Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Chronicles 32:6
Set captains of war over the people - in the street of the gate of the city - That is, the open places at the gate of the city, whither the people came for judgment, etc. read more
2 Chronicles 32:2-8 Niv
Adam Clarke
Adam Clarke
Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Chronicles 32:7
There be more with us than with him - We have more power than they have. (These words he quotes from the prophet Elisha, 2 Kings 6:16 ;). This was soon proved to be true by the slaughter made by the angel of the Lord in the Assyrian camp. read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 32:1-8
In face of the enemy. We do not know how long "after these things, and the establishment thereof," occurred the events which are here narrated; but the connection of the two in the record of the Chronicler may suggest to us— I. THAT TROUBLE MAY FOLLOW FAITHFULNESS AS IT DOES FOLLOW SIN . We never read of Israel's serious departure from their loyalty to Jehovah without reading of appropriate penalty coming in due course. Suffering always waits on sin—suffering in... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 32:1-8
An Assyrian invasion of Judah. I. THE DATE , 1 . Indefinitely. "After these things, and this faithfulness" ( 2 Chronicles 32:1 ); i.e. after the great Passover, which terminated in the destruction of the symbols of idolatry throughout the land, with the restoration of the true worship of Jehovah in Connection with the reopened and purified temple ( 2 Chronicles 30:1-27 ; 2 Chronicles 31:1-21 .), and after the singular display of zeal and piety on the part of Hezekiah in... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
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
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
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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Chronicles 32:5
Raised it up to the towers - He built the wall up to the height of the towers, or, having built the wall, he raised towers on it. read more