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Verse 32. _HE SHALL NOT, C._] Here follow the fullest proofs that
Jerusalem shall not be taken by the Assyrians.
1. _He shall not_ _come into this city_
2. He shall not be able to get so near as to...
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NOR COME BEFORE IT WITH SHIELD - The “shields” of the Assyrians
are very conspicuous in the sculptures, and were of great importance
in a siege, since the assailing archers were in most instances
defe...
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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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CAST. BANK: i.e. erect an earthwork....
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_Therefore_ The LXX. makes the same error here with regard to the word
-therefore" as was noticed above on 2 Kings 1:3, and renders the
Hebrew by οὐχ οὑτῶς. See former note.
_He shall not come into_[R...
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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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_FOR OUT OF JERUSALEM SHALL GO FORTH A REMNANT, AND THEY THAT ESCAPE
OUT OF MOUNT ZION: THE ZEAL OF THE LORD OF HOSTS SHALL DO THIS._ NO
JFB COMMENTARY ON THESE VERSES....
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CAST A BANK] a mound of earth with an inclined surface, raised against
the wall of a besieged city to enable the besiegers to reach the top....
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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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INTO THIS CITY. — Or, _unto this city._ Sennacherib shall not come
hither to make his intended attack.
NOR SHOOT AN ARROW THERE (at it). — In open assault.
NOR COME BEFORE IT WITH SHIELD. — As a sto...
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(32-34) This may be, as Mr. Cheyne supposes, an after _addition_ to
the original prophecy. Isaiah may have spoken it a little later, in
which case it was quite natural for an editor to append it here,...
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לָכֵ֗ן כֹּֽה ־אָמַ֤ר יְהוָה֙ אֶל
־מֶ֣לֶךְ אַש
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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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THE ANSWER OF THE KING OF KINGS
2 Kings 19:25
These verses, taken with Isaiah 10:5, form a most suggestive and
sublime comment on the words, “the Lord reigneth.” They show us
God using the Assyrian a...
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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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_About it, as was then the custom in besieging cities. Josephus and
others suppose that Sennacherib's army was destroyed before Jerusalem.
But it seems more probable it fell on the road to Egypt, ver....
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What a multitude of most rich and precious things appear in these
verses. Observe, Reader! how long an answer the Lord returns to a
short prayer. God is not only more ready to hear than we to pray; bu...
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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 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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_Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning the king of Assyria, He
shall not come into this city, nor shoot an arrow there, nor come
before it with shield, nor cast a bank against it._
Ver. 32. _He sh...
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_Thus saith the Lord, He shall not come to this city_ The king of
Assyria shall be so far from possessing himself of the city at this
time, that he shall not shoot so much as an arrow into it, much le...
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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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Therefore, thus saith the Lord concerning the king of Assyria, He
shall not come into this city, nor shoot an arrow there, nor come
before it with shield, not make an attack upon it in closed formatio...
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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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20-34 All Sennacherib's motions were under the Divine cognizance. God
himself undertakes to defend the city; and that person, that place,
cannot but be safe, which he undertakes to protect. The invas...
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Which was true, though he sent Rab-shakeh and others with a great host
against Jerusalem, 2 KINGS 18:17; either because that host went away
with Rab-shakeh to Libnah, above, 2 KINGS 19:8; or rather, b...
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2 Kings 19:32 says H559 (H8804) LORD H3068 king H4428 Assyria H804
come H935 (H8799) city H5892 shoot...
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THE FINAL ORACLE OF DELIVERANCE WHICH WILL RESULT IN ITS OWN
FULFILMENT (2 KINGS 19:32).
The final oracle was put in plain and straightforward terms that could
leave no doubt. It was the policy of gre...
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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 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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2 Samuel 20:15; Ezekiel 21:22; Isaiah 10:24; Isaiah 10:25; Isa
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He shall not — The army sent with Rabshaketh did not form a close
siege against it, but only disposed themselves so as to block it up at
some distance; possibly waiting 'till the king of Assyria had t...