ambassadors Lit. "interpreters."
to inquire of the wonder According to 2 Kings 20:12; Isaiah 39:1, the ostensible reason of the embassy was to congratulate Hezekiah on his recovery. The real object was to gain over Judah to an alliance against Assyria, against which Babylon was in a chronic state of revolt.
to try him, thathe might know, etc.] The phrase is based on Deuteronomy 8:2.
Verse 2 Chronicles 32:31. _OF THE AMBASSADORS_] See 2 Kings 20:13, and the observations at the end of that chapter. 2 Chronicles 20:20....
CHAPTER 32 SENNACHERIB'S INVASION, THE DELIVERANCE, AND THE PASSING OF HEZEKIAH _ 1. Sennacherib's invasion (2 Chronicles 32:1)_ 2. The king's counsel and trust in God (2 Chronicles 32:3) 3. Sennac...
2 Chronicles 29:1 to 2 Chronicles 32:33. THE REIGN OF HEZEKIAH (see notes on 2 Kings 18:2 f., 2 Kings 18:13;...
BABYLON. The first occurrence of the name in connection with Judah. THE WONDER. Compare 2 Chronicles 32:24. 2Ki 20:10, 2 Kings 20:11.Isaiah 38:7;...
DISCOURSE: 429 THE WEAKNESS AND DEPRAVITY OF MAN 2 Chronicles 32:31. _God left him, to try him, that he might know all that was in his heart_. THERE is no character so excellent but there is some blo...
14. THE REIGN OF HEZEKIAH (29-32) TEXT 2 Chronicles 29:1. Hezekiah began to reign when he was five and twenty years old; and he reigned nine and twenty years in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was A...
_HOWBEIT IN THE BUSINESS OF THE AMBASSADORS OF THE PRINCES OF BABYLON, WHO SENT UNTO HIM TO INQUIRE OF THE WONDER THAT WAS DONE IN THE LAND, GOD LEFT HIM, TO TRY HIM, THAT HE MIGHT KNOW ALL THAT WAS I...
THE AMBASSADORS] i.e. of Merodachbaladan, the king of Babylon: see 2 Kings 20:12.; Isaiah 39....
REIGN OF HEZEKIAH (CONCLUDED) This chapter abbreviates the account of Sennacherib's invasion as related in 2 Kings 18:13; 2 Kings 20:21, but supplements it by various particulars respecting Hezekiah'...
2 CHRONICLES: GOD DESIRES LOYAL PEOPLE The *Kingdom called Judah 2 CHRONICLES CHAPTER S 10 TO 36 _IAN MACKERVOY_ CHAPTER 32 SENNACHERIB COMES TO ATTACK JERUSALEM – 2 CHRONICLES 32:1-23...
HOWBEIT. — Literally, _And thus;_ that is, and when things were thus prosperous with him. In the midst of Hezekiah’s prosperity, God left him for a moment to himself, by way of putting him to the proo...
וְ כֵ֞ן בִּ מְלִיצֵ֣י ׀ שָׂרֵ֣י בָּבֶ֗ל הַֽ
HEZEKIAH: THE RELIGIOUS VALUE OF MUSIC 2 Chronicles 29:1; 2 Chronicles 30:1; 2 Chronicles 31:1;...
ONE FLAW IN A GOOD LIFE 2 Chronicles 32:24 What this sign was is more clearly told in Isaiah 38:1. Great interpositions on the part of God impose corresponding responsibilities. If you have received...
One is almost inevitably halted by the opening statement of the chapter. "After these things, and this faithfulness, Sennacherib, king of Assyria, came." It would seem to be a strange answer of God to...
Howbeit in [the business of] the ambassadors of the princes of Babylon, who sent unto him to enquire of the wonder that was [done] in the land, God left him, to (u) try him, that he might know all [th...
_Wonder, at the defeat of Sennacherib; (Grotius; D.) or rather the retrogradation of the sun, as the Chaldeans studied astronomy with diligence. M. T. C. --- Left him, in punishment of his vanity. H....
The Holy Ghost hath been pleased to give us in those Chronicles the most interesting account concerning Hezekiah in the causes of his trials, and which the other records, though relating the historica...
God fully answered the king's faith; but the iniquity of the people's heart was little changed, and the ways of God in judgment began to be manifested; and in such a manner as to make it evident that,...
HOWBEIT, [IN THE BUSINESS OF] THE AMBASSADORS OF THE PRINCES OF BABYLON, WHO SENT UNTO HIM TO INQUIRE THE WONDER THAT WAS [DONE] IN THE LAND,.... Not to see the two tables of stone which were in the a...
Howbeit in [the business of] the ambassadors of the princes of Babylon, who sent unto him to enquire of the wonder that was [done] in the land, God left him, to try him, that he might know all [that w...
2 Chr. 32:31. "That He might know all that was in his heart." By this, together with verses 2 Chronicles 32:25; 2 Chronicles 32:26, it appears that Hezekiah had much sin in his heart, though, as he pl...
_To inquire of the wonder done in the land_ Either the destruction of the Assyrians, or the going back of the sun. These miracles were wrought to alarm and awaken a stupid, careless world, and to turn...
1 Sennacherib inuading Iudah, Hezekiah fortifieth himselfe and encourageth his people. 9 Against the blasphemies of Sennacherib by message and letters, Hezekiah & Isaiah pray. 21 An Angel destroyeth...
The Assyrians Destroyed. The End of Hezekiah's Reign....
Howbeit, in the business of the ambassadors of the princes of Babylon who sent unto him to enquire of the wonder that was done in the land, very likely the king's miraculous recovery, GOD LEFT HIM, TO...
ASSYRIA THREATENS JUDAH (vv.1-18) Assyria had before this conquered the ten tribes (2 Kings 17:1), and their king, Sennacharib, confident of taking Judah also, came to encamp against the fortified c...
AMBASSADORS: _ Heb._ interpreters...
24-33 God left Hezekiah to himself, that, by this trial and his weakness in it, what was in his heart might be known; that he was not so perfect in grace as he thought he was. It is good for us to kn...
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...
2 Chronicles 32:31 However H3651 ambassadors H3887 (H8688) princes H8269 Babylon H894 sent H7971 (H8764) inquire...
CONTENTS: Invasion of Sennacherib. His army defeated in answer to prayer. CHARACTERS: God, Hezekiah, Isaiah, angel. CONCLUSION: A believing confidence in God will raise us above the prevailing fear...
2 Chronicles 32:1. _Sennacherib king of Assyria,_ Our knowledge of the once great and flourishing empire of the Assyrians, is very imperfect. Berosus, a native of Chaldea, has written the most; Herodo...
_God left him to try him, that he might know all that was in his heart._ HEZEKIAH’S FALL CONSIDERED AND APPLIED I. Hezekiah’s sin. 1. Its nature. (1) All sin originates in the heart. Hezekiah’s sin...
2 CHRONICLES—NOTE ON 2 CHRONICLES 32:24, 2 CHRONICLES 32:31 Compare 2 Kings 20:1. These e
CRITICAL NOTES.] Sen. invades Israel (2 Chronicles 32:1); H.’s preparations to meet him (2 Chronicles 32:6); Sen.’s seductions (2 Chronicles 32:9); Sen.’s letter ...
EXPOSITION This chapter of thirty-three verses is paralleled by the sixty-one verses that begin with 2 Kings 18:13 and end with 2 Kings 19:37; and by Isaiah 36:1;...
Now in chapter 32, we find that, Sennacherib, the king of Assyria was coming against them, he entered into Judah, and he encamped against the fenced cities, he thought to win them for himself. And whe...
1 Peter 1:7; 2 Kings 20:12; 2 Kings 20:13; 2 Kings 20:8; Deuter
Wonder that was done — Either the destruction of the Assyrians, or the going back of the sun. These miracles were wrought to alarm and awaken a stupid, careless world, and to turn them from dumb and l...