역대하 32:2-5 Krv
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 32:2
When Hezekiah saw … and that he purposed … Jerusalem . Whether the three verses of ill omen already alluded to ( 2 Kings 18:14-16 ) may be road precedent to this verse, and purport that the bribes had been paid, and yet had failed of their object, so that Hezekiah was now compelled to brace himself to the occasion, and "took counsel," etc. (next verse); or whether this verse dates (as some think)the quailing heart of Hezekiah, and an offer or part payment of treasure by Hezekiah to... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 32:3
To stop the waters of the fountains … without the city . These fountains or springs were probably those represented by En Rogel, on the Ophel spur or very large mound, or fortified hill (mistranslated possibly from that circumstance "tower," in 2 Kings 5:24 ; Isaiah 32:14 ), on the southeast of the temple. The object of Hezekiah is obvious enough. The word ( סָתַּם ) for "stopping" occurs in all thirteen times—twice in piel in Genesis, once in niph. in Nehemiah, and ten times in... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 32:4
The brook that ran through the midst of the land . Compare the Septuagint, which has it, "through the midst of the city; " and compare foregoing verse and note; and see again above reference to Courier's 'Handbook' at length. read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 32:5
He strengthened himself ; i.e; as in our several previous instances of the occurrence of the phrase ( 1 Chronicles 11:10 ; 2 Chronicles 12:1 ; 2 Chronicles 25:11 ; 2 Chronicles 26:8 ), he took all possible means to make himself and people and city strong to withstand the invader. All the wall that was broken (see Isaiah 22:9 ). Although we read that the devastation wrought by Joash ( 2 Chronicles 25:23 ) was very largely repaired by Uzziah ( 2 Chronicles 26:9 ) and by... read more
Albert Barnes
Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Chronicles 32:3
To stop the waters ... - Compare 2 Chronicles 32:30. Hezekiah’s object was probably twofold - to hide the springs outside the city in order to distress the Assyrians, and to convey their water underground into the city, in order to increase his own supply during the siege. read more
Albert Barnes
Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Chronicles 32:4
The “brook” intended is probably not the Kidron, but the natural water-course of the Gihon, which ran down the Tyropoeon valley (compare the 1 Kings 1:3 note). read more
Albert Barnes
Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Chronicles 32:5
The breaches in the wall of Jerusalem were not entirely due to the old hostility of Joash (marginal reference); but may have been caused either by neglect and carelessness in the reign of Ahaz 2 Chronicles 28:0, or by the simple process of natural decay. Hezekiah pulled down houses for the purpose of his repairs Isaiah 22:10.On Millo, see the marginal references notes. read more
Joseph Benson
Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Chronicles 32:3-4
2 Chronicles 32:3-4. To stop the waters of the fountains To fill them up with earth and other things cast into them, that it might not be known there was any water there, and withal to draw the waters by secret passages and pipes to Jerusalem . And the brook that ran through the midst of the land The brook Kidron, which being but small, except when much rain fell, they easily filled up the spring of it. Saying, Why should the kings of Assyria find much water Which was scarce in that... read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 32:1-23
The weakness that bodes strength; the defiant strength that bodes shame efface. One of the most fruitful sources of strength in the individual character is according to the trustfulness that may be in it-the absence, or all but entire absence, of it on the one hand, and the larger or lesser bulk of it on the other. Trustfulness is a sure turning-point—a determining feature in the original shaping and in the growing formation of any character. The direction in which that trustfulness goes... read more