2 Kings 18:13-16 ASV

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 18:13-17

Sennacherib's first assault. We enter in this passage on the consideration of one of the most memorable crises Judah ever passed through. The Assyrian, the rod of God's anger ( Isaiah 10:4 ), hung over Jerusalem, showing how near destruction it was if God did not interpose. A mighty deliverance was vouchsafed, showing how inviolable was its security if only fleshly confidence was renounced, and the people put their trust in the living God. I. SENNACHERIB 'S EARLY SUCCESSES : ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 18:14

And Hezekiah King of Judah sent to the King of Assyria to Lachish, saying. (On the position of Lachish, see the comment upon 2 Kings 14:19 .) A bas-relief in the British Museum is thought to represent Sennacherib at the siege of Lachish. He is seated on a highly ornamented throne, and is engaged in receiving prisoners. The city is represented as strongly fortified, and as attacked with sealing-ladders and battering-rams. The surrender is taking place, and the captives of importance are... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 18:15

And Hezekiah gave him all the silver that was found in the house of the Lord, and in the treasures of the king's house. Ahaz had exhausted both these stores of wealth about thirty years previously ( 2 Kings 16:8 ), and there could not have been very much accumulation since. Hence the stripping of the metal-plating from off the temple doors (see the next verse). read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 18:16

At that time did Hezekiah cut off the gold from the doors of the temple of the Lord, and from the pillars which Hezekiah King of Judah had overlaid, and gave it to the King of Assyria. In the time of his great wealth and prosperity, Hezekiah, while engaged in restoring the temple ( 2 Chronicles 29:17-19 ), had adorned the pillars and doors of the sanctuary with a metal covering, which was probably gold, like Solomon's ( 1 Kings 6:20-22 , 1 Kings 6:28 , 1 Kings 6:30 , 1 Kings 6:32 ... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Kings 18:13

In the fourteenth year - This note of time, which places the invasion of Sennacherib eight years only after the capture of Samaria, is hopelessly at variance with the Assyrian dates for the two events, the first of which falls into the first of Sargon, and the second into the fourth of Sennacherib, twenty-one years later. We have therefore to choose between an entire rejection of the Assyrian chronological data, and an emendation of the present passage. Of the emendations proposed the simplest... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Kings 18:14

Return from me - Or “retire from me,” i. e., “withdraw thy troops.”Three hundred talents ... - According to Sennacherib’s own account, the terms of peace were as follows:(1) A money payment to the amount of 800 talents of silver and 30 talents of gold.(2) the surrender of the Ekronite king.(3) a cession of territory toward the west and the southwest, which was apportioned between the kings of Ekron, Ashdod, and Gaza. read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Kings 18:16

Ahaz had already exhausted the treasuries 2 Kings 16:8; Hezekiah was therefore compelled to undo his own work. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Kings 18:13

2 Kings 18:13. Sennacherib king of Assyria Who succeeded Shalmaneser, probably his son. He was encouraged to make this attempt against Judah by his predecessor’s success against Israel, whose honours he wished to emulate, and whose victories he would push forward. This invasion of Judah was a great calamity to that kingdom, by which God tried the faith of Hezekiah, and chastised the people, who are called a hypocritical nation, (Isaiah 10:6,) because they did not heartily concur with... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Kings 18:14

2 Kings 18:14 . Hezekiah sent to the king of Assyria, saying, I have offended Namely, against thee, in revolting, and denying the usual tribute. I have given thee occasion to make war against me, of which I now repent, and am ready to make the satisfaction that shall be demanded. “Where,” says Henry: “was Hezekiah’s courage? Where his confidence in God? Why did he not advise with Isaiah, before he sent this sneaking message?” Three hundred talents of silver, and thirty talents of gold ... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 18:13-37

Freed from Assyrian power (18:13-19:37)When news reached Hezekiah that the Assyrian army, under the new king Sennacherib, was heading for Jerusalem, he quickly prepared the defences of the city. He also cut off any water supply outside the city that might be of help to the besieging armies. Above all, he encouraged his troops to trust in God for victory (13; 2 Chronicles 32:1-8). But, on seeing the strength of the siege, Hezekiah began to repent of his rebellion and offered to pay whatever... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 18:13-17

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 18:14

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 18:15

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 18:16

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Kings 18:13

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Kings 18:14

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Kings 18:16

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Kings 18:13

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Kings 18:14

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 18:13-37

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