The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 18:1
THE ACCESSION OF HEZEKIAH . HIS SUCCESSES . HIS WAR WITH SENNACHERIB . read more
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Spence, H. D. M., etc.
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 18:1
Now it came to pass in the third year of Hoshea son of Elah King of Israel, that Hezekiah the son of Ahaz King of Judah began to reign. There can scarcely be any doubt of this synchronism, which is in close accordance with the dates in 2 Kings 18:9 , 2 Kings 18:10 of this chapter, and agrees well with the Assyrian inscriptions. Hezekiah's accession may be placed almost certainly in B.C. 727. read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 18:1-8
THE EARLY YEARS Or HEZEKIAH . From his narrative of the destruction of the kingdom of Samaria, the writer turns, with evident relief, to the accession of the good king Hezekiah in Judah, and to a brief account of The narrative is still exceedingly brief, and has to be filled out from the Second Book of Chronicles, where the religious reformation of Hezekiah is treated with great fullness (2 Kings 29-31.). read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 18:1-8
The secret of a successful fife; or, trust in God, and its results. What a refreshing contrast to some of the lives we have been considering, is this description of the life of Hezekiah! How pleasant it is to read of such a life as his, after we have read of so many kings of Judah and Israel, that "they did evil in the sight of the Lord, and walked in the ways of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin"! It is a pleasant contrast even to the life of Hezekiah's own father Ahaz. It... read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 18:1-8
Hezekiah the good . It is with a sense of relief that we emerge from the dark and oppressive atmosphere of the time of Ahaz into the "clear shining" ( 2 Samuel 23:4 ) of a reign like that of Hezekiah. Once more Divine mercy gave Judah a king in whom the best traditions of the theocracy were revived. I. RIGHT CONDUCT . 1. An evil upbringing belied . As if to set laws of heredity at defiance, the worst King of Judah hitherto is succeeded by one of the best—the best after... read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 18:1-37
A striking reformation, a ruthless despotism, and an unprincipled diplomacy. "How it came to pass," etc. Amongst the incidents recorded and the characters mentioned in this chapter, there stand out in great prominence three subjects for practical contemplation: The many strange and somewhat revolting historic events that make up the bulk of this chapter will come out in the discussion of these three subjects. I. A STRIKING REFORMATION . Hezekiah, who was now King of Judah, and... read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 18:2
Twenty and five years old was he when he began to reign (on the difficulties connected with this statement, and the best mode of meeting them, see the comment upon 2 Kings 16:1 ); and he reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem. So Josephus ('Ant. Jud.,' 10.3. § 1), and the author of Chronicles ( 2 Chronicles 29:1 ). He reigned fourteen years before his severe illness, and fifteen afterwards. His mother's name also was Abi. Abi , "my father," is scarcely a possible name. We... read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 18:3
And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, according to all that David his father did. Such unqualified praise is only assigned to two other kings of Judah—Asa ( 1 Kings 15:11 ) and Josiah ( 2 Kings 22:2 ). It is curious that all three were the sons of wicked fathers. Hezekiah was probably, at an early age, Brought under the influence of Isaiah, who was on familiar terms with his father Ahaz ( Isaiah 7:3-16 ), and would be likely to do all that lay in his power to turn... read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 18:4
He removed the high places. This was a comparatively late step in Hezekiah's religious reformation. He began, as we learn from Chronicles ( 2 Chronicles 29:3 , 2 Chronicles 29:17 ), "in the first year of his reign, the first month, and the first day," by reopening the temple, which Ahaz had shut up, removing from it all the "filthiness" which Ahaz had allowed to accumulate ( 2 Chronicles 29:5 ), gathering together the priests and Levites and exhorting them ( 2 Chronicles 29:4-11 ),... read more
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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Kings 18:5
He trusted in the Lord - See the character of this good king: He trusted in the Lord God of Israel; He clave to the Lord; He was steady in his religion; he departed not from following the Lord; He kept God's commandments. And what were the consequences? 1. The Lord was with him; 2. He prospered whithersoever he went. read more