2 Kings 18:15-16

Expositor's Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 18:13-37

HEZEKIAH AND ASSYRIAB.C. 7012 Kings 18:13-37; 2 Kings 19:1-37"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 the sun’s self for visible boss. While an Arm ran across Which the earth heaved beneath like a breast, Where the wretch was safe pressed."- BROWNINGALTHOUGH during a few memorable scenes the relations of Judah with Assyria in the reign of Hezekiah leap into fierce light, many previous details are... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - 2 Kings 18:1-37

IV. THE REIGN OF HEZEKIAH, MANASSEH AND AMON 1. Hezekiah and Sennacherib’s Invasion CHAPTER 18 1. Hezekiah, King of Judah (2 Kings 18:1-3 ; 2 Kings 2:0 Chron. 29-32) 2. The Revival (2 Kings 18:4-7 ) 3. Victory over the Philistines (2 Kings 18:8 ) 4. Israel’s captivity (2 Kings 18:9-12 ) 5. Sennacherib’s invasion (2 Kings 18:13-16 ) 6. Sennacherib’s messengers and message (2 Kings 18:17-25 ; 2 Chronicles 32:9-19 ) 7. The request of Hilkiah, Shebna and Joah (2 Kings 18:26 ) 8.... read more

L.M. Grant

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Kings 18:1-37

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 captivity, but Hezekiah's faith and obedience to God preserved Judah from the same fate at that time. Jotham had been a good king, but Ahaz his son was just the opposite. Hezekiah was the son of Ahaz, but he stands in beautiful contrast to his father. He was 25 years old when taking the throne of... read more

James Gray

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 18:1-37

JUDAH UNDER HEZEKIAH A SUMMARY OF THE REIGN (2 Kings 18:1-8 ) For a more extensive history of this good reign compare 2 Chronicles 29-32, and also Isaiah 36-39. In the first eight verses we have the usual summary like that of Ahaz (16:1-4), after which follows in detail the chief events of the reign. The summary contains the age and period of the king (2 Kings 18:1-2 ); his attitude toward the true worship (2 Kings 18:3-4 ); a reference to the spirit animating his life and conduct (2 Kings... read more

Joseph Parker

The People's Bible by Joseph Parker - 2 Kings 18:1-37

2 Kings 18:0 1. Now it came to pass in the third year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, that Hezekiah [the name in this form means, "My strength is Jah" ( Psa 18:2 ), and its special appropriateness is exemplified in Hezekiah's history] the son of Ahaz king of Judah began to reign. 2. Twenty and five years old was he when he began to reign; and he reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem. His mother's name also was Abi [should probably be Abijah], the daughter of Zachariah. 3. And he did... read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - 2 Kings 18:13-16

This Sennacherib must have been the successor to Shalmaneser. And perhaps his victory over Samaria prompted him to suppose, that he should be conqueror of Jerusalem. And though it is said the Lord prospered Hezekiah whithersoever he went, yet we find the Lord was pleased; in the opening of this siege, to give Sennacherib a temporary triumph, with a vi e w to a more signal display of his own Almighty power, in the salvation of his servant, and his people. Reader! it is one of the Lord's usual... read more

George Haydock

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 18:16

On them. All must go to meet the exigencies of the state. (Grotius, Jur. ii. 5.) --- The doors of temples and palaces were frequently adorned with the most precious metals, as Homer describes the palace of Alcinous; (Odyssey; Haydock) and Tavernier (vii. 12.) speaks of some mosques in Persia, the doors of which are covered with plates of silver. See Josephus, Jewish Wars vi. 6. read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - 2 Kings 18:9-16

9-16 The descent Sennacherib made upon Judah, was a great calamity to that kingdom, by which God would try the faith of Hezekiah, and chastise the people. The secret dislike, the hypocrisy, and lukewarmness of numbers, require correction; such trials purify the faith and hope of the upright, and bring them to simple dependence on God. read more

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - 2 Kings 18:9-16

The Assyrian Campaign against Samaria and Jerusalem v. 9. And it came to pass in the fourth year of King Hezekiah, which was the seventh year of Hoshea, son of Elah, king of Israel, that Shalmaneser, king of Assyria, came up against Samaria and besieged it. v. 10. And at the end of three years they took it; even in the sixth year of Hezekiah, that is the ninth year of Hoshea, king of Israel, Samaria was taken. v. 11. And the king of Assyria did carry away Israel unto Assyria, and put them in... read more

Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - 2 Kings 18:1-37

THIRD PERIOD(727–588 b.c.)THE MONARCHY IN JUDAH AFTER THE FALL OF THE KINGDOM OF ISRAEL(2 Kings 18-25)FIRST SECTIONthe monarchy under hezekiah(2 Kings 18-20)A.—The Reign of Hezekiah; the Invasion by Sennacherib, and Deliverance from it2 Kings 18:19 (Isaiah 36, 37)1Now it came to pass in the third year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, that Hezekiah the son of Ahaz king of Judah began to reign [became king]. 2Twenty and five years old was he when he began to reign [became king]; and he... read more

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