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RETURN FROM ME - Or “retire from me,” i. e., “withdraw thy
troops.”
THREE HUNDRED TALENTS ... - According to Sennacherib’s own account,
the terms of peace were as follows:
(1) A money payment to the...
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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 18:13 TO 2 KINGS 19:37. SENNACHERIB'S CAMPAIGN.
2 Kings 18:13. In the fourteenth year: if Hezekiah began to reign five
years before the fall of Samaria (722 B.C.), and Sennacherib did not
succ...
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SENT. Sennacherib had not approached Jerusalem yet.
I HAVE OFFENDED. See 2 Kings 18:7.
THREE HUNDRED TALENTS. The Assyrian inscriptions say 800, the exact
equivalent of 300 Hebrew (silver) talents....
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_to Lachish_ On the situation and previous history of Lachish, see on
2 Kings 14:19. It was very close to Askelon, which is mentioned in the
inscriptions as one of the places against which Sennacherib...
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II. A POLITICAL CRISIS: THE ASSYRIAN INVASION OF 701 B.C. 18:13-19:37
In 701 B.C. the Assyrian king Sennacherib was able to turn his
attention to the rebellious vassal in Jerusalem. It is not easy to...
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_AND HEZEKIAH KING OF JUDAH SENT TO THE KING OF ASSYRIA TO LACHISH,
SAYING, I HAVE OFFENDED; RETURN FROM ME: THAT WHICH THOU PUTTEST ON ME
WILL I BEAR. AND THE KING OF ASSYRIA APPOINTED UNTO HEZEKIAH...
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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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LACHISH] The place at this time was being besieged by Sennacherib (2
Chronicles 32:9). THREE HUNDRED TALENTS] According to the inscriptions
the fine was 800 talents of silver and 30 talents of gold, b...
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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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LACHISH. — _Um-Lâkis,_ in the south-west corner of Judah, close to
the Philistine border, and near the high road from Judæa and
Philistia to Egypt. The fortress was important to Sennacherib, as it
com...
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וַ יִּשְׁלַ֣ח חִזְקִיָּ֣ה מֶֽלֶךְ
־יְהוּדָ֣ה אֶל...
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HEZEKIAH AND ASSYRIA
B.C. 701
2 Kings 18:13; 2 Kings 19:1
"When, sudden-how think ye the end?
Did I say ‘without friend'?
Say rather from marge to blue marge
The whole sky grew his targe,
With...
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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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THREATENED BY WORLDLY MIGHT
2 Kings 18:13
It is an interesting fact that this siege of Lachish is mentioned on
the Assyrian monuments, and Sennacherib is depicted as giving orders
for its destruction...
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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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And Hezekiah king of Judah sent to the king of Assyria to Lachish,
saying, (d) I have offended; return from me: that which thou puttest
on me will I bear. And the king of Assyria appointed unto Hezeki...
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This Sennacherib must have been the successor to Shalmaneser. And
perhaps his victory over Samaria prompted him to suppose, that he
should be conqueror of Jerusalem. And though it is said the Lord
pro...
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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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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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AND HEZEKIAH KING OF JUDAH SENT TO THE KING OF ASSYRIA TO LACHISH,....
A city in the tribe of Judah, about twenty miles from Jerusalem,
towards the southwest q; which the king of Assyria was now besie...
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And Hezekiah king of Judah sent to the king of Assyria to Lachish,
saying, I have offended; return from me: that which thou puttest on me
will I bear. And the king of Assyria appointed unto Hezekiah k...
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_Hezekiah sent to the king of Assyria, saying, I have offended_
Namely, against thee, in revolting, and denying the usual tribute. I
have given thee occasion to make war against me, of which I now
rep...
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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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And Hezekiah, King of Judah, sent to the king of Assyria to Lachish, a
city some fifteen hours southwest of Jerusalem, on the way to Egypt,
against which Sennacherib (or Sargon, as the inscriptions ha...
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THE ASSYRIAN CAMPAIGN AGAINST SAMARIA AND JERUSALEM...
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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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9-16 The descent Sennacherib made upon Judah, was a great calamity to
that kingdom, by which God would try the faith of Hezekiah, and
chastise the people. The secret dislike, the hypocrisy, and
lukewa...
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I HAVE OFFENDED, to wit, against thee, i.e. I have given thee occasion
of warring against me, whereof I now repent. Or his ill success might
make him think that he had sinned against God in this actio...
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2 Kings 18:14 Hezekiah H2396 king H4428 Judah H3063 sent H7971 (H8799)
king H4428 Assyria H804 Lachish H3923 sayin
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THE INVASION OF JUDAH BY SENNACHERIB RESULTS IN HEZEKIAH YIELDING AND
BEING CALLED ON TO FACE MAJOR PENALTIES, ONLY FOR SENNACHERIB TO DO AN
ABOUT FACE AND DECIDE TO TAKE JERUSALEM AFTER ALL (2 KINGS...
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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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_Now in the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah._
THE FOLLY OF DEFYING GOD
As you stood some stormy day upon a sea-cliff, and marked the giant
billow rise from the deep, to rush on with foaming crest, a...
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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 18:14 I HAVE DONE WRONG. Hezekiah’s first
response to the crisis is to bargain with Sennacherib. He went on to
give him ALL THE SILVER from the temple, and stripp
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CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.—
2 Kings 18:13. IN THE FOURTEENTH YEAR OF HEZEKIAH DID SENNACHERIB,
&c.—_Comp._ Isaiah 36. This mighty Assyrian was with his vast army
on his way to war with his hated...
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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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Three hundred talents, &c. — Above two hundred thousand pounds....