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2 Chronicles 32

2 Chronicles 32:1

AFTER THESE THINGS. Thirteen years after the events in chapter 31. ESTABLISHMENT. "[done in] faithfulness". to win. Hebrew to break them up. Supply Figure of speech _Ellipsis,_ thus: "to break them up [and annex them] for himself".... [ Continue Reading ]

2 Chronicles 32:3

TO STOP. By covering up the fountain En-rogel (now known as "The Virgin's Fount"), or Gihon (upper pool), on east side of Ophel. Discovered by Sir Charles Warren in 1867. This was brought down to the west side of the city by Hezekiah (2 Chronicles 32:30. Compare 2 Kings 20:20). En-rogel was stopped... [ Continue Reading ]

2 Chronicles 32:9

AFTER THIS. Omitting the account of the surrender of 2 Kings 18:14. SEND HIS SERVANTS. Compare 2 Kings 18:17; 2 Kings 19:1.Isaiah 10:8. Isa 10:36. Isa 10:37. AGAINST LACNISH.. difficult task, for Rab-shakeh found Sennacherib had abandoned the siege (2 Kings 19:8). Joshua had found it the same (see... [ Continue Reading ]

2 Chronicles 32:10

WHEREON... ? Note the Figure of speech _Erotesis_ (App-6), used throughout Rabshakeh's message, verses: 2 Chronicles 32:32; 2 Chronicles 32:10. TRUST. confide. Hebrew. _batah._ App-69. Note the reference to Hezekiah's "trust in Jehovah" in his Songs of the degrees (121:3; 125.:1-3; 127:1; 130:5-8,... [ Continue Reading ]

2 Chronicles 32:17

TO RAIL. It is this railing which is referred to in Hezekiah's "Songs of the degrees": e.g. Psalms 120:2; Psalms 120:3; Psalms 123:3; Psalms 123:4; Psalms 129:5.... [ Continue Reading ]

2 Chronicles 32:20

PRAYED AND CRIED. This is what Hezekiah refers to in his "Songs of the degrees" (Psalms 120:1; Psalms 123:1; Psalms 130:1; Psalms 130:2). Compare Isaiah 38:10; 2 Kings 19:15; 2 Kings 20:2; 2 Kings 20:3. See App-67. One of the few O.T. instances of united prayer. HEAVEN. Put by Fig [ Continue Reading ]

2 Chronicles 32:21

RETURNED WITH SHAME. This is referred to in Hezekiah's "Songs of the degrees" (Psalms 129:4; Psalms 129:5). Revised Version "be ashamed and turned backward". See App-67. THEY THAT CAME FORTH OF HIS OWN BOWELS. The phrase occurs only here. See notes on 2 Kings 19:37.... [ Continue Reading ]

2 Chronicles 32:23

BROUGHT GIFTS... PRESENTS. This explains 2 Chronicles 32:27, and tells us how he could show treasures to the ambassadors from Babylon (2 Kings 20:13.Isaiah 39:1; Isaiah 39:2), after he had stripped himself for Sennacherib in 2 Kings 18:15. NATIONS. the nations.... [ Continue Reading ]

2 Chronicles 32:24

IN THOSE DAYS. While Sennacherib's host was still surrounding Jerusalem. This is. brief summary of what is described in 2 Kings 2. and Isaiah 38. GAVE HIM. SIGN. Recorded in 2 Chronicles 20:1. The going back of the shadow on the sun-dial of Ahaz ten degrees, which caused him to give the title of th... [ Continue Reading ]

2 Chronicles 32:30

STOPPED. The latest discoveries prove that the upper pool (Gihon) is identical with En-rogel (= the Fuller _'_. Spring), now "the Virgin _'_. Fount".. rock-hewn channel was cut from this westward to "the lower pool of Gihon, and eastward to Siloam". On the water supply at that time, see Isaiah 7:3;... [ Continue Reading ]

2 Chronicles 32:31

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; Isaiah 38:8.... [ Continue Reading ]

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