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Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

2 Kings 19:32

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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See also 2 Kings 19:32 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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;...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    CAST. BANK: i.e. erect an earthwork....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _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...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    _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...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    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...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _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....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    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...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    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...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    (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,...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    לָכֵ֗ן כֹּֽה ־אָמַ֤ר יְהוָה֙ אֶל ־מֶ֣לֶךְ אַש

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    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...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    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...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _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....

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    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...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    "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...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    2 Kings 19:1...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    _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...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _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...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    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...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    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...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Hezekiah's Prayer and the Deliverance of Jerusalem...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    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...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    2 Kings 19:32 says H559 (H8804) LORD H3068 king H4428 Assyria H804 come H935 (H8799) city H5892 shoot...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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,...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _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...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    2 KINGS—NOTE ON 2 KINGS 19:32 CONCERNING THE KING OF ASSYRIA. The third part of Isaiah’s prophecy makes clear the circumstances in which Sennacherib will RETURN home (vv....

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    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...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    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 ...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    2 Samuel 20:15; Ezekiel 21:22; Isaiah 10:24; Isaiah 10:25; Isa

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    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...

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