Bible Commentary

But if ye say unto me, We trust in the LORD our God: [is] not that he, whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah hath taken away, and hath said to Judah and Jerusalem, Ye shall worship before this altar in Jerusalem? 22. We trust in the Lord our God ] Probably Rab-shakeh knew something … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Kings 18:22”

Now, behold, thou trustest upon the staff of this bruised reed, [even] upon Egypt, on which if a man lean, it will go into his hand, and pierce it: so [is] Pharaoh king of Egypt unto all that trust on him. 21. Thou trustest upon the staff of this bruised reed ] Rab-shakeh answers his … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Kings 18:21”

Thou sayest, (but [they are but] vain words,) [I have] counsel and strength for the war. Now on whom dost thou trust, that thou rebellest against me? 20. Thou sayest, ( but they are but vain words)] Some have taken the words in the parenthesis as the object of the verb, so that the sense … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Kings 18:20”

And Rab-shakeh said unto them, Speak ye now to Hezekiah, Thus saith the great king, the king of Assyria, What confidence [is] this wherein thou trustest? 19. Speak ye now to Hezekiah ] Their message was first addressed to the king, but afterwards they turn (verse 29) to the people who had gathered to hear … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Kings 18:19”

And when they had called to the king, there came out to them Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, which [was] over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph the recorder. 18. And when they had called to the king ] i.e. Had made it known in some way to the … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Kings 18:18”

And the king of Assyria sent Tartan and Rabsaris and Rab-shakeh from Lachish to king Hezekiah with a great host against Jerusalem. And they went up and came to Jerusalem. And when they were come up, they came and stood by the conduit of the upper pool, which [is] in the highway of the fuller’s … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Kings 18:17”

At that time did Hezekiah cut off [the gold from] the doors of the temple of the LORD, and [from] the pillars which Hezekiah king of Judah had overlaid, and gave it to the king of Assyria. 16. cut off the gold from the doors of the temple ] Plainly shewing that there was a … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Kings 18:16”

And Hezekiah gave [him] all the silver that was found in the house of the LORD, and in the treasures of the king’s house. 15. all the silver that was found in the house of the Lord ] The like emptying of the treasuries both of the temple and of the king had been made … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Kings 18:15”

And Hezekiah king of Judah sent to the king of Assyria to Lachish, saying, I have offended; return from me: that which thou puttest on me will I bear. And the king of Assyria appointed unto Hezekiah king of Judah three hundred talents of silver and thirty talents of gold. 14. to Lachish ] On … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Kings 18:14”

Now in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah did Sennacherib king of Assyria come up against all the fenced cities of Judah, and took them. 13 16. Sennacherib, king of Assyria, invades Judah. Hezekiah submits, and pays a large tribute (2Ch 32:1; Isa 36:1) 13. Sennacherib king of Assyria ] Sennacherib was the son of … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Kings 18:13”