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HAVE CAST THEIR GODS INTO THE FIRE - In general the Assyrians carried
off the images of the gods from the temples of the conquered nations,
and deposited them in their own shrines, as at once trophies...
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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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_have cast their gods into the fire_ A conquering heathen would shew
his contempt for the nations which he overcame by destroying the
objects of their worship, thus practically telling the vanquished...
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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 PRAYED BEFORE THE LORD, AND SAID, O LORD GOD OF ISRAEL,
WHICH DWELLEST BETWEEN THE CHERUBIMS, THOU ART THE GOD, EVEN THOU
ALONE, OF ALL THE KINGDOMS OF THE EARTH; THOU HAST MADE HEAVEN A...
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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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AND HAVE CAST (_put_) THEIR GODS INTO THE FIRE. — Comp. 1 Chronicles
14:12. The Assyrian’s emphatic question, “_Where_ are the gods?”
implied their annihilation.
FOR THEY WERE NO GODS. — This idea is...
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וְ נָתְנ֥וּ אֶת ־אֱלֹהֵיהֶ֖ם בָּ †
אֵ֑שׁ...
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THE GREAT DELIVERANCE
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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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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 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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And have cast their gods into the fire: for they [were] no gods, but
the work of men's hands, wood and stone: therefore they have destroyed
them.
Ver. 18. _Wood and stone._] _Olim truncus eram ficuln...
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_Which hath sent him_ That is, the messenger who brought this railing
letter; or rather Rab-shakeh, who is easily understood to be referred
to from the contents of the former chapter, although he woul...
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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 have cast their gods into the fire, thereby really wiping out the
whole nationality of the conquered peoples, which was connected with
their gods; FOR THEY WERE NO GODS, BUT THE WORK OF MEN'S HAND...
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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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CAST:
_ Heb._ given...
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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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No text from Poole on this verse....
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THE PRAYER OF KING HEZEKIAH (2 KINGS 19:15).
It is almost impossible for us to appreciate the tension which
Hezekiah must have been experiencing at this time. Outside the city
walls were the enemy. I...
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2 Kings 19:15
I. We are too apt to think that peace and prosperity are the only
signs of God's favour; that if a nation be religious, it is certain to
thrive and be happy. But it is not so. We find fr...
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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 prayed unto the Lord._
WHAT TO DO WHEN TROUBLE COMES
Hezekiah the King of Judah was in very great trouble. For some time
the forces of the Assyrian had overcome the land and had taken t...
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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 5:21; Acts 17:29; Isaiah 37:18; Isaiah 37:19; Isaiah 44:9;...