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Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

2 Chronicles 32

2 Chronicles 32:1

2 CHRONICLES CHAPTER 32 Sennacherib invading Judah, Hezekiah fortifieth himself, 2 CHRONICLES 32:1; and sendeth letters to Isaiah concerning the blasphemies of Sennacherib, 2 CHRONICLES 32:9. An angel destroyeth the host of the Assyrians, 2 CHRONICLES 32:21. Hezekiah's sickness and sign of recovery,... [ Continue Reading ]

2 Chronicles 32:3

TO STOP THE WATERS OF THE FOUNTAINS, with earth or other things cast into them; and withal to derive the waters by secret paths and pipes under ground to Jerusalem.... [ Continue Reading ]

2 Chronicles 32:5

THE WALL THAT WAS BROKEN BY JOASH, 2 CHRONICLES 25:23, and not since repaired. UP TO THE TOWERS; either, 1. As high as the towers, or the tops of the wall. Or, 2. As far as the two towers, or gates, which were made in the form of towers, and had the use of towers, to wit, that of Ephraim and the c... [ Continue Reading ]

2 Chronicles 32:15

Seeing I have destroyed so many nations, and some of them stronger than you, in spite of all their gods, it is not probable that your God should defend you, which none of the rest could do for their people.... [ Continue Reading ]

2 Chronicles 32:25

HIS HEART WAS LIFTED UP, for that prodigious victory over the Assyrians, above, 2 CHRONICLES 32:21, and for his miraculous restoration from sickness, and the confirmation of that work by a strange and supernatural motion of the sun, and by the honour since done him by an embassy from the great and p... [ Continue Reading ]

2 Chronicles 32:29

HE PROVIDED HIM CITIES, Heb. _he made_, &c. Either he purchased them to himself by his gold or silver; or he repaired, and fortified, and beautified them for the honour and safety of his kingdom. But the former sense seems to agree better with the following words.... [ Continue Reading ]

2 Chronicles 32:30

THE UPPER WATER-COURSE OF GIHON; a rivulet near Jerusalem consisting of two streams, the upper, which was brought into one pool, called _the upper pool_, ISAIAH 7:3; and the lower, which was brought into another, called _the lower pool_, ISAIAH 22:9. The former he diverted and brought by secret pipe... [ Continue Reading ]

2 Chronicles 32:31

GOD LEFT HIM, to wit, to himself, and his own impotency and corruption. God withdrew from him those supplies and assistances of his Spirit which would certainly and effectually have kept him from that sin, and suffered Satan to tempt him, and him to fall into the sin of pride and ostentation. THAT H... [ Continue Reading ]

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