Bible Commentary

And Hezekiah prayed unto the LORD, saying, Verse 15. Unto the Lord – “Before JEHOVAH”] That is, in the sanctuary. For el, the Syriac, Chaldee, and the other copy, 2Kg 19:15, read liphney, “before the face.” Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible And Hezekiah prayed unto the Lord, saying. He did … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Isaiah 37:15”

And Hezekiah received the letter from the hand of the messengers, and read it: and Hezekiah went up unto the house of the LORD, and spread it before the LORD. 14. spread it (the letter) before the Lord ] that Jehovah might take notice of the arrogance displayed by it. The act is symbolic. Similarly … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Isaiah 37:14”

Where [is] the king of Hamath, and the king of Arphad, and the king of the city of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivah? 13. Hamath Arphad Sepharvaim ] See ch. Isa 36:19. Hena and Ivah (R.V. more correctly, Ivvah) are not known. The latter is probably the same as Ava or Avva (2Ki 17:24). Fuente: The … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Isaiah 37:13”

Have the gods of the nations delivered them which my fathers have destroyed, [as] Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the children of Eden which [were] in Telassar? 12. my fathers here means “my predecessors”; for the dynasty to which Sennacherib belonged had been founded by his father Sargon. The place-names in this verse are … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Isaiah 37:12”

Behold, thou hast heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands by destroying them utterly; and shalt thou be delivered? 11. by destroying them utterly ] Lit. putting them to the ban, see on ch. Isa 34:2. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges And shalt thou be delivered? – How … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Isaiah 37:11”

Thus shall ye speak to Hezekiah king of Judah, saying, Let not thy God, in whom thou trustest, deceive thee, saying, Jerusalem shall not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria. 10 13. Sennacherib’s letter to Hezekiah. It is in substance a repetition of the chief argument of the Rabshakeh, with the … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Isaiah 37:10”

And he heard say concerning Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, He is come forth to make war with thee. And when he heard [it], he sent messengers to Hezekiah, saying, 9. Tirhakah king of Ethiopia is named only here in the O.T. See General Introduction, p. xvi. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges And … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Isaiah 37:9”

So Rab-shakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria warring against Libnah: for he had heard that he was departed from Lachish. 8. Libnah ] another of the “defenced cities” of Judah (Jos 10:29). Its situation is not known. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges So Rabshakeh returned – Returned from Jerusalem to … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Isaiah 37:8”

Behold, I will send a blast upon him, and he shall hear a rumor, and return to his own land; and I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land. 7. I will send a blast upon him ] Render as in R.V. I will put a spirit in him, i.e. … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Isaiah 37:7”

And Isaiah said unto them, Thus shall ye say unto your master, Thus saith the LORD, Be not afraid of the words that thou hast heard, wherewith the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed me. 6. the servants ] Lit “the youths.” Cf. 1Ki 20:14. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Isaiah 37:6”