Bible Commentary

Hast thou not heard long ago [how] I have done it, [and] of ancient times that I have formed it? now have I brought it to pass, that thou shouldest be to lay waste fenced cities [into] ruinous heaps. 25. This verse and the three following contain Jehovah’s response to Sennacherib. The boaster is told … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Kings 19:25”

I have digged and drunk strange waters, and with the sole of my feet have I dried up all the rivers of besieged places. 24. I have digged and drunk strange waters ] Probably there is some allusion in this boast which is put into the mouth of Sennacherib to the attempts made by Hezekiah … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Kings 19:24”

By thy messengers thou hast reproached the Lord, and hast said, With the multitude of my chariots I am come up to the height of the mountains, to the sides of Lebanon, and will cut down the tall cedar trees thereof, [and] the choice fir trees thereof: and I will enter into the lodgings of … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Kings 19:23”

Whom hast thou reproached and blasphemed? and against whom hast thou exalted [thy] voice, and lifted up thine eyes on high? [even] against the Holy [One] of Israel. 22. and lift [R.V. lifted ] up thine eyes on high ] The name by which Jehovah is often called is ‘the Most High’ (cf. Psa 56:2). … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Kings 19:22”

This [is] the word that the LORD hath spoken concerning him; The virgin the daughter of Zion hath despised thee, [and] laughed thee to scorn; the daughter of Jerusalem hath shaken her head at thee. 21. The virgin the [R.V. omits the ] daughter of Zion hath despised thee ] The first part of the … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Kings 19:21”

Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent to Hezekiah, saying, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, [That] which thou hast prayed to me against Sennacherib king of Assyria I have heard. 20 37. The answer of the Lord through Isaiah, and the manner of its fulfilment (2Ch 32:21-22; Isa 37:21-38) 20. The Lord God … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Kings 19:20”

Now therefore, O LORD our God, I beseech thee, save thou us out of his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that thou [art] the LORD God, [even] thou only. 19. Now therefore, O Lord our God, I beseech thee, save thou us ] The R.V. puts ‘I beseech thee’ after … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Kings 19:19”

And have cast their gods into the fire: for they [were] no gods, but the work of men’s hands, wood and stone: therefore they have destroyed them. 18. have cast their gods into the fire ] A conquering heathen would shew his contempt for the nations which he overcame by destroying the objects of their … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Kings 19:18”

Of a truth, LORD, the kings of Assyria have destroyed the nations and their lands, 17. the kings of Assyria have destroyed [R.V. laid waste ] the nations ] The change is in conformity with the rendering in Isaiah, where the Hebrew, however, says ‘ all the countries and their land’ (R.V.) The Hebrew word … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Kings 19:17”

LORD, bow down thine ear, and hear: open, LORD, thine eyes, and see: and hear the words of Sennacherib, which hath sent him to reproach the living God. 16. Lord, bow down thine ear, and hear ] R.V. Incline thine ear, O Lord, and hear. This is the translation in Isaiah of the same Hebrew. … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Kings 19:16”