2 Chronicles 32:3-5 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 2 Chronicles 32:1-8

Here is, I. The formidable design of Sennacherib against Hezekiah's kingdom, and the vigorous attempt he made upon it. This Sennacherib was now, as Nebuchadnezzar was afterwards, the terror and scourge and great oppressor of that part of the world. He aimed to raise a boundless monarchy for himself upon the ruins of all his neighbours. His predecessor Shalmaneser had lately made himself master of the kingdom of Israel, and carried the ten tribes captives. Sennacherib thought, in like manner,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 32:3

He took counsel with his princes, and his mighty men ,.... With his nobles, and the officers of his army, what steps should be taken to resist, retard, and distress the enemy, and among the rest what follows was proposed: to stop the waters of the fountains which were without the city ; that so the Assyrian army would find it difficult to supply themselves with water, which was an article of great importance: and they did help him ; to stop the fountains, not only with their advice... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 32:4

So there was gathered much people together ,.... At the instance of Hezekiah, his nobles and officers: who stopped all the fountains ; perhaps by laying planks over them, and earth upon them, so that it could not be discerned there were any fountains there: and the brook that ran through the midst of the land ; which, according to Kimchi, was Gihon, 2 Chronicles 32:30 , which was near Jerusalem; the stream of this very probably they turned into channels under ground, whereby it was... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 32:5

Also he strengthened himself ,.... In the Lord his God, and fortified his city, and put it in the best manner of defence he could: and built up all the wall that was broken ; which was broken from the gate of Ephraim to the corner gate by Joash king of Israel; and though it might have been repaired by Uzziah, it might again be broken down in the times of Ahaz, by Pekah, king of Israel, or some other enemy, see 2 Chronicles 25:3 . and raised it up to the towers ; from the corner... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Chronicles 32:4

Stopped all the fountains - This was prudently done, for without water how could an immense army subsist in an arid country? No doubt the Assyrian army suffered much through this, as a Christian army did eighteen hundred years after this. When the crusaders came, in a.d. 1099, to besiege Jerusalem, the people of the city stopped up the wells, so that the Christian army was reduced to the greatest necessities and distress. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Chronicles 32:5

Raised it up to the towers - He built the wall up to the height of the towers, or, having built the wall, he raised towers on it. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 32:1-8

In face of the enemy. We do not know how long "after these things, and the establishment thereof," occurred the events which are here narrated; but the connection of the two in the record of the Chronicler may suggest to us— I. THAT TROUBLE MAY FOLLOW FAITHFULNESS AS IT DOES FOLLOW SIN . We never read of Israel's serious departure from their loyalty to Jehovah without reading of appropriate penalty coming in due course. Suffering always waits on sin—suffering in... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 32:1-8

An Assyrian invasion of Judah. I. THE DATE , 1 . Indefinitely. "After these things, and this faithfulness" ( 2 Chronicles 32:1 ); i.e. after the great Passover, which terminated in the destruction of the symbols of idolatry throughout the land, with the restoration of the true worship of Jehovah in Connection with the reopened and purified temple ( 2 Chronicles 30:1-27 ; 2 Chronicles 31:1-21 .), and after the singular display of zeal and piety on the part of Hezekiah in... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 32:1-23

The weakness that bodes strength; the defiant strength that bodes shame efface. One of the most fruitful sources of strength in the individual character is according to the trustfulness that may be in it-the absence, or all but entire absence, of it on the one hand, and the larger or lesser bulk of it on the other. Trustfulness is a sure turning-point—a determining feature in the original shaping and in the growing formation of any character. The direction in which that trustfulness goes... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 2 Chronicles 32:1-8

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 32:3

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 32:4

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 32:5

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Chronicles 32:4

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Chronicles 32:5

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 32:1-8

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 32:1-8

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 32:1-23

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 32:1-33

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