2 Chronicles 32:1 - Exposition

The establishment thereof; translate, and this (his) truth . The word is the same with the third of the trio (see above), as given in 2 Chronicles 32:20 of the foregoing chapter. The evident meaning intended to be conveyed is, "After these things and this truth," i.e. truthfulness of conduct on the part of Hezekiah, the strict rendering being, "After the things and the truth this." Sennacherib … came … entered into Judah … encamped against the fenced cities … thought to win. This verse and these items of it may without any inconvenient strain be made conterminous with just one verse in Kings, the thirteenth of 2 Kings 18:1-37 . The king personally seems to have devoted himself especially to the siege of Lachish, an Amoritish city indeed originally, and a place of great strength of petition, but conquered by Judah ( Joshua 10:26 , Joshua 10:31-35 ; 2 Chronicles 11:9 ; 2 Chronicles 25:27 ; and infra here and in parallel). This invasion of Sennacherib (Herod; 2.141), son of Sargon, may be with moderate certainty affixed to the date B.C. 701. Thought to win . A weak rendering for the preferable purposed or boasted to break them ( Genesis 7:11 ).