2 Chronicles 32:7-8 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 32:7

Be strong and courageous ,.... Be of good heart and spirit, and quit yourselves like men: be not afraid nor dismayed for the king of Assyria, nor for all the multitude that is with him ; which was very large; for no less than 185,000 were slain of them by an angel in one night, 2 Kings 19:35 . for there be more with us than with him ; though not in number, yet in power and might; and if angels are meant, they are more in number; but it seems, by what follows, that Hezekiah had only... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 32:8

With him is an arm of flesh ,.... Only weak, frail, mortal men, not at all to be feared; nothing in comparison of the Lord: but with us is the Lord our God, to help us, and to fight our battles ; who is the Lord God Almighty, who has the host of heaven at his command, and with whom all the inhabitants of the earth are as nothing; the Targum is,"the Word of the Lord our God is for us to help us, and fight our battles:" and the people rested themselves upon the words of Hezekiah king of... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Chronicles 32:7

There be more with us than with him - We have more power than they have. (These words he quotes from the prophet Elisha, 2 Kings 6:16 ;). This was soon proved to be true by the slaughter made by the angel of the Lord in the Assyrian camp. 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 32:7

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 32:8

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Chronicles 32:7

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

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 32:7

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 32:8

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