MAKE AN AGREEMENT ... - Rather, “Make peace with me.” The word, which primarily means “blessing,” and secondarily “a gift,” has also the meaning, though more rarely, of “peace.” Probably it acquired t...
IV. THE REIGN OF HEZEKIAH, MANASSEH AND AMON 1. Hezekiah and Sennacherib's Invasion CHAPTER 18 _ 1. Hezekiah, King of Judah (2 Kings 18:1; 2 Kings 2 Chron. 29-32)_ 2. The Revival (2 Kings 18:4) 3...
MAKE [AN AGREEMENT]. Get. blessing out of my coming. Literally. Make with me. blessing. COME OUT: i.e. capitulate....
_Make_an agreement _with me_by _a present_ R.V. MAKE YOUR PEACE WITH ME. The noun is that which is often rendered -blessing" in the sense of a -present" (see note on 2 Kings 5:15 above). And there is...
B. SENNACHERIB'S INITIAL SURRENDER DEMANDS 18:17-19:7 The Assyrian king was not satisfied with the tribute paid by Hezekiah. He wanted nothing less than the total surrender of Jerusalem. While he hims...
_HEARKEN NOT TO HEZEKIAH: FOR THUS SAITH THE KING OF ASSYRIA, MAKE AN AGREEMENT WITH ME BY A PRESENT, AND COME OUT TO ME, AND THEN EAT YE EVERY MAN OF HIS OWN VINE, AND EVERY ONE OF HIS FIG TREE, AND...
18:31 peace (c-13) Lit. 'blessing.' see Genesis 33:11 ; 1 Samuel 25:27 . cistern; (d-43) Or 'well.'...
HEZEKIAH AND SENNACHERIB This chapter describes the reign of Hezekiah of Judah, his religious reforms, and the invasion of Judah by Sennacherib, king of Assyria, who sent one of his officers to deman...
COME OUT] i.e. capitulate, before incurring the further calamities of a protracted siege....
THE LAST KINGS OF *ISRAEL AND *JUDAH BOOK OF 2 KINGS _PHILIP SMITH_ CHAPTER 18 HEZEKIAH’S RULE AS KING OF *JUDAH V1 Hezekiah, Ahaz’s son, began to rule as king of *Judah. He did so in the 3rd y...
MAKE AN AGREEMENT WITH ME BY A PRESENT. — Literally, _make with me a blessing, i.e._ (according to the Targum and Syriac), “make peace with me.” The phrase does not elsewhere occur. Perhaps it is grou...
אַֽל ־תִּשְׁמְע֖וּ אֶל ־חִזְקִיָּ֑הוּ כִּי֩ כֹ֨ה...
HEZEKIAH B.C. 715-686 2 Kings 18:1 "For Ezekias had done the thing that pleased the Lord, and was strong in the ways of David his father, as Esay the prophet, who was great and faithful in his visi...
HEZEKIAH AND ASSYRIA B.C. 701 2 Kings 18:13; 2 Kings 19:1 "When, sudden-how think ye the end? Did I say ‘without friend'? Say rather from marge to blue marge The whole sky grew his targe, With...
SILENT BEFORE THE BOASTER 2 Kings 18:26 The Jews met the taunts of Rabshakeh with silence. It was wise policy. It is infinitely better to hand over our cause to God, and leave Him to answer for us an...
We now begin the third section of this Book, which includes the story of the reigns of Hezekiah and Josiah, with a period of reaction and sin between the two. It is remarkable that such a man as Hezek...
_Advantage. Hebrew, "make a blessing," or present. (Calmet) --- Chaldean and Syriac, "peace."_...
The modest request of Hezekiah's servants to speak in the Syrian language, meeting with such contempt, may serve to teach us how confident of success the blasphemer was. And it only serves to heighten...
The kingdom of Israel, or Samaria, was now closed, not for ever, but for a season, and a season protracted long, even unto this day. There has been no restoration save in individuals. We know that Jeh...
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...
Hearken not to Hezekiah: for thus saith the king of Assyria, Make [an agreement] with me by a present, and come out to me, and [then] eat ye every man of his own vine, and every one of his fig tree, a...
_Neither let Hezekiah make you trust in the Lord_ This was high presumption indeed, to endeavour to persuade them not to place their confidence in God, as if his master were stronger than God. _Make a...
1 Hezekiah his good reigne. 4 He destroyeth idolatrie, and prospereth. 9 Samaria is caried captiue for their sins. 13 Sennacherib inuading Iudah, is pacified by a tribute. 17 Rabshakeh sent by Sen...
THE ASSYRIAN EXPEDITION AGAINST JERUSALEM...
Hearken not to Hezekiah; for thus saith the king of Assyria, Make an agreement with me by a present, literally, "Make with me a blessing," that is, by seeking his favor and a peaceful solution of the...
THE REIGN OF HEZEKIAH IN JUDAH (vv.1-16) In Judah the reign of Hezekiah provided a refreshing relief to the tendency of departure from God. It was during his reign that Assyria took Samaria into cap...
MAKE AN AGREEMENT: Or, seek my favour. _Heb._ make with me a blessing CISTERN: Or, pit...
17-37 Rabshakeh tries to convince the Jews, that it was to no purpose for them to stand it out. What confidence is this wherein thou trustest? It were well if sinners would submit to the force of thi...
MAKE AN AGREEMENT WITH ME BY A PRESENT, to redeem yourselves from all the calamities of a close siege, and that death which certainly will follow on them. Or, _procure_, or _purchase a blessing_ from...
2 Kings 18:31 listen H8085 (H8799) Hezekiah H2396 says H559 (H8804) king H4428 Assyria H804 Make H6213 ...
CONTENTS: Reign and revival of Hezekiah over Judah. Victory over Phillistines. Invasion of Sennacherib. Insolence of Rab-shekeh. CHARACTERS: God, Hezekiah, Hoshea, Shalmaneser, Sennacherib, Eliakim,...
2 Kings 18:4. _Nehushtan;_ that is, _their brass,_ or mere brass, or _parvum æs,_ corrupted brass, by way of contempt. In the Chronicum of Alexander, cited by Eusebius out of Anestasio Niceno, we are...
_Now it came to pass in the third year of Hoshea._ A STRIKING REFORMATION, A RUTHLESS DESPOTISM, AND AN UNPRINCIPLED DIPLOMACY I. A striking reformation (2 Kings 18:3). 1. The perverting tendency of...
2 KINGS—NOTE ON 2 KINGS 18:31 EAT OF HIS OWN VINE... HIS OWN FIG TREE... DRINK THE WATER OF HIS OWN CISTERN. The Assyrian king is presented as a powerful god able to provide for his worshipers, in con...
CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.— 2 Kings 18:13. IN THE FOURTEENTH YEAR OF HEZEKIAH DID SENNACHERIB, &c.—_Comp._ Isaiah 36. This mighty Assyrian was with his vast army on his way to war with his hated...
EXPOSITION 18-25 THE HISTORY OF THE KINGDOM OF JUDAH AFTER THE FALL OF SAMARIA. 2 KINGS 18:1 THE ACCESSION
In chapter eighteen we now move back to the southern kingdom of Judah. Inasmuch as the northern kingdom has now been destroyed from the rest of the... from the rest of Second Kings on we'll be dealing...
1 Kings 4:20; 1 Kings 4:25; Genesis 32:20; Genesis 33:11; Proverbs
A present — Upon which terms, I will give you no disturbance; but quietly suffer each of you to enjoy his own possession....