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Verse 34. _WHERE_ ARE _THE GODS OF HAMATH_] Sennacherib is greater
than any of the gods of the nations. The Assyrians have already
overthrown the gods of Hamath, Arpad, Hena, and Ivah; therefore,
Jeho...
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Arpad was situated somewhere in southern Syria; but it is impossible
to fix its exact position. Sargon mentions it in an inscription as
joining with Hamath in an act of rebellion, which he chastised....
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IV. THE REIGN OF HEZEKIAH, MANASSEH AND AMON
1. Hezekiah and Sennacherib's Invasion
CHAPTER 18
_ 1. Hezekiah, King of Judah (2 Kings 18:1; 2 Kings 2 Chron. 29-32)_
2. The Revival (2 Kings 18:4)
3...
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HAMATH. Compare 2 Kings 17:24.
ARPAD.. city of Syria, north-west of Aleppo. Now identified with _Tell
Erfud._
SEPHARVAIRN. On the Euphrates, north of Babylon. See note on 2 Kings
17:24.
HENA, AND I...
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_gods of Hamath, and of Arpad_ Of _Hamath_, see above on 2 Kings
17:24. _Arpad_is always spoken of in connexion with Hamath, but the
site of the place has not been determined, nor any trace of the nam...
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B. SENNACHERIB'S INITIAL SURRENDER DEMANDS 18:17-19:7
The Assyrian king was not satisfied with the tribute paid by Hezekiah.
He wanted nothing less than the total surrender of Jerusalem. While he
hims...
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_WHERE ARE THE GODS OF HAMATH, AND OF ARPAD? WHERE ARE THE GODS OF
SEPHARVAIM, HENA, AND IVAH? HAVE THEY DELIVERED SAMARIA OUT OF MINE
HAND?_
Where are the gods of Hamath, х_ CHªMAAT_ (H2574); Septua...
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HAMATH, etc.] For most of the towns here named see on 2 Kings 17:24.
Arpad has been identified with some ruins NW. of Aleppo....
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HEZEKIAH AND SENNACHERIB
This chapter describes the reign of Hezekiah of Judah, his religious
reforms, and the invasion of Judah by Sennacherib, king of Assyria,
who sent one of his officers to deman...
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THE LAST KINGS OF *ISRAEL AND *JUDAH
BOOK OF 2 KINGS
_PHILIP SMITH_
CHAPTER 18
HEZEKIAH’S RULE AS KING OF *JUDAH
V1 Hezekiah, Ahaz’s son, began to rule as king of *Judah. He did so
in the 3rd y...
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WHERE ARE THE GODS OF HAMATH, AND OF ARPAD? — Sargon,
Sennacherib’s father, had reduced these two cities. The reference to
“my fathers” in 2 Kings 19:12, and the use of the general term,
“the king of...
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אַיֵּה֩ אֱלֹהֵ֨י חֲמָ֜ת וְ אַרְפָּ֗ד
אַיֵּ֛ה...
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HEZEKIAH
B.C. 715-686
2 Kings 18:1
"For Ezekias had done the thing that pleased the Lord, and was strong
in the ways of David his father, as Esay the prophet, who was great
and faithful in his visi...
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HEZEKIAH AND ASSYRIA
B.C. 701
2 Kings 18:13; 2 Kings 19:1
"When, sudden-how think ye the end?
Did I say ‘without friend'?
Say rather from marge to blue marge
The whole sky grew his targe,
With...
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SILENT BEFORE THE BOASTER
2 Kings 18:26
The Jews met the taunts of Rabshakeh with silence. It was wise policy.
It is infinitely better to hand over our cause to God, and leave Him
to answer for us an...
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We now begin the third section of this Book, which includes the story
of the reigns of Hezekiah and Josiah, with a period of reaction and
sin between the two. It is remarkable that such a man as Hezek...
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CHAPTER XVIII.
Emath, Emesa. --- Arphad, or Arad, an island and city on the
continent, (Calmet) near Tyre. --- Of Ana, &c., "of," is not expressed
in the Vulgate, (Haydock) and it may be explained as...
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The modest request of Hezekiah's servants to speak in the Syrian
language, meeting with such contempt, may serve to teach us how
confident of success the blasphemer was. And it only serves to
heighten...
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The kingdom of Israel, or Samaria, was now closed, not for ever, but
for a season, and a season protracted long, even unto this day. There
has been no restoration save in individuals. We know that Jeh...
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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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Where [are] the gods of Hamath, and of Arpad? where [are] the gods of
Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivah? have they delivered Samaria out of mine
hand?
Ver. 34. _Where are the gods?_] _Os ferreum!_ This is a...
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_Where are the gods of Hamath and of Arpad?_ These were cities or
countries which the kings of Assyria had conquered, as were the other
places here mentioned. And therefore Rab-shakeh argued that the...
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1 Hezekiah his good reigne.
4 He destroyeth idolatrie, and prospereth.
9 Samaria is caried captiue for their sins.
13 Sennacherib inuading Iudah, is pacified by a tribute.
17 Rabshakeh sent by Sen...
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THE ASSYRIAN EXPEDITION AGAINST JERUSALEM...
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Where are the gods of Hamath and of Arpad? Where are the gods of
Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivah? These were the provinces toward the north
and east which had been conquered by the Assyrian forces, 2 Kings...
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THE REIGN OF HEZEKIAH IN JUDAH
(vv.1-16)
In Judah the reign of Hezekiah provided a refreshing relief to the
tendency of departure from God. It was during his reign that Assyria
took Samaria into cap...
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17-37 Rabshakeh tries to convince the Jews, that it was to no purpose
for them to stand it out. What confidence is this wherein thou
trustest? It were well if sinners would submit to the force of thi...
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HAMATH AND ARPAD; of which see JEREMIAH 49:23. SEPHARVAIM; of which
see 2 KINGS 17:21. HENA AND IVAH; the names, either,
1. Of idol gods. But why should only these two be named, and not the
gods of t...
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2 Kings 18:34 gods H430 Hamath H2574 Arpad H774 gods H430 Sepharvaim
H5617 Hena H2012 Ivah H5755 delivered H5337 ...
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CONTENTS: Reign and revival of Hezekiah over Judah. Victory over
Phillistines. Invasion of Sennacherib. Insolence of Rab-shekeh.
CHARACTERS: God, Hezekiah, Hoshea, Shalmaneser, Sennacherib, Eliakim,...
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2 Kings 18:4. _Nehushtan;_ that is, _their brass,_ or mere brass, or
_parvum æs,_ corrupted brass, by way of contempt. In the Chronicum of
Alexander, cited by Eusebius out of Anestasio Niceno, we are...
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_Now it came to pass in the third year of Hoshea._
A STRIKING REFORMATION, A RUTHLESS DESPOTISM, AND AN UNPRINCIPLED
DIPLOMACY
I. A striking reformation (2 Kings 18:3).
1. The perverting tendency of...
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2 KINGS—NOTE ON 2 KINGS 18:31 EAT OF HIS OWN VINE... HIS OWN FIG
TREE... DRINK THE WATER OF HIS OWN CISTERN. The Assyrian king is
presented as a powerful god able to provide for his worshipers, in
con...
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CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.—
2 Kings 18:13. IN THE FOURTEENTH YEAR OF HEZEKIAH DID SENNACHERIB,
&c.—_Comp._ Isaiah 36. This mighty Assyrian was with his vast army
on his way to war with his hated...
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EXPOSITION
18-25
THE HISTORY OF THE KINGDOM OF JUDAH AFTER THE FALL OF SAMARIA.
2 KINGS 18:1
THE ACCESSION
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In chapter eighteen we now move back to the southern kingdom of Judah.
Inasmuch as the northern kingdom has now been destroyed from the rest
of the... from the rest of Second Kings on we'll be dealing...
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2 Kings 17:24; 2 Kings 19:13; 2 Samuel 8:9; Isaiah 19:12; Isaiah 1