George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 18:9
Samaria. The same history is given, chap. xvii. 3. (Calmet) read more
2 Kings 18:9-19:37 Niv
George Haydock
Matthew Henry
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - 2 Kings 18:9-16
9-16 The descent Sennacherib made upon Judah, was a great calamity to that kingdom, by which God would try the faith of Hezekiah, and chastise the people. The secret dislike, the hypocrisy, and lukewarmness of numbers, require correction; such trials purify the faith and hope of the upright, and bring them to simple dependence on God. read more
Paul E. Kretzmann
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - 2 Kings 18:9-16
The Assyrian Campaign against Samaria and Jerusalem v. 9. And it came to pass in the fourth year of King Hezekiah, which was the seventh year of Hoshea, son of Elah, king of Israel, that Shalmaneser, king of Assyria, came up against Samaria and besieged it. v. 10. And at the end of three years they took it; even in the sixth year of Hezekiah, that is the ninth year of Hoshea, king of Israel, Samaria was taken. v. 11. And the king of Assyria did carry away Israel unto Assyria, and put them in... read more
Johann Peter Lange
Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - 2 Kings 18:1-37
THIRD PERIOD(727–588 b.c.)THE MONARCHY IN JUDAH AFTER THE FALL OF THE KINGDOM OF ISRAEL(2 Kings 18-25)FIRST SECTIONthe monarchy under hezekiah(2 Kings 18-20)A.—The Reign of Hezekiah; the Invasion by Sennacherib, and Deliverance from it2 Kings 18:19 (Isaiah 36, 37)1Now it came to pass in the third year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, that Hezekiah the son of Ahaz king of Judah began to reign [became king]. 2Twenty and five years old was he when he began to reign [became king]; and he... read more
Frederick Brotherton Meyer
F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - 2 Kings 18:1-12
a Resolute Religious Reformer 2 Kings 18:1-12 It is wonderful that such a man as Ahaz should have had so good a son, but it is likely that Hezekiah had a good mother. See 2 Chronicles 29:1 ; 2 Chronicles 26:5 . No doubt the fall of Samaria was a great incentive with the king and his advisers to root out idolatry. There is no better way of neutralizing evil than by accentuating good, and Hezekiah was wise to reopen and purify the Temple at the very beginning of his reign. See 2 Chronicles... read more
G. Campbell Morgan
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - 2 Kings 18:1-37
We now begin the third section of this Book, which includes the story of the reigns of Hezekiah and Josiah, with a period of reaction and sin between the two. It is remarkable that such a man as Hezekiah could be the son of Ahaz. Yet we must remember that all his life he was under the influence of Isaiah. Coming to the throne, he personally did right in the sight of the Lord, and immediately instituted reforms more widespread and drastic than had been attempted by any of his predecessors. One... read more
Peter Pett
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Kings 18:1-37
The Reign of Hezekiah King of Judah c. 716-687 BC (2 Kings 18:1 to 2 Kings 20:21 ). Co-regency from c 729 BC. There now begins the reign of one of the two great kings after David of whom it could be said ‘after him was none like him among all the kings of Judah, nor among those who were before him.’ The other will be Josiah (compare 2 Kings 23:25). In both cases the words are hyperbole and not intended to be applied literally (otherwise David would have been seen as excelled). But they... read more
Peter Pett
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Kings 18:9-12
A Reminder Of What Had Happened To Hoshea And Samaria, Which Highlights Both Jerusalem’s Own Subsequent Escape, And Hezekiah’s Successful Contrasting Reign (2 Kings 18:9-12 ). In preparing for what is to come the prophetic author reminds us of what had happened to Hoshea and Samaria. When they were faced with the might of Assyria Hoshea was executed and Samaria was destroyed. What happened to Hezekiah and Jerusalem was to be very different, because YHWH was with them. Analysis. a And it... read more
Arthur Peake
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Kings 18:1-12
2 Kings 18-20. The Reign of Hezekiah.— These three chapters give an account of the reign of the best king of Judah, and a parallel but somewhat less full account is found in Isaiah 36-39. There is another account in 2 Chronicles 29 f. The annalistic tablets, etc., of the Assyrian kings give us more information about Hezekiah than about any other king. They confirm the good impression given in the Bible; but the chronology, if we follow them, has to be completely modified. To understand the... read more
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Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - 2 Kings 18:8-12
This is a kind of parenthesis to what went before, and what follows: for it repeats what the former chapter related, the capture of Samaria; and is no further connected with the history of Judah, than as it shows, from the success the king of Assyria had obtained over Israel, it opened, as he thought, an easier way to the destruction of Judah. read more