2 Kings 18:22 NLT,NIV,ESV

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 18:18-37

The Messengers Of The King of Assyria Call On The People Of Jerusalem To Surrender And In So Doing Seek To Demean Hezekiah (2 Kings 18:18 to 2 Kings 19:1 ). We may wonder why this incident was described in such detail and the answer would be that it was in order to underline the greatness of the king who would be pitting himself against YHWH, prior, of course, to his being brought down. The prophetic author wants us to recognise to the full the greatness of YHWH’s opponent. It would then... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Kings 18:13-26

2 Kings 18:13 to 2 Kings 19:37 . Sennacherib’ s Campaign. 2 Kings 18:13 . In the fourteenth year: if Hezekiah began to reign five years before the fall of Samaria (722 B.C.), and Sennacherib did not succeed till 706 B.C., this date cannot be correct. The king of Assyria took upwards of 200,000 Jewish captives. 2 Kings 18:14 . Lachish (p. 28) was besieged by Sennacherib, and his exploits there are depicted on a bas-relief in the British Museum. 2 Kings 18:16 . which Hezekiah overlaid:... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - 2 Kings 18:22

Whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah hath taken away; thereby robbing him of that worship and service which he had in those places. Thus boldly he speaks of these things which he understood not, judging of the great God by their false and petty gods; and judging of God’s worship according to the vain fancies of the heathens, who measured piety by the multitude of altars. read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - 2 Kings 18:13-37

CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.—2 Kings 18:13. In the fourteenth year of Hezekiah did Sennacherib, &c.—Comp. Isaiah 36:0. This mighty Assyrian was with his vast army on his way to war with his hated and dreaded rival, Egypt. Judah lay in the line of his march, and its conquest was essential to his safe advance to Egypt. Hezekiah trembled as this terrible foe swept down upon the land; and being without support from Egypt, he purchased temporary respite by a heavy tribute valuing £351,000, to... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 18:1-37

Chapter 18In chapter eighteen we now move back to the southern kingdom of Judah. Inasmuch as the northern kingdom has now been destroyed from the rest of the... from the rest of Second Kings on we'll be dealing actually with now the southern kingdom of Judah which still remains. And as we move south, we find that Hezekiah is coming to reign over Judah.He was twenty-five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned for twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. And he did that which was right in the... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - 2 Kings 18:1-37

2 Kings 18:4 . Nehushtan; that is, their brass, or mere brass, or parvum æs, corrupted brass, by way of contempt. In the Chronicum of Alexander, cited by Eusebius out of Anestasio Niceno, we are told that the people resorted to this serpent to be healed of their diseases, instead of having recourse to herbs, and seeking a cure from God. 2 Kings 18:7 . He rebelled. This was prudent, because he had confidence in the Lord. Let us not serve the enemy while God is on our side. 2 Kings... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - 2 Kings 18:1-37

2 Kings 18:1-37Now it came to pass in the third year of Hoshea.A striking reformation, a ruthless despotism, and an unprincipled diplomacyI. A striking reformation (2 Kings 18:3-8).1. The perverting tendency of sin. The brazen serpent was a beneficent ordinance of God to heal those in the wilderness who had been bitten by the fiery serpent. But this Divine ordinance, designed for a good purpose, and which had accomplished good, was now, through the forces of human depravity, become a great... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - 2 Kings 18:22

2Ki 18:22 But if ye say unto me, We trust in the LORD our God: [is] not that he, whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah hath taken away, and hath said to Judah and Jerusalem, Ye shall worship before this altar in Jerusalem? Ver. 22. But if ye say unto me, We trust in the Lord our God. ] Thus he thinks to beat them off all their holds, that he may bring them to the bent of his bow. Satan doth the like: "whom resist steadfast in the faith." Is not that he whose high places, &c.? ] This... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - 2 Kings 18:22

We trust: 2 Kings 18:5, Daniel 3:15, Matthew 27:43 whose high places: 2 Kings 18:4, 2 Chronicles 31:1, 2 Chronicles 32:12, Isaiah 36:7, 1 Corinthians 2:15 Reciprocal: Numbers 23:1 - seven altars Joshua 22:29 - to build 1 Kings 3:3 - only he 1 Kings 22:43 - the high 2 Kings 18:19 - What confidence 2 Kings 18:30 - make you 2 Kings 21:3 - the high places 1 Chronicles 22:1 - and this is the altar 2 Chronicles 15:8 - the altar of the Lord 2 Chronicles 30:14 - altars read more