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Verse 2 Kings 18:25. _AM I NOW COME UP WITHOUT THE LORD_] As
Rab-shakeh saw that the Jews placed the utmost confidence in God, he
wished to persuade them that by Hezekiah's conduct Jehovah had
departe...
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The Rab-shakeh probably tries the effect of a bold assertion, which
had no basis of fact to rest upon....
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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...
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2 KINGS 18:13 TO 2 KINGS 19:37. SENNACHERIB'S CAMPAIGN.
2 Kings 18:13. In the fourteenth year: if Hezekiah began to reign five
years before the fall of Samaria (722 B.C.), and Sennacherib did not
suc...
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_Am I now come up without the Lord_ Rab-shakeh goes one step further,
and with a bold assertion claims Jehovah's support. Perhaps he thought
his lie would receive some credence because he had already...
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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
him...
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_AM I NOW COME UP WITHOUT THE LORD AGAINST THIS PLACE TO DESTROY IT?
THE LORD SAID TO ME, GO UP AGAINST THIS LAND, AND DESTROY IT._
Am I now come up without the Lord against this place to destroy it?...
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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...
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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...
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THE LORD SAID TO ME. — Michaelis supposed that Sennacherib had
consulted some of the captive priests of the Northern kingdom. Others
think some report of the menaces of the Hebrew prophets may have
re...
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עַתָּה֙ הֲ מִ בַּלְעֲדֵ֣י יְהוָ֔ה
עָלִ֛יתִי עַל ־הַ מָּקֹ֥ום הַ זֶּ֖ה לְ
הַשְׁחִתֹ֑ו יְהוָה֙...
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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...
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THREATENED BY WORLDLY MIGHT
2 Kings 18:13
It is an interesting fact that this siege of Lachish is mentioned on
the Assyrian monuments, and Sennacherib is depicted as giving orders
for its destructio...
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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...
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Am I now come up without the (k) LORD against this place to destroy
it? The LORD said to me, Go up against this land, and destroy it.
(k) The wicked always flatter themselves in their prosperity, tha...
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_Destroy. Prosperity renders a man insolent, and the passions blind
him. Rabsaces interprets success to be a sure proof of the divine
approbation, and thus attempts to justify all the excesses of his...
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Hezekiah is soon taught what a base wretch he had to do with, who not
only took Hezekiah's gold, and then turned against him, with more
force, in the perfidy of his heart, but even charged Hezekiah wi...
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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...
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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...
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2 Kings 18:17...
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Am I now come up without the LORD against this place to destroy it?
The LORD said to me, Go up against this land, and destroy it.
Ver. 25. _Am I now come up without the Lord?_] Without his secret
imp...
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_Am I now come up without the Lord?_ Without his consent and
commission? _The Lord_ hath _said unto me, Go up against this land_
They were vain, boasting words, without any foundation for them. He
nei...
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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...
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THE ASSYRIAN EXPEDITION AGAINST JERUSALEM...
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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 ca...
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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...
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WITHOUT THE LORD; without his consent and commission. THE LORD SAID
UNTO ME, to wit, by secret inspiration, or by his providence. But
indeed he neither owned God's word, nor regarded his providence; b...
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2 Kings 18:25 up H5927 (H8804) without H1107 LORD H3068 place H4725
destroy H7843 (H8687) LORD H3068 said H559 (H8804) up H5927 (H8798)
land H776 destroy H7843 (H8685)
Amos I now - 2 Kings 19:6,...
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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,...
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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...
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_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 o...
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2 KINGS—NOTE ON 2 KINGS 18:19 Sennacherib’s men claim that EGYPT
will not help Hezekiah. They also claim that TRUST IN THE LORD is
useless, because the Lord is angry with Hezekiah for removing the HIG...
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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...
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EXPOSITION
18-25
THE HISTORY OF THE KINGDOM OF JUDAH AFTER THE FALL OF SAMARIA.
2 KINGS 18:1
THE ACCESSION OF HEZEKIAH. HIS SUCCESSES. HIS WAR WITH SENNACHERIB.
2 KINGS 18:1
THE EARLY YEARS Or HE...
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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...
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1 Kings 13:18; 2 Chronicles 35:21; 2 Kings 19:22; 2 Kings 19:6; Amos
3:6; Isaiah 10:5; Isaiah 10:6; John 19:10; John 19:11...
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Am I, &c. — He neither owned God's word, nor regarded his
providence; but he forged this, to strike a terror into Hezekiah and
the people....