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George Haydock's Catholic Commentary

2 Kings 18:7

Wisely. Hebrew, "with success." Syriac, &c., "he was victorious wherever he went." --- Rebelled. The Assyrian assumed an undue authority in consequence of the words of Achaz, (chap. xvi. 7.) and arrogated to himself the authority of doing what he pleased with the people, ver. 32. Ezechias having formed various alliances, judged it necessary to make some resistance. Yet the prophet Isaias (xxx. 1.) complains of his applying to the Egyptians. (Calmet)

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See also 2 Kings 18:7 in other biblical comments:

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    THE LORD WAS WITH HIM - This had been said of no king since David (marginal reference). The phrase is very emphatic. The general prosperity of Hezekiah is set forth at some length by the author of Chr...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    2 KINGS 18-20. THE REIGN OF HEZEKIAH. These three Chapter s give an account of the reign of the best king of Judah, and a parallel but somewhat less full account is found in Isaiah 36-39. There is ano...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    and _he prospered whithersoever he went forth_ By placing the last four words at the beginning of the sentence, the R.V. again gets rid of the italic _and_. _he rebelled against the king of Assyria_ A...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    I. GENERAL INTRODUCTION TO THE REIGN OF HEZEKIAH 18:1-12 TRANSLATION (1) And it came to pass in the third year of Hoshea the son of Elah king of Israel, that Hezekiah the son of Ahaz king of Judah be...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _AND THE LORD WAS WITH HIM; AND HE PROSPERED WHITHERSOEVER HE WENT FORTH: AND HE REBELLED AGAINST THE KING OF ASSYRIA, AND SERVED HIM NOT._ The Lord was with him; and he prospered wheresoever he went...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    18:7 prospered (c-7) Or 'he dealt wisely.' see 1 Samuel 18:5 ....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    THE LORD WAS WITH HIM] Though Hezekiah, in consequence of pursuing a mistaken policy, experienced great calamities in the course of his reign, yet his fidelity to the Lord had its reward in a signal o...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    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...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    AND HE PROSPERED ... WENT FORTH. — _Whithersoever he would go forth he would prosper._ (The italicised _and_ is needless here, as in 2 Kings 18:6.) PROSPERED. — Comp. 1 Kings 2:3; Proverbs 17:8. _Goin...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וְ הָיָ֤ה יְהוָה֙ עִמֹּ֔ו בְּ כֹ֥ל אֲשֶׁר

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    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...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    A RESOLUTE RELIGIOUS REFORMER 2 Kings 18:1 It is wonderful that such a man as Ahaz should have had so good a son, but it is likely that Hezekiah had a good mother. See 2 Chronicles 29:1; 2 Chronicles...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    The Reader should carefully keep in view, in order to have a clear apprehension of those historical parts of the Bible, that the history of the two kingdoms, Israel and Judah, is so incorporated in on...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    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...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    AND THE LORD WAS WITH HIM,.... The Word of the Lord was for his help, as the Targum: AND HE PROSPERED WHITHERSOEVER HE WENT FORTH; that is, to war: AND HE REBELLED AGAINST THE KING OF ASSYRIA: which...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    And the LORD was with him; [and] he prospered whithersoever he went forth: and he rebelled against the king of Assyria, and served him not. Ver. 7. _And the Lord was with him._] The Lord is with all...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _The Lord was with him, and he prospered_, &c. He adhered to God and his service, and therefore God was with him; and, having the special presence of God with him, he had wonderful success in all his...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    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...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    And the Lord was with him; and he prospered whithersoever he went forth, he was fortunate in all his undertakings. AND HE REBELLED AGAINST THE KING OF ASSYRIA, AND SERVED HIM NOT. The wicked Ahaz plac...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    HEZEKIAH KING OVER JUDAH...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    1-8 Hezekiah was a true son of David. Some others did that which was right, but not like David. Let us not suppose that when times and men are bad, they must needs grow worse and worse; that does not...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    He shook off that yoke of subjection and tribute to which his father had wickedly submitted, 2 KINGS 16:7, and reassumed that full and independent sovereignty which God had settled in the house of Dav...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    2 Kings 18:7 LORD H3068 prospered H7919 (H8686) went H3318 (H8799) rebelled H4775 (H8799) king H4

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    SUMMARY OF HEZEKIAH'S REIGN (2 KINGS 18:4). The activities and accomplishments of Hezekiah are now summarised, and his continuing faithfulness to YHWH and consequent success come out in this summary....

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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,...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _The Lord was with him; and he prospered whithersoever he went._ THE SECRET OF WELL-BEING That is a grand summing-up of a life. It is Hezekiah’s experience which is thus gathered together in a couple...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord._ GOODNESS AND PROSPERITY It is impossible to read these words without some surprise. First of all, we are surprised at the fact of a good ki...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _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...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    2 KINGS—NOTE ON 2 KINGS 18:1 Hezekiah. In 715 B.C., seven years after the fall of the northern kingdom of Israel, Hezekiah comes to the throne in Judah. He resembles David more closely than any other...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    2 KINGS—NOTE ON 2 KINGS 18:7 Because of Hezekiah’s faithfulness, THE LORD WAS WITH HIM in his military exploits (compare 1 Samuel 16:18

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    THE REIGN OF HEZEKIAH THE GOOD CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.— 2 Kings 18:1. HEZEKIAH THE SON OF AHAZ BEGAN TO REIGN—See Note on chap. 2 Kings 16:2 as to the age of Ahaz. 2 Kings 18:4. He removed t...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION 18-25 THE HISTORY OF THE KINGDOM OF JUDAH AFTER THE FALL OF SAMARIA. 2 KINGS 18:1 THE ACCESSION

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Samuel 18:14; 1 Samuel 18:5; 2 Chronicles 15:2; 2 Chronicles 31:21;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Rebelled — He shook off that yoke of subjection, to which his father had wickedly submitted, and reassumed that full and independent sovereignty which God had settled in the house of David. And Hezeki...

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