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Verse 2 Kings 18:5. _HE TRUSTED IN THE LORD_] See the character of
this good king:
1. _He trusted in the Lord God of Israel_;
2. He _clave to the_ _Lord_;
3. He was steady in his religion; he _depa...
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AFTER HIM WAS NONE LIKE HIM - The same is said of Josiah (marginal
reference). The phrase was probably proverbial, and was not taken to
mean more than we mean when we say that such and such a king was...
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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 18-20. 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...
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TRUSTED. confided. Hebrew. _batah._ App-69.
GOD. Hebrew. _Elohim._ App-4.
NONE LIKE HIM: i.e. for trust in Jehovah. Same praise given of Josiah
(2 Kings 23:25), but in. different respect....
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_the Lord God_[R.V. THE GOD] _of Israel_ The usual change.
_after him was none like him … nor_any [R.V. AMONG THEM] _that were
before him_ The comparison is with individual kings. The plural
expressi...
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AFTER HIM WAS NONE LIKE HIM, &C.— This same commendation is given to
Josiah, chap. Exodus 23:25 so that it must relate to some particular
virtue wherein Hezekiah stood distinguished from the rest of t...
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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...
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_HE TRUSTED IN THE LORD GOD OF ISRAEL; SO THAT AFTER HIM WAS NONE LIKE
HIM AMONG ALL THE KINGS OF JUDAH, NOR ANY THAT WERE BEFORE HIM._
He trusted in the Lord God of Israel - without invoking the aid...
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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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NONE LIKE HIM] The same praise is given to Josiah (2 Kings 23:25)....
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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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HE TRUSTED... ISRAEL. — _In Jehovah, the God of Israel he trusted._
Hezekiah is thus contrasted with idolatrous kings, such as those who
trusted in the Nehushtan.
AFTER HIM WAS NONE LIKE HIM AMONG ALL...
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בַּ יהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֵֽי ־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל
בָּטָ֑ח וְ א
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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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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...
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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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_Like him. Ezechias was remarkable for many excellent qualities. Yet
we must not push these comparisons too far, contrary to the intention
of the sacred writers. The same eulogium is given to Josias,...
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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...
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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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_HEZEKIAH’S REFORMS_
‘He removed the high places.’
2 Kings 18:4
It is a mark of Hezekiah’s breadth of mind that he sought to unite
the kingdoms in their worship. We read in Chronicles of his attemp...
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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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HE TRUSTED IN THE LORD GOD OF ISRAEL,.... To be his protector and
defender, and had no dependence on idols as an arm of flesh; the
Targum is, he trusted in the Word of the Lord God; not in Nehushtan,...
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He trusted in the LORD God of Israel; so that after him was none like
him among all the kings of Judah, nor [any] that were before him.
Ver. 5. _He trusted in the Lord God of Israel_] His confidence...
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_He trusted in the Lord God of Israel_ In abolishing idolatry, there
was danger, as has been intimated, of disobliging his subjects, and
provoking them to rebel; but he trusted in the Lord to bear him...
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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 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...
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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...
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HE TRUSTED IN THE LORD GOD OF ISRAEL, without calling in foreign and
heathenish succours to stablish or help him; which his father Ahaz
did, 2 KINGS 16:7 ISA 7; and before him Asa, 1 KINGS 15:18,19, w...
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2 Kings 18:5 trusted H982 (H8804) LORD H3068 God H430 Israel H3478
after H310 kings H4428 Judah H3063 before...
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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....
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TRUSTED
(_ See Scofield) - (Psalms 2:12). _...
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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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_He trusted in the Lord God of Israel._
THREE STAGES IN THE DEVOUT LIFE
This is the writer’s summing up of the character of Hezekiah, before
he enters on the details of his reign. It is a lofty and u...
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_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...
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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 of...
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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...
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2 KINGS—NOTE ON 2 KINGS 18:5 HE TRUSTED IN THE LORD. Hezekiah’s
trust was unparalleled in Judean history (THERE WAS NONE LIKE HIM).
This could be seen in the way he...
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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...
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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
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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 Chronicles 14:11; 2 Chronicles 16:7; 2 Chronicles 20:20; 2
Chronicles 20:35;...
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Trusted — Without calling in foreign succours to establish or help
him; which his father Ahaz did; and before him Asa. Before him — Of
the kings of Judah only; for David and Solomon were kings of all...