Isaiah 37:8-10 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Isaiah 37:8-20

We may observe here, 1. That, if God give us inward satisfaction in his promise, this may confirm us in our silently bearing reproaches. God answered Hezekiah, but it does not appear that he, after deliberation, sent any answer to Rabshakeh; but, God having taken the work into his own hands, he quietly left the matter with him. So Rabshakeh returned to the king his master for fresh instructions. 2. Those that delight in war shall have enough of it. Sennacherib, without provocation given to him... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 37:8

So Rabshakeh returned ,.... To the king of Assyria his master, to give him an account how things went at Jerusalem, and that he could get no direct answer from the king of Judah, and to consult with him what was proper to be done in the present situation of things; leaving the army before Jerusalem, under the command of the other two generals. For that he should take the army with him does not seem reasonable, when Hezekiah and his people were in such a panic on account of it; besides, the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 37:9

And he heard say concerning Tirhakah king of Ethiopia ,.... Not Rabshakeh, but the king of Assyria heard a rumour of this Ethiopian king coming out to war against him: his name, in Josephus F23 Antiqu. l. 10. c. 1. sect. 4. , is Tharsices; in the Septuagint version it is Tharaca; and by Africanus F24 Apud Euseb. Chron. he is called Taracus; and is the same, who, by Strabo F25 Geograph. l. 15. p. 472. , out of Megasthenes, is named Tearcon the Ethiopian: the Ethiopia of... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 37:10

Thus shall ye speak to Hezekiah king of Judah, saying ,.... This was the direction, and these the instructions he gave to his messengers, in which he gives Hezekiah the title of king, and owns him to be king of Judah; which was more than Rabshakeh his servant would do: let not thy God, in whom thou trustest, deceive thee ; than which, nothing could be more devilish and satanical, to represent the God of truth, that cannot lie, as a liar and deceiver: in this the king of Assyria outdid... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 37:8

Rabshakeh returned - From Isaiah 36:2 , we learn that the king of Assyria had sent Rabshakeh from Lachish to Jerusalem; now it is likely that Rabshakeh had besieged that place, and that the king of Assyria had taken his station before this city, and dispatched Rabshakeh against Jerusalem. But, as in the verse above it is said, "he had departed from Lachish," probably he had been obliged to raise the siege, and sat down before Libnah, which promised an easier conquest. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 37:9

He heard say concerning Tirhakah king of Ethiopia - When he heard that Tirhakah king of Ethiopia had come out against him, then he sent that blasphemous manifesto which is contained in Isaiah 37:10-13 , to terrify Hezekiah into submission. How much was this like, in words and spirit, to the manifesto sent to the Parisians by the late Duke of Brunswick, from the plains of Champaigne, in 1792, which was the forerunner of the mighty torrents of human blood which was shed in the French... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 37:1-18

Hezekiah's resources. The conduct of the king on hearing the haughty message of the Assyrian is that of a man of habitually religious mind and religious practice. 1 . He rends his garments and covers himself with sackcloth. This was significant of sorrow and of self-humiliation: "Humble yourselves beneath the mighty hand of God, and he will exalt you in due time." Instead of searching far and wide for the causes of our distress, it were well to look first into our own hearts, and... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 37:1-38

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 37:8

Rabshakeh … found the King of Assyria warring against Libnah. Libnah was a town at no great distance from Lachish ( Joshua 10:31 ; Joshua 15:39-42 ). It was also near Mareshah ( Joshua 15:42-44 ), and must therefore have belonged to the more southern portion of the Shefeleh, and probably to the eastern region, where the hills sink down into the plain. The exact site is very uncertain, and still remains to be discovered. Sennacherib's object in moving upon Libnah is doubtful; hut it... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 37:9

Tirhakah, King of Ethopia . Tirhakah is among the most famous of the monarchs belonging to this period. The Greeks called him "Tearchon," the Assyrians "Tarku" or "Tarqu." His name, as represented on his own monuments, is "Tahark" or "Tahrak." According to the Egyptian remains, he had a reign of at least twenty-six years in Egypt—from b.c. 693 to b.c. 667. He would seem, however, to have been King of Ethiopia, and lord paramount of the lower valley of the Nile, from about b.c. 700, Shabatok... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Isaiah 37:8-20

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 37:8

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 37:9

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 37:10

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 37:8

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 37:9

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 37:1-18

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 37:1-38

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 37:8

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 37:9

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