Many brought gifts unto the Lord - They plainly saw that Jehovah was the protector of the land. And presents to Hezekiah - They saw that God was his friend, and would undertake for him; and they did not wish to have such a man for their enemy. read more
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
The invasion of Sennacherib: 1. A summons to surrender. I. SENNACHERIB 'S ENCAMPMENT AT LACHISH . Fifteen or eighteen hours west-south-west of Jerusalem, in the low country of Judah, on the confines of Philistia, fourteen miles north-east of Gaza, Lachish (see on 2 Chronicles 11:9 ; 2 Chronicles 25:27 )—on the monuments Lakis— according to a slab in the British Museum, was a walled town with towers and battlements, whose power of resistance was so great as to demand a... read more
Sennacherib and Hezekiah: abasement and exaltation. We have here brought out in very vivid contrast— I. THE HISTORY OF THE HAUGHTY . 1 . Appearances are all on its side. It has apparently overwhelming numbers, superior military training and equipments, the prestige of previous success and acknowledged worldly power. 2 . It is honeycombed with spiritual evil. It is (3) pride, and its accompanying vain-gloriousness ( 2 Chronicles 32:13-15 ); 3 . It draws... read more
And his servants spoke yet more. A glimpse of the fact that the compiler of our book very designedly excerpted only what he thought needful from very much more abundant resources. read more
The invasion of Sennacherib: 2. The great deliverance. I. SENNACHERIB AND HIS GENERALS . Their renewed efforts to take the city. 1 . The letter of Sennacherib to Hezekiah. ( 2 Chronicles 32:17 .) The tartan with his assistants having failed to either storm Jerusalem or intimidate its inhabitants, returned, or more probably despatched, Rabshakeh to his master for further instructions. Sennacherib was now at Libnah, a few miles nearer Jerusalem than Lachish, which in the... read more
Letters to rail on the Lord God of Israel (so 2 Kings 19:8-14 ). The rumour of the approach of "Tirhakah King of Ethiopia" ( 2 Chronicles 32:9 ) quickened Sennacherib's anxiety to make short work with the conflict at Jerusalem, by intimidating the people to an early collapse of their resistance,. read more
In the Jews' speech (see again 2 Kings 18:26 , 2 Kings 18:27 ). The last three clauses of this verse are additional matter to that contained in the parallel. read more
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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Chronicles 32:21
The Lord sent an angel - See 2 Kings 19:36 ; (note), and the note there. House of his god - Nisroch. They that came forth of his own bowels - His sons Adrammelech and Sharezer. read more