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Verse 2 Kings 19:37. _NISROCH HIS GOD_] We know nothing of this deity;
he is nowhere else mentioned.
_SMOTE HIM WITH THE SWORD_] The rabbins say that his sons had learned
that he intended to sacrific...
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The death of Sennacherib, which took place many years afterward (680
B.C.), is related here, as, from the divine point of view, the sequel
to his Syrian expeditions.
NISROCH HIS GOD - Nisroch has not...
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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;...
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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...
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NISROCH. Mentioned in the inscriptions.
HIS SONS.. cylinder recently acquired (1910) by, and now in the
British Museum, states: "On the twentieth day of the month Tebet
(Dee.), Sennacherib, king of As...
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in _the house of Nisroch_ The LXX. gives the name as Μεσεράχ.
Of Nisroch we have no information except this passage, and it is
uncertain whether the name be rightly represented in the Hebrew. Some
hav...
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_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...
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C. THE DELIVERANCE OF JUDAH 19:35-37
TRANSLATION
(35) And it came to pass in that night that the angel of the LORD went
out and smote in the camp of Assyria 185,000 men; and they arose in
the morning...
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_AND IT CAME TO PASS, AS HE WAS WORSHIPPING IN THE HOUSE OF NISROCH
HIS GOD, THAT ADRAMMELECH AND SHAREZER HIS SONS SMOTE HIM WITH THE
SWORD: AND THEY ESCAPED INTO THE LAND OF ARMENIA. AND ESARHADDON...
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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...
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HIS SONS SMOTE HIM] Sennacherib's death did not occur until some 20
years after the destruction of his army, as described in 2 Kings 19:35
but though he took part in several expeditions subsequent to...
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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...
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AND IT CAME TO PASS. — Twenty years afterwards.
NISROCH. — This name appears to be corrupt. The LXX. gives
Νεσεραχ and Μεσορὰχ; Josephus, ἐν Αράσαη_,_
“in Araskè,” as if the name were that of the temp...
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וַ יְהִי֩ ה֨וּא מִֽשְׁתַּחֲוֶ֜ה
בֵּ֣ית ׀ נִסְרֹ֣ךְ...
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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...
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THE ANSWER OF THE KING OF KINGS
2 Kings 19:25
These verses, taken with Isaiah 10:5, form a most suggestive and
sublime comment on the words, “the Lord reigneth.” They show us
God using the Assyrian a...
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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...
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And it came to pass, as he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his
god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons (y) smote him with the
sword: and they escaped into the land of Armenia. And Esarhadd...
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REFLECTIONS
READER! in the opening of this chapter we take part with Hezekiah in
his affliction, and feel the commiseration of the believer in the view
of his sorrows, and desolate circumstances. Beho...
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We have here not only the fulfillment of God's promises in the
salvation of his people; but the pouring out of his anger in the
destruction of his enemies. Sennacherib himself, though saved, was
only...
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"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...
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_THE DEATH OF SENNACHERIB_
‘As he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his god … his sons
smote him with the sword.’
2 Kings 19:37
If we consider (1) the character of Sennacherib’s life, and com...
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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 19:1...
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And it came to pass, as he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his
god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons smote him with the sword:
and they escaped into the land of Armenia. And Esarhaddon h...
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_He was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his god_ The God of Israel
had done enough to convince him that he was the only true God, yet he
persists in his idolatry: justly then is his blood mingled...
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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...
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And it came to pass, as he was worshiping in the house of Nisroch, his
god, the chief Assyrian divinity, shown in human form with double
wings and an eagle's head, THAT ADRAMMELECH AND SHAREZER, HIS S...
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Hezekiah's Prayer and the Deliverance of Jerusalem...
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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...
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ARMENIA:
_ Heb._ Ararat...
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35-37 That night which followed the sending of this message to
Hezekiah, the main body of their army was slain. See how weak the
mightiest men are before Almighty God. Who ever hardened himself
again...
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THE LAND OF ARMENIA was a place most fit for their purpose, because it
was near to that part of Assyria, and was very mountainous and
inaccessible by armies, and the people more stout and warlike, and...
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2 Kings 19:37 worshiping H7812 (H8693) temple H1004 Nisroch H5268 god
H430 sons H1121 Adrammelech H152 Sharezer H8272
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YHWH TOTALLY UNEXPECTEDLY DEVASTATES THE ASSYRIAN ARMY CAUSING
SENNACHERIB TO RETURN HOME WHERE SUBSEQUENTLY HE ARRANGES FOR HIS
ASSASSINATION (2 KINGS 19:35).
What happened now was totally unexpected...
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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,...
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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...
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_His sons smote him with the sword._
THE DEATH OF SENNACHERIB
Why are we told of this fact? Holy Scripture, as a general rule,
passes over the lives and deaths and exploits of the mere great men of
t...
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_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...
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2 KINGS—NOTE ON 2 KINGS 19:37 Though he was WORSHIPING IN THE HOUSE
OF NISROCH HIS GOD, this false god could not protect the king.
Sennacherib’s assassins flee to ARARAT, known to the Assyrians as
Ura...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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2 Chronicles 32:14; 2 Chronicles 32:19; 2 Chronicles 32:21; 2 Kings
18:30;...
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Was worshipping, &c. — The God of Israel had done enough to convince
him, that he was the only true God. Yet he persists in his idolatry.
Justly then is his blood mingled with his sacrifices, who will...