Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
2 Kings 19:23
Verse 2 Kings 19:23. The tall cedar trees - the choice fir trees] Probably meaning the princes and nobles of the country.
The forest of his Carmel.] Better in the margin: the forest and his fruitful field.
Verse 2 Kings 19:23. The tall cedar trees - the choice fir trees] Probably meaning the princes and nobles of the country.
The forest of his Carmel.] Better in the margin: the forest and his fruitful field.
AND HAST SAID - Isaiah clothes in words the thoughts of Sennacherib’s heart - thoughts of the most extreme self-confidence. Compare Isaiah 10:7, where, probably at an earlier date, the same overweenin...
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...
THE LORD*. This is one of the 134 places where the _Sopherim_ altered "Jehovah" to "Adonai" (App-32). WILL-HAVE, as in 2 Kings 19:24....
_By thy messengers_ Rab-shakeh and his companions. _With the multitude of my chariots_ This is the translation of the marginal reading (_Keri_) which stands as _Kethib_in the corresponding verse of Is...
_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...
_BY THY MESSENGERS THOU HAST REPROACHED THE LORD, AND HAST SAID, WITH THE MULTITUDE OF MY CHARIOTS I AM COME UP TO THE HEIGHT OF THE MOUNTAINS, TO THE SIDES OF LEBANON, AND WILL CUT DOWN THE TALL CEDA...
19:23 field. (c-60) Or 'forest of his Carmel.'...
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 LODGINGS, etc.] RV 'his farthest lodging place, the forest of his fruitful field.'...
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...
THE MULTITUDE. — The reading of the Hebrew margin, of many MSS., Isaiah, and all the versions. The Hebrew text has “with the chariotry of my chariotry” — obviously a scribe’s error. I AM COME UP ......
בְּ יַ֣ד מַלְאָכֶיךָ֮ חֵרַ֣פְתָּ ׀ אֲדֹנָי֒ וַ...
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...
SPREADING THE CASE BEFORE THE LORD 2 Kings 19:14 That bowed form of King Hezekiah, kneeling before God with this insolent and blasphemous effusion spread out before him, is a beautiful suggestion of...
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...
By thy messengers thou hast reproached the Lord, and hast said, With the multitude of my chariots I am come up to the height of the mountains, to the sides of Lebanon, and will cut down the tall cedar...
_Carmel. A pleasant fruitful hill in the forest. These expressions are figurative, signifying, under the names of mountains and forests, the kings and provinces whom the Assyrians had triumphed over....
What a multitude of most rich and precious things appear in these verses. Observe, Reader! how long an answer the Lord returns to a short prayer. God is not only more ready to hear than we to pray; bu...
"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...
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...
By thy messengers thou hast reproached the Lord, and hast said, With the multitude of my chariots I am come up to the height of the mountains, to the sides of Lebanon, and will cut down the tall cedar...
_By thy messengers thou hast reproached the Lord_ Advancing hereby thy very servants above him. _And hast said, With the multitude of my chariots, I am come up_, &c. I have brought up my very chariots...
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...
By thy messengers, in both delegations, THOU HAST REPROACHED THE LORD AND HAST SAID, WITH THE MULTITUDE OF MY CHARIOTS I AM COME UP TO THE HEIGHT OF THE MOUNTAINS, TO THE SIDES OF LEBANON, AND WILL CU...
Hezekiah's Prayer and the Deliverance of Jerusalem...
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...
BY: _ Heb._ by the hand of THE TALL: _ Heb._ the tallness, etc. THE FOREST OF HIS CARMEL: Or, the forest and his fruitful field...
20-34 All Sennacherib's motions were under the Divine cognizance. God himself undertakes to defend the city; and that person, that place, cannot but be safe, which he undertakes to protect. The invas...
BY THY MESSENGERS; so thou hast advanced thy very servants above me. I AM COME UP TO THE HEIGHT OF THE MOUNTAINS; I have brought up my very chariots to those mountains which were thought inaccessible...
2 Kings 19:23 By H3027 messengers H4397 reproached H2778 (H8765) Lord H136 said H559 (H8799) multitude H7230 chario
ISAIAH COMMUNICATES TO KING HEZEKIAH ‘THE WORD OF YHWH' NOW ACTIVE AGAINST THE KING OF ASSYRIA (2 KINGS 19:20). As a result of King Hezekiah's prayer Isaiah was given a prophetic message, an ‘oracle'...
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 19:20 A second prophecy from ISAIAH 1:1 (compare vv. 2 Kings 1
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 32:17; 2 Kings 18:17; 2 Kings 18:23; 2 Kings 18:33;...
Mountains — I have brought up my very chariots to those mountains which were thought inaccessible by my army. Lebanon — An high hill, famous for cedars and fir — trees. Cut down — I will cut down the...