Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Chronicles 32:16
And his servants spoke yet [more] against the LORD God, and against his servant Hezekiah.
And his servants spake yet more against the Lord God, and against his servant Hezekiah. Than what is here recorded, as may be read in 2Ki 18:1, and Isa 36:1.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
See note on 2Ki 18:26
Fuente: Garner-Howes Baptist Commentary
(16) Spake yet more.See the parallel passages in Kings and Isaiah. The verse shows that the chronicler does not profess to give a full report.
Against the Lord God.Literally, against Jehovah the (true) God. Whom hast thou reproached and blasphemed? . . . the Holy One of Israel (Isa. 37:23).
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
2Ch 32:16 And his servants spake yet [more] against the LORD God, and against his servant Hezekiah.
Ver. 16. And his servants spake yet more. ] Adding of their own to their master’s mandates which yet needed not.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
God. Elohim (with Art.) = the [true] God.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
2Ch 32:16-19
2Ch 32:16-19
SENNACHERIB EXALTED HIMSELF AGAINST GOD ALMIGHTY
“And his servants spake yet more against Jehovah God, and against his servant Hezekiah. He wrote also letters, to rail on Jehovah, the God of Israel, and to speak against him, saying, As the gods of the nations of the lands, which have not delivered their people out of my hand, so shall not the God of Hezekiah deliver his people out of my hand. And they cried with a loud voice in the Jews’ language unto the people of Jerusalem that were on the wall, to affright them, and to trouble them; that they might take the city. And they spake of the God of Jerusalem, as of the gods of the earth, which are the work of men’s hands.”
The Chronicler in this brief paragraph has given the full and complete explanation of just why God put his hook in the nose of Sennacherib and removed him from the siege of Jerusalem.
E.M. Zerr:
2Ch 32:16. His servants means the servants of Sennacherib. He was personally at Libnah, having departed from Lachish (2Ki 19:8), but was being represented by his servants, chief of whom was this one referred to as Rab-shakeh.
2Ch 32:17. He wrote means that Sennacherib wrote the letters from Libnah. He made the same impudent comparison between the two kinds of gods, the true God and those of the heathen nations that Rab-shakeh had made by mouth before the wall of Jerusalem.
2Ch 32:18. It is the part of a coward to pretend confidence in himself, and to threaten the opponent in a way to frighten him. There were those in the Assyrian host who could speak the Jews’ language. They did so here, in order to impress their hearers all the more.
2Ch 32:19. Against God . . . as against the gods, etc. This means they put the God of Israel and the gods made by the hands of men in the same class. Such irreverence was bound to work its rebuke sooner or later.
Fuente: Old and New Testaments Restoration Commentary
the Cry to Heaven Answered
2Ch 32:16-23
Sennacheribs generals were even more insolent than himself. Their aim was to discourage the people and undermine their faith. To destroy confidence in God is the surest method of attack and victory. A significant description of their braggart boastfulness is given in 2Ch 32:19. The only effect, however, was to drive the king and the prophet to prayer, 2Ch 32:20. This is the talisman of victory. Isaiah tells how Hezekiah spread out the blasphemous letter of the invader before God, and challenged His help, that the kingdoms of the earth might know His power, inasmuch as His character was at stake before the heathen.
One angel sufficed for the work of deliverance and Sennacherib returned home a discredited man, to be murdered by his own children. The Lord not only saved Israel, but guided them on every side. Shall we not claim similar treatment? And when we are true to God, we may rely on Him to give us favor with men, and enrich our lives with His hid treasures. Them that honor me, I will honor.
Fuente: F.B. Meyer’s Through the Bible Commentary
yet: Job 15:25, Job 15:26, Psa 73:9
against: Joh 15:21
Reciprocal: Psa 31:18 – speak
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
32:16 And his servants spake yet [more] against the LORD God, and against his {k} servant Hezekiah.
(k) In this we see that when the wicked speak evil of the servants of God, they care not to blaspheme God himself for if they feared God, they would love his servants.