Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
2 Chronicles 32:27
Verse 2 Chronicles 32:27. Pleasant jewels] כלי חמדה keley chemdah, desirable vessels or utensils.
Verse 2 Chronicles 32:27. Pleasant jewels] כלי חמדה keley chemdah, desirable vessels or utensils.
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;...
_riches and honour_ Cp. 2 Kings 20:13 (Isaiah 39:2). _shields_ If the text be correct we must think of silver and gold in the form of shields; cp. 2 Chronicles 9:15-16; but perhaps we should read migd...
AND FOR SHIELDS— Houbigant here reads _precious things,_ instead of _shields._ REFLECTIONS.—1st, We might have expected that all would be peace and safety _after these good things_ that Hezekiah had d...
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 HEZEKIAH HAD EXCEEDING MUCH RICHES AND HONOUR: AND HE MADE HIMSELF TREASURIES FOR SILVER, AND FOR GOLD, AND FOR PRECIOUS STONES, AND FOR SPICES, AND FOR SHIELDS, AND FOR ALL MANNER OF PLEASANT JE...
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...
HAD. — Or, _got._ RICHES AND HONOUR (or, _wealth; kâbôd_). — Comp. 1 Chronicles 29:28 (David); 2 Chronicles 1:12 (Solomon), 2 Chronicles 17:5;...
וַ יְהִ֧י לִֽ יחִזְקִיָּ֛הוּ עֹ֥שֶׁר וְ כָבֹ֖
HEZEKIAH: THE RELIGIOUS VALUE OF MUSIC 2 Chronicles 29:1; 2 Chronicles 30:1; 2 Chronicles 31:1;...
ONE FLAW IN A GOOD LIFE 2 Chronicles 32:24 What this sign was is more clearly told in Isaiah 38:1. Great interpositions on the part of God impose corresponding responsibilities. If you have received...
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...
_Arms. Heb. "shields." Sept. "arsenals."_...
The Holy Ghost hath been pleased to give us in those Chronicles the most interesting account concerning Hezekiah in the causes of his trials, and which the other records, though relating the historica...
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 HEZEKIAH HAD EXCEEDING MUCH RICHES,.... Increased by the spoil of the Assyrian camp, and the presents sent him after that by neighbouring nations, 2 Chronicles 32:21 AND HONOUR; both from his sub...
And Hezekiah had exceeding much riches and honour: and he made himself treasuries for silver, and for gold, and for precious stones, and for spices, and for shields, and for all manner of pleasant jew...
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 Hezekiah had exceeding much riches, in personal possessions and in gifts brought to him by neighboring nations, AND HONOR; AND HE MADE HIMSELF TREASURIES FOR SILVER, AND FOR GOLD, AND FOR PRECIOUS...
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...
PLEASANT JEWELS: _ Heb._ instruments of desire...
24-33 God left Hezekiah to himself, that, by this trial and his weakness in it, what was in his heart might be known; that he was not so perfect in grace as he thought he was. It is good for us to kn...
No text from Poole on this verse....
2 Chronicles 32:27 Hezekiah H3169 very H3966 great H7235 (H8687) riches H6239 honor H3519 made H6213 (H8804
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 32:24, 2 CHRONICLES 32:31 Compare 2 Kings 20:1. These e
2 CHRONICLES—NOTE ON 2 CHRONICLES 32:27 RICHES AND HONOR are regular signs of divine blessing on faithful rulers (see 1 Chronicles 29:28;...
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...
1 Chronicles 27:25; 2 Chronicles 1:12; 2 Chronicles 17:5; 2 Chronicles 9:27;...