Bible Commentary

Until I come and take you away to a land like your own land, a land of corn and wine, a land of bread and vineyards, a land of oil olive and of honey, that ye may live, and not die: and hearken not unto Hezekiah, when he persuadeth you, saying, The LORD will deliver … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Kings 18:32”

Hearken not to Hezekiah: for thus saith the king of Assyria, Make [an agreement] with me by a present, and come out to me, and [then] eat ye every man of his own vine, and every one of his fig tree, and drink ye every one the waters of his cistern: 31. Make an agreement … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Kings 18:31”

Neither let Hezekiah make you trust in the LORD, saying, The LORD will surely deliver us, and this city shall not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria. 30. this city shall not be delivered ] R.V. given. The Hebrew word is not the same as that rendered ‘deliver’ in this verse … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Kings 18:30”

Thus saith the king, Let not Hezekiah deceive you: for he shall not be able to deliver you out of his hand: 29. out of his hand ] The natural expression would be ‘out of my hand’. And so it is rendered in all the versions but the Chaldee. It is worth noting that in … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Kings 18:29”

Then Rab-shakeh stood and cried with a loud voice in the Jews’ language, and spoke, saying, Hear the word of the great king, the king of Assyria: 28. with a loud voice ] To prove that it was to the people on the wall that his message was sent. If he could provoke them to … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Kings 18:28”

But Rab-shakeh said unto them, Hath my master sent me to thy master, and to thee, to speak these words? [hath he] not [sent me] to the men which sit on the wall, that they may eat their own dung, and drink their own piss with you? That they may eat … – My master … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Kings 18:27”

Then said Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, and Shebna, and Joah, unto Rab-shakeh, Speak, I pray thee, to thy servants in the Syrian language; for we understand [it]: and talk not with us in the Jews’ language in the ears of the people that [are] on the wall. 26 37. Further insolence of Rab-shakeh. He … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Kings 18:26”

Am I now come up without the LORD against this place to destroy it? The LORD said to me, Go up against this land, and destroy it. 25. Am I now come up without the Lord ] Rab-shakeh goes one step further, and with a bold assertion claims Jehovah’s support. Perhaps he thought his lie … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Kings 18:25”

How then wilt thou turn away the face of one captain of the least of my master’s servants, and put thy trust on Egypt for chariots and for horsemen? 24. How then wilt thou, &c. ] Rab-shakeh impudently takes for granted that Hezekiah’s only answer would be ‘I have not the men’. So he proceeds … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Kings 18:24”

Now therefore, I pray thee, give pledges to my lord the king of Assyria, and I will deliver thee two thousand horses, if thou be able on thy part to set riders upon them. 23. Now therefore, I pray thee, give pledges to my lord ] R.V. my master. The change conforms to verses 24 … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Kings 18:23”