John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 32:22
Thus the Lord saved Hezekiah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, from the hand of Sennacherib the king of Assyria ,.... As most clearly appeared; for no stroke was struck but by him: and from the hand of all other ; the Arabic version adds,"who were round about them;'who by this defeat were deterred from attacking them: and guided them on every side : and guarded them all around, as a shepherd leads his flock, where they may be secure from all dangers. read more
John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 32:21
And the Lord sent an angel ,.... The Targum is,"the Word of the Lord sent Gabriel;'Josephus F1 Antiqu. l. 10. c. 1. sect. 5. takes this angel, or messenger sent of God, to be the pestilence; and others suppose it to be a hot pestilential wind, common in the eastern countries, called "Samiel", or the poison wind, by which multitudes are sometimes destroyed at once; of which Thevenot and other travellers make mention; see Gill on Job 27:21 ; see Gill on Psalm 91:6 , but be it as it... read more