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Verse 2 Kings 18:19. _WHAT CONFIDENCE IS THIS_] מה הבטחן הזה
_ma habbittachon_ _hazzeh_. The words are excessively insulting: _What
little, foolish,_ _or unavailing cause of confidence is it, to which...
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The Rab-shakeh, the third in rank of the three Assyrian ambassadors,
probably took the prominent part in the conference because he could
speak Hebrew 2 Kings 18:26, whereas the Tartan and the Rabsaris...
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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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RAB-SHAKEH SAID. See the references to this in Hezekiah's "Songs of
the degrees". Psalms 120:2; Psalms 120:3; Psalms 128:3; Psalms 128:4,
and comp
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_Speak ye now to Hezekiah_ Their message was first addressed to the
king, but afterwards they turn (verse 29) to the people who had
gathered to hear the parley. The briefer record of the Chronicler
co...
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B. SENNACHERIB'S INITIAL SURRENDER DEMANDS 18:17-19:7
The Assyrian king was not satisfied with the tribute paid by Hezekiah.
He wanted nothing less than the total surrender of Jerusalem. While he
hims...
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_AND RABSHAKEH SAID UNTO THEM, SPEAK YE NOW TO HEZEKIAH, THUS SAITH
THE GREAT KING, THE KING OF ASSYRIA, WHAT CONFIDENCE IS THIS WHEREIN
THOU TRUSTEST?_
Rab-shakeh said. It appears from 2 Kings 18:26...
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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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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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AND RAB-SHAKEH SAID. — Tiglath Pileser records that he sent a
_rab-sak_ as his envoy to Tyre. Thenius supposes the present _rab-sak_
may have been a better master of Hebrew than his companions. Schrad...
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וַ יֹּ֤אמֶר אֲלֵהֶם֙ רַב־שָׁקֵ֔ה
אִמְרוּ ־נָ֖א...
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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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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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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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Hezekiah is soon taught what a base wretch he had to do with, who not
only took Hezekiah's gold, and then turned against him, with more
force, in the perfidy of his heart, but even charged Hezekiah wi...
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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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2 Kings 18:17...
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And Rabshakeh said unto them, Speak ye now to Hezekiah, Thus saith the
great king, the king of Assyria, What confidence [is] this wherein
thou trustest?
Ver. 19. _Thus saith the great king._] An expr...
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_Thus saith the great king, What confidence is this_, &c. What is it
thou canst trust in to defend thee from my great power? _Thou sayest_
Either to thy people, to encourage them, or rather, within th...
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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 ASSYRIAN EXPEDITION AGAINST JERUSALEM...
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And Babshakeh, the spokesman for the Assyrian delegation, SAID UNTO
THEM, SPEAK YE NOW TO REZEKIAH, THUS SAITH THE GREAT KING, THE KING OF
ASSYRIA, the entire message being held in an arrogant and hau...
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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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17-37 Rabshakeh tries to convince the Jews, that it was to no purpose
for them to stand it out. What confidence is this wherein thou
trustest? It were well if sinners would submit to the force of thi...
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No text from Poole on this verse....
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2 Kings 18:19 Rabshakeh H7262 said H559 (H8799) Say H559 (H8798)
Hezekiah H2396 says H559 (H8804) great...
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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 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 18:19 Sennacherib’s men claim that EGYPT
will not help Hezekiah. They also claim that TRUST IN THE LORD is
useless, because the Lord is angry with Hezekiah fo
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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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2 Chronicles 32:10; 2 Kings 18:22; 2 Kings 18:29; 2 Kings 18:30;...