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Verse 2 Kings 19:14. _SPREAD IT BEFORE THE LORD_] The temple was
considered to be _God's dwelling-place_; and that whatever was there
was peculiarly under his eye. Hezekiah spread the letter before th...
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HEZEKIAH RECEIVED THE LETTER - The inscriptions show that scribes
accompanied the Assyrian armies, with the materials of their craft, so
that such a dispatch might be easily drawn up. As Hezekiah hims...
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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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THE HOUSE OF THE LORD. Hezekiah's zeal for the house of Jehovah is
seen in his "Songs of the degrees". Compare Psalms 122:1; Psalms
122:9; Psalms 134:1;...
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Hezekiah spreads the letter before the Lord, and prays for deliverance
(2 Chronicles 32:20; Isaiah 37:14-20)
14. _Hezekiah received the letter_ Though bringing a written document
the messengers of Sen...
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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. SENNACHERIB'S SECOND SURRENDER DEMAND 19:8-34
By means of a personal letter to Hezekiah King Sennacherib intensified
the pressure to secure the surrender of Jerusalem (2 Kings 19:8-13).
This new de...
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_AND HEZEKIAH RECEIVED THE LETTER OF THE HAND OF THE MESSENGERS, AND
READ IT: AND HEZEKIAH WENT UP INTO THE HOUSE OF THE LORD, AND SPREAD
IT BEFORE THE LORD._
Hezekiah received the letter ... and ......
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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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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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THE LETTER. — The Hebrew word is plural, like the Latin _litterae._
The first “it” is plural, the second singular. 2 Kings 19:10 may
be regarded as embodying the substance of the letter, which the env...
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וַ יִּקַּ֨ח חִזְקִיָּ֧הוּ אֶת ־הַ
סְּפָרִ֛ים...
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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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SPREADING THE CASE BEFORE THE LORD
2 Kings 19:14
That bowed form of King Hezekiah, kneeling before God with this
insolent and blasphemous effusion spread out before him, is a
beautiful suggestion of...
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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 Hezekiah received the letter of the hand of the messengers, and
read it: and Hezekiah went up into the house of the LORD, and spread
it before the (h) LORD.
(h) Before the Ark of the covenant....
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_Before the Lord, to move him to revenge his own cause, (Haydock) and
to shew that he looked upon the Lord, as a father, with the utmost
confidence (Menochius) and resignation. He spreads the blasphem...
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See, Reader, see how sweet and precious the blessed effects of grace!
And, Lord, so do thou cause me to do by all the letters, and threats,
and messages, and temptations of the devil, and all his part...
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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 SPREAD LETTER_
‘And Hezekiah received the letter … and spread it before the
Lord.’
2 Kings 19:14
I. HERE IS A GOOD MAN WHOSE FIRST THOUGHT IN TROUBLE IS TO CARRY THE
DISTRESS TO GOD.—The Templ...
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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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_Hezekiah went up into the house of the Lord_ Into the outward court
of the temple, for further he might not go, and at the entrance of the
court of the priests, he looked toward the sanctuary, where...
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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 Hezekiah received the letter of the hand of the messengers and
read it. And Hezekiah went up into the house of the Lord, and spread
it before the Lord. This is a fine example to follow in case of...
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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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8-19 Prayer is the never-failing resource of the tempted Christian,
whether struggling with outward difficulties or inward foes. At the
mercy-seat of his almighty Friend he opens his heart, spreads hi...
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INTO THE HOUSE OF THE LORD, i.e. into the court of the temple; for
further he might not enter. BEFORE THE LORD, i.e. before the ark or
temple; which he did, not to acquaint God, but to strengthen his...
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2 Kings 19:14 Hezekiah H2396 received H3947 (H8799) letter H5612 hand
H3027 messengers H4397 read H7121 (H8799) H
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NEWS OF THE APPROACH OF A LARGE EGYPTIAN ARMY UNDER TIRHAKAH, KING OF
CUSH (THE SUDAN), CAUSES A CHANGE OF ATTITUDE AND A FURTHER ATTEMPT TO
OBTAIN KING HEZEKIAH'S SUBMISSION (2 KINGS 19:9).
The news...
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2 Kings 19:14
Hezekiah's letter would be very different in form from our letters.
The Assyrians did not use paper or even skins, but did their writing
on clay. It is very likely that the letter was a...
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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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_And Hezekiah received the letter of the hand of the messengers._
THE HISTORY OF A LETTER
How easy to say, “the letter”; and yet, how much the words may
mean! The postman, as he goes his rounds, woul...
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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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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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1 Kings 8:28; Ezra 9:5; Isaiah 37:14; Psalms 123:1; Psalms 74:10;...