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2 Kings 18 - Introduction

INTRODUCTION TO 2 KINGS 18

This chapter begins with the good reign of Hezekiah king of Judah, the reformation he made in the kingdom, and the prosperity that attended him when Israel was carried captive, 2 Kings 18:1 and gives an account of the siege of Jerusalem by the king of Assyria, and of the distress Hezekiah was in, and the hard measures he was obliged to submit unto, 2 Kings 18:13 and of the reviling and blasphemous speech of Rabshakeh, one of the generals of the king of Assyria, urging the Jews to a revolt from their king, 2 Kings 18:19.

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See also 2 Kings 18 - Introduction in other biblical comments:

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    The sacred writer, having now completed the history of the joint kingdom, and having east his glance forward over the religions history of the mixed race which replaced the Israelites in Samaria, proc...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    2 KINGS 18-20. THE REIGN OF HEZEKIAH. These three Chapter s give an account of the reign of the best king of Judah, and a parallel but somewhat less full account is found in Isaiah 36-39. There is ano...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    _HEZEKIAH REIGNS TWENTY-NINE YEARS. HE DESTROYS IDOLATRY, AND SHAKES OFF THE YOKE OF THE ASSYRIANS. SHALMANESER BESIEGES SAMARIA. SENNACHERIB SENDS RABSHAKEH TO JERUSALEM, WHO EXHORTS THE PEOPLE NOT T...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE THE STRUGGLE FOR INDEPENDENCE 2 Kings 18:1 to 2 Kings 20:21 Three Chapter s of Kings are devoted to the reign of good King Hezekiah. After a somewhat lengthy introduction to the...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    1:8 [garment], (a-13) Or 'a hairy man.'...

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

    _A.M. 3281. B.C. 723._ Hezekiah reforms his kingdom, 2 Kings 18:1. Prospers in all his undertakings, even at the time the ten tribes are led captive, 2 Kings 18:7. Yet is invaded, and his country put...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    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...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    * Good reign of Hezekiah in Judah, Idolatry. (1-8) Sennacherib invades Judah. (9-16) Rabshakeh's blasphemies. (17-37)...

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