32:17. _WROTE ALSO LETTERS_] See 2 Kings 19:9; 2 Kings 19:14.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 2 Chronicles 32:21. _THE LORD SENT AN ANGEL_] See 2 Kings 19:36, and the note there. _HOUSE OF HIS GOD_] Nisroch. _THEY THAT CAME FORTH OF HIS OWN BOWELS_] His sons Adrammelech and Sharezer.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 2 Chronicles 32:23. _MANY BROUGHT GIFTS UNTO THE LORD_] They plainly saw that Jehovah was the protector of the land. _AND PRESENTS TO HEZEKIAH_] They saw that God was his _friend_, and would undertake for him; and they did not wish to have such a man for their _enemy_.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 2 Chronicles 32:24. _HEZEKIAH WAS SICK_] See 2 Kings 20:1, c., and the notes there.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 2 Chronicles 32:25. _HEZEKIAH RENDERED NOT AGAIN_] He got into a vain confidence, took pleasure in his riches, and vainly showed them to the messengers of the king of Babylon. See on 2 Kings 20:12, c.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 2 Chronicles 32:26. _HUMBLED HIMSELF_] Awoke from his sleep, was sorry for his sin, deprecated the wrath of God, and the Divine displeasure was turned away from him.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 2 Chronicles 32:27. _PLEASANT JEWELS_] כלי חמדה _keley chemdah_, desirable _vessels_ or _utensils_.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 2 Chronicles 32:30. _THE UPPER WATERCOURSE_] He made canals to bring the waters of Gihon from the west side of Jerusalem to the west side of the city of David.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 2 Chronicles 32:31. _OF THE AMBASSADORS_] See 2 Kings 20:13, and the observations at the end of that chapter. 2 Chronicles 20:20.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 2 Chronicles 32:32. _THE VISION OF ISAIAH_] See this prophet, Isaiah 36:1.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 2 Chronicles 32:33. _CHIEFEST OF THE SEPULCHRES_] This respect they paid to _him_ who, since David, had been the best of all their kings. I shall subjoin a few things from the _Targum_ on this chapter. 2 Chronicles 32:1. "After these things which Hezekiah did, and their establishment, the L... [ Continue Reading ]