2 Chronicles 32:9 NASB

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 32:1-33

Hezekiah’s political administration (32:1-33)To the writer of Chronicles, Hezekiah’s religious reforms were the most important feature of his reign. Politically, he was able to remain independent of Assyria, but only because God intervened in response to his faith (32:1-23; see notes on 2 Kings 18:13-19:37). He also made Judah prosperous. But pride in his achievements led him to become friendly with Babylon, the rising power in the region. It was a policy that later brought disaster upon Judah... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 2 Chronicles 32:9

After this. Omitting the account of the surrender of 2 Kings 18:14 . send his servants. Compare 2 Kings 18:17-37 ; 2 Kings 19:1-35 .Isaiah 10:8-11 ; Isa 10:36 ; Isa 10:37 . against Lacnish. A difficult task, for Rab-shakeh found Sennacherib had abandoned the siege (2 Kings 19:8 ). Joshua had found it the same (see note on "second day", Joshua 10:31 , Joshua 10:32 ). In Jeremiah 34:7 it still belonged to Judah. power = royal retinue. read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - 2 Chronicles 32:9

SENNACHERIB SEEKS TO INTIMIDATE JERUSLAEM"After this did Sennacherib king of Assyria send his servants to Jerusalem (now he was before Lachish, and all his power was with him), unto Hezekiah king of Judah, and unto all Judah that were at Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith Sennacherib king of Assyria, Whereon do ye trust, that ye abide the siege in Jerusalem? Doth not Hezekiah persuade you, to give you over to die by famine and by thirst, saying, Jehovah our God will deliver us out of the hand of the... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - 2 Chronicles 32:9

9-20. (See on :-; also :-). read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 2 Chronicles 32:1-23

4. The invasion by Sennacherib 32:1-23In a few details this account differs from the one in 2 Kings 18-20 and Isaiah 36-37. It was after Hezekiah’s acts of faithfulness that God tested his trust (2 Chronicles 32:1). Many of Judah’s other good kings had followed God faithfully, only to abandon faith in Him later in life as a result of pride (e.g., Solomon, Uzziah, et al.). In this respect, Hezekiah failed too (2 Chronicles 32:25).Hezekiah’s preparations for Sennacherib’s siege did not indicate... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 2 Chronicles 32:1-33

M. Hezekiah chs. 29-32In contrast to Ahaz, we can see Hezekiah’s love for Yahweh in how he cared for the temple. Ahaz’s reign was full of war, but Hezekiah enjoyed peace. God rewarded Hezekiah’s spiritual restoration of Judah with a remarkable military deliverance. Yet "good king" Hezekiah was not the completely faithful Son of David whose kingdom God had promised to establish forever (1 Chronicles 17:11-14)."He is the ’golden boy’ of Chronicles." [Note: Wilcock, p. 242.] The Chronicler gave... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Chronicles 32:1-33

Reign of Hezekiah (concluded)This chapter abbreviates the account of Sennacherib’s invasion as related in 2 Kings 18:13; 2 Kings 20:21, but supplements it by various particulars respecting Hezekiah’s preparation to meet the attack.3. To stop the waters, etc.] The chief spring which was thus stopped (or ’hidden’) was the fountain of Gihon: see 2 Chronicles 32:30. 4. The brook] lit. ’torrent-valley.’ The Gihon spring was in the ravine of the Kidron.6. The street of the gate] RV ’the broad place... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 2 Chronicles 32:1-23

(1-23) Invasion and Divine overthrow of Sennacherib. ( Comp. 2 Kings 18:13 to 2 Kings 19:37. ) The Assyrian monarch’s own record of the campaign may be read on his great hexagonal prism of terra-cotta, preserved in the British Museum, containing an inscription in 487 lines of cuneiform writing, which is lithographed in the Cuneiform Inscriptions of Western Asia, III. 38, 39, and printed in G. Smith’s History of Sennacherib. read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 2 Chronicles 32:9

(9) After this did Sennacherib . . . send.—See 2 Kings 18:17.But he himself . . . Lachish.—The verb nilkham, “fought,” has perhaps fallen out. The great inscription of Sennacherib says nothing about the siege of Lachish; but a bas-relief, now in the British Museum, represents him seated on his throne receiving a file of captives who issue from the gate of a city. Over the king’s head is written “Sennacherib, the king of multitudes, the king of the land of Asshur, on a raised throne sate, and... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 2 Chronicles 32:9-21

(9-21) A brief summary of what is related in 2 Kings 18:17 to 2 Kings 19:37. read more

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 32:1-33

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 2 Chronicles 32:9

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - 2 Chronicles 32:9

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - 2 Chronicles 32:9

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 2 Chronicles 32:1-23

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 2 Chronicles 32:1-33

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Chronicles 32:1-33

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 2 Chronicles 32:1-23

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 2 Chronicles 32:9

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 2 Chronicles 32:9-21

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