"Until I come and take you away to a land like your own land, a land of corn and wine, a land of bread and vineyards, a land of oil olive and of honey, that ye may live, and not die: and hearken not unto Hezekiah, when he persuadethm you, saying, The LORD will deliver us."
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Verse 32. _UNTIL I COME AND TAKE YOU AWAY_] This was well calculated
to stir up a seditious spirit. Ye cannot be delivered; your
destruction, if ye resist, is inevitable; Sennacherib will do with
you,...
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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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A LAND. Note the Figure of speech _Anaphora_ (App-6) for emphasis.
WINE. Hebrew tirosh. see App-27.
DELIVER. rescue...
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_until I come and take you_ Submission was to be followed, as was
usual with Assyria, by deportation, but the people are promised a land
as good as their own. For the similar description of the land o...
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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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_UNTIL I COME AND TAKE YOU AWAY TO A LAND LIKE YOUR OWN LAND, A LAND
OF CORN AND WINE, A LAND OF BREAD AND VINEYARDS, A LAND OF OIL OLIVE
AND OF HONEY, THAT YE MAY LIVE, AND NOT DIE: AND HEARKEN NOT U...
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18:32 when (e-46) Or 'for.'...
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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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OIL OLIVE. — The cultivated as distinct from the wild olive, or
oleaster (1 Kings 6:23), which yields less and worse oil.
THAT YE MAY LIVE. — Or, _and ye shall live;_ a general promise of
immunity, i...
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עַד ־בֹּאִי֩ וְ לָקַחְתִּ֨י אֶתְכֶ֜ם
אֶל ־אֶ֣רֶץ כְּ אַרְצְכֶ֗ם אֶרֶץ֩
דָּגָ֨ן וְ תִירֹ֜ושׁ אֶ֧רֶץ...
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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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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 a...
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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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Until (l) I come and take you away to a land like your own land, a
land of corn and wine, a land of bread and vineyards, a land of oil
olive and of honey, that ye may live, and not die: and hearken no...
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_Till. Sennacherib will remove you to another country, but it will be
as good as this. He requires you to surrender at discretion. (Calmet)
--- Deliver us. This will not be in his power, no more than...
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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...
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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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Until I come and take you away to a land like your own land, a land of
corn and wine, a land of bread and vineyards, a land of oil olive and
of honey, that ye may live, and not die: and hearken not un...
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_Until I take you away to a land like your own_ That is, a fruitful
and pleasant land. Because he could not conceal from them his
intentions of transplanting them into another land, having already
dis...
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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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PERSUADETH:
Or, deceiveth...
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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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LIKE YOUR OWN LAND, i.e. a fruitful and pleasant land. Because he
could not conceal from them his intentions of transplanting them into
another land, which he had already discovered in his dealing wit...
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2 Kings 18:32 come H935 (H8800) away H3947 (H8804) land H776 land H776
land H776 grain H1715 wine H8492 land H776 bread H3899 vineyards H3754
land H776 groves H3323 H2132 honey H1706 live H2421 (H8798...
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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 18:31 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...
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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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2 Kings 17:23; 2 Kings 17:6; 2 Kings 18:11; 2 Kings 18:29; 2 Kings
24:14; 2 Kings 25:11; Deuteronomy 11:12; Deuteronomy 32:13;
Deuteronomy 32:14;...