John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 32:9
After this did Sennacherib king of Assyria send his servants to Jerusalem ,.... Who are mentioned by name, 2 Kings 18:17 this was after Hezekiah had given him a large quantity of silver and gold to depart, and he did depart from him, 2 Kings 18:14 but he himself laid siege against Lachish , and all his power with him; one of the cities of Judah, see Isaiah 36:2 , from hence he dispatched them unto Hezekiah king of Judah, and unto all Judah that were at Jerusalem ; who had... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 2 Chronicles 32:9-23
This story of the rage and blasphemy of Sennacherib, Hezekiah's prayer, and the deliverance of Jerusalem by the destruction of the Assyrian army, we had more at large in the book of Kings, 2 Kgs. 18:1-19:37 It is contracted here, yet large enough to show these three things:? I. The impiety and malice of the church's enemies. Sennacherib has his hands full in besieging Lachish (2 Chron. 32:9), but hears that Hezekiah is fortifying Jerusalem and encouraging his people to stand it out; and... read more