Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
2 Chronicles 32:21
Verse 2 Chronicles 32:21. The Lord sent an angel] See 2 Kings 19:36, and the note there.
House of his god] Nisroch.
They that came forth of his own bowels] His sons Adrammelech and Sharezer.
Verse 2 Chronicles 32:21. The Lord sent an angel] See 2 Kings 19:36, and the note there.
House of his god] Nisroch.
They that came forth of his own bowels] His sons Adrammelech and Sharezer.
The author of Chronicles compresses into 13 verses the history which occupies in Kings a chapter and a half (2 Kings 18:17; where see the notes). 2 Chronicles 32:10 IN THE SIEGE - Perhaps “in straitn...
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;...
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 OW...
_all the mighty_men] In number 185,000 according to 2 Kings 19:35 and Isaiah 37:36. The agency was probably the plague, which is pictured as a destroying angel in 2 Samuel 24:16. _And when he was come...
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...
_AND THE LORD SENT AN ANGEL, WHICH CUT OFF ALL THE MIGHTY MEN OF VALOUR, AND THE LEADERS AND CAPTAINS IN THE CAMP OF THE KING OF ASSYRIA. SO HE RETURNED WITH SHAME OF FACE TO HIS OWN LAND. AND WHEN HE...
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...
(1-23) Invasion and Divine overthrow of Sennacherib. (Comp. 2 Kings 18:13 to 2 Kings 19:37.) The Assyrian monarch’s own record of the campaign may be read on his great hexagonal prism of terra-cotta,...
(9-21) A brief summary of what is related in 2 Kings 18:17 to 2 Kings 19:37....
AND THE LORD SENT AN ANGEL. — See 2 Kings 19:35, _seq.;_ Isaiah 37:36, _seq._ Hitzig thinks that Psalms 46-48. were composed by Isaiah to commemorate this great natural miracle, an hypothesis which is...
וַ יִּשְׁלַ֤ח יְהוָה֙ מַלְאָ֔ךְ וַ יַּכְחֵ֞ד...
HEZEKIAH: THE RELIGIOUS VALUE OF MUSIC 2 Chronicles 29:1; 2 Chronicles 30:1; 2 Chronicles 31:1;...
THE CRY TO HEAVEN ANSWERED 2 Chronicles 32:16 Sennacherib's generals were even more insolent than himself. Their aim was to discourage the people and undermine their faith. To destroy confidence in G...
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...
And the LORD sent an angel, which cut off all the mighty men of valour, and the leaders and (o) captains in the camp of the king of Assyria. So he returned with shame of face to his own land. And when...
_Army. Heb. "camp." --- Disgrace. The Jews pretend that he was deprived of his beard and hair, (S. Jerom, Trad.) misapplying the text of Isaias vii. 20. C. --- Sword, to prevent their being offered as...
By this time Israel had been carried away captive. And Sennacherib thought to do the same by Judah. The Holy Ghost hath considered this part of the church's history so important, as to cause three rec...
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,...
AND THE LORD SENT AN ANGEL,.... The Targum is, "the Word of the Lord sent Gabriel;'' Josephus a takes this angel, or messenger sent of God, to be the pestilence; and others suppose it to be a hot pe...
And the LORD sent an angel, which cut off all the mighty men of valour, and the leaders and captains in the camp of the king of Assyria. So he returned with shame of face to his own land. And when he...
_The Lord sent an angel_ The Jewish comment, termed the Targum, says, The Word of the Lord (the Eternal Word) sent Gabriel to do this execution, and that it was done with lightning, and in the passove...
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...
And the Lord sent an angel, which cut off all the mighty men of valor, the veteran soldiers, AND THE LEADERS AND CAPTAINS IN THE CAMP OF THE KING OF ASSYRIA, 2 Kings 19:35. SO HE, who had boasted so i...
The Assyrians Destroyed. The End of Hezekiah's Reign....
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...
SLEW HIM: _ Heb._ made him fall...
1-23 Those who trust God with their safety, must use proper means, else they tempt him. God will provide, but so must we also. Hezekiah gathered his people together, and spake comfortably to them. A b...
No text from Poole on this verse....
2 Chronicles 32:21 LORD H3068 sent H7971 (H8799) angel H4397 down H3582 (H8686) man H1368 valor H2428 l
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...
2 CHRONICLES—NOTE ON 2 CHRONICLES 32:1, 2 CHRONICLES 32:30 Hezekiah built a new WATER system for Jerusalem. A tunnel brought water directly fr
2 CHRONICLES—NOTE ON 2 CHRONICLES 32:21 SHAME OF FACE was the result when the arrogant Assyrian king tried to destroy God’s people (compare Psalms 34:4;...
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...
2 Kings 19:20; 2 Kings 19:35; 2 Kings 19:36; 2 Kings 19:37;...
The Lord sent an angel — The Jewish comment says the word of the Lord sent Gabriel to do this execution, and that it done with lightning, and in the passover night, the same night wherein the first —...