Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - 2 Kings 19:1-37
JERUSALEM SUPERNATURALLY DELIVEREDCRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.—2 Kings 19:2. Sent to the prophet Isaiah—The prophet, in that Jewish age, was regarded as the messenger and representative of Jehovah. While the king was entrusted to witness of the Royalty and Majesty of God, the prophet was recognized as the oracle of Divine Wisdom and Truth. Here was a crisis of eminent peril to the nation, in which the people and the Name of Jehovah were alike contemptuously menaced. It was a moment for the... read more
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - 2 Kings 19:13
where is the king of Hamath? either, 1. Their god, whom he here calls their king, because they looked upon him as their protector and governor, which kings are or should be to their people. Or rather, 2. Their king properly so called. And as before he compared their gods with the God of Jerusalem, so now he compares their kings with king Hezekiah; and by both intends to persuade them, that neither their God nor their king was able to save them out of his hand. Of Sepharvaim, of Itena, and Ivah;... read more