Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge, by R.A. Torrey, [ca. 1880], at sacred-texts.com
2 Chronicles Chapter 32
Overview
Ch2 32:1, Sennacherib invading Judah, Hezekiah fortifies himself, and encourages his people; Ch2 32:9, Against the blasphemies of Sennacherib, Hezekiah and Isaiah pray; Ch2 32:21, An angel destroys the host of the Assyrians; Ch2 32:24, Hezekiah praying in his sickness, God gives him a sign of recovery; Ch2 32:25, He waxing proud, is humbled by God; Ch2 32:27, His wealth and works; Ch2 32:31, His error in the ambassage of Babylon; Ch2 32:32, He dying, Manasseh succeeds him.
these things: Ch2 20:1, Ch2 20:2; 2Kings 18:13-37; Isa. 36:1-22
king of Assyria: Kg2 15:19, Kg2 17:6, Kg2 18:11, Kg2 18:19, Kg2 18:20; Isa 7:17, Isa 7:18, Isa 8:6-8, Isa 10:5, Isa 10:6; Hos 11:5
win them: Heb. break them up, Isa 10:7-11, Isa 37:24, Isa 37:25; Mic 2:13
he was purposed to fight: Heb. his face was to war, Kg2 12:17; Luk 9:51, Luk 9:53
took counsel: Ch2 30:2; Kg2 18:20; Pro 15:22, Pro 20:18, Pro 24:6; Isa 40:13; Rom 11:34
to stop: Kg2 20:20; Isa 22:8-11
who stopped: This was prudently done; for, without water, how could an immense army subsist in ar arid country? No doubt the Assyrian army suffered much through this; as a Christian army did, through the same cause, 1,800 years afterwards.
the brook: Ch2 32:30, Ch2 30:14
ran through the midst of: Heb. overflowed
kings: The Septuagint, Syriac, and Arabic read king, in the singular number. Ch2 32:1; Kg2 18:9, Kg2 18:13, Kg2 19:17; Isa 10:8
find: Kg1 3:9, Kg1 3:16, Kg1 3:17, Kg1 19:21
he strengthened: Ch2 12:1, Ch2 14:5-7, Ch2 17:1, Ch2 17:2, Ch2 23:1, Ch2 26:8; Isa 22:9, Isa 22:10
that was broken: Ch2 25:23
another wall: Kg2 25:4; Jer 39:4
Millo: Jdg 9:6; Sa2 5:9; Kg1 9:24, Kg1 11:27; Kg2 12:20
darts: or, swords, or weapons, Ch2 26:14, Ch2 26:15
he set captains: Ch2 17:14-19; Ch1 27:3, 4-34
in the street: Ezr 10:9; Neh 8:1-3, Neh 8:16
comfortably to them: Heb. to their heart, Ch2 30:22; Gen 34:3; Isa 40:2 *marg.
strong: Deu 31:6, Deu 31:7, Deu 31:23; Jos 1:6-9; Ch1 28:10, Ch1 28:20; Isa 35:4; Dan 10:19; Zac 8:9, Zac 8:23; Eph 6:10; Ti2 2:1
be not afraid: Ch2 20:15; Kg2 18:30, Kg2 19:6, Kg2 19:7
for there: Kg2 6:16; Rom 8:31; Jo1 4:4
an arm: Job 40:9; Jer 17:5; Jo1 4:4
with us: Ch2 13:12, Ch2 14:11; Psa 46:7, Psa 46:11; Isa 8:10, Isa 41:10; Act 18:10; Ti2 4:17, Ti2 4:22
to fight: Ch2 20:15; Deu 20:1, Deu 20:4; Jos 10:42
rested: Heb. leaned, Ch2 32:15, Ch2 20:20; Isa 36:18
upon the words: Pro 12:25
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Sennacherib: Kg2 18:17; Isa 36:2
Lachish: Jos 10:31, Jos 12:11, Jos 15:39; Isa 37:8; Mic 1:13
power: Heb. dominion
Thus saith: Kg2 18:19; Isa 36:4
siege: Heb. strong-hold
to give over: Kg2 18:27; Isa 36:12, Isa 36:18
The Lord our God: Ch2 32:15; Kg2 18:30, Kg2 19:10; Psa 3:2, Psa 11:1-3, Psa 22:8, Psa 42:10, Psa 71:11; Mat 27:43
Hath not: Ch2 31:1; Kg2 18:4, Kg2 18:22; Isa 36:7
taken away: This was artfully malicious. many of the people had sacrificed to Jehovah on high places (Ch2 31:1); and Hezekiah had removed them, as incentives to idolatry. Hence Rabshakeh insinuates that by so doing he had offended Jehovah, deprived the people of their religious rights, and that, consequently, he could neither expect the blessing of God, nor the cooperation of the people.
Ye shall worship: Deu 12:13, Deu 12:14, Deu 12:26, Deu 12:27
one altar: Ch2 4:1; Exo 27:1-8, Exo 30:1-6, Exo 40:26-29; Kg1 7:48
I and my: Kg2 15:29, Kg2 17:5, Kg2 17:6, Kg2 19:11-13, Kg2 19:17, Kg2 19:18; Isa 10:9, Isa 10:10, Isa 10:14, Isa 37:12, Isa 37:13, Isa 37:18-20; Dan 4:30, Dan 4:37, Dan 5:19
were the gods: Ch2 32:19; Kg2 18:33-35, Kg2 19:18, Kg2 19:19; Psa 115:3-8; Isa 44:8-10; Jer 10:11, Jer 10:12, Jer 10:16; Act 19:26; Co1 8:4
your God: Exo 14:3, Exo 15:9-11; Isa 42:8
persuade: Ch2 32:11; Kg1 22:22; Isa 36:18; Act 19:26; Gal 1:10
much less: Exo 5:2; Dan 3:15; Joh 19:10, Joh 19:11
yet: Job 15:25, Job 15:26; Psa 73:9
against: Joh 15:21
He wrote: Kg2 19:9, Kg2 19:14; Neh 6:5; Isa 37:14
to rail: Kg2 19:22, Kg2 19:28; Isa 10:15, Isa 37:23, Isa 37:24, Isa 37:28, Isa 37:29; Rev 13:6
As the gods: Kg2 19:12
they cried: Kg2 18:26-28; Isa 36:13
to affright: Sa1 17:10, Sa1 17:26; Neh 6:9
spake: Ch2 32:13-17; Sa1 17:36; Job 15:25, Job 15:26; Psa 10:13, Psa 10:14, Psa 73:8-11, Psa 139:19, Psa 139:20
the God: Ch2 6:6; Psa 76:1, Psa 76:2, Psa 78:68, Psa 87:1-3, Psa 132:13, Psa 132:14; Isa 14:32; Heb 12:22
the work: Deu 4:28, Deu 27:15; Kg2 19:18; Psa 135:15-18; Isa 2:8, Isa 37:19, Isa 44:16-20; Jer 1:16, Jer 10:3, Jer 10:9, Jer 32:30; Hos 8:5, Hos 8:6
Hezekiah: Kg2 19:14-19; Isa 37:1, Isa 37:14-20
the prophet: Kg2 19:2-4; Isa 37:2-4
prayed: Ch2 14:11, Ch2 20:6-12; Psa 50:15, Psa 91:14, Psa 91:15
the Lord: Kg2 19:20, Kg2 19:35-37; Isa 10:16-18, Isa 37:21, Isa 37:36, Isa 37:37, Isa 42:8
angel: Sa2 24:16; Psa 18:50; Dan 3:28, Dan 6:22; Mat 13:49, Mat 13:50; Act 12:23
cut off all: Job 9:4; Psa 76:5, Psa 76:7, Psa 76:12
the leaders: Isa 10:8, Isa 10:16-19, Isa 10:33, Isa 10:34, Isa 17:12-14, Isa 29:5-8, Isa 30:30-33, Isa 33:10-12, Isa 36:9; Rev 6:15, Rev 6:16, Rev 19:17, Rev 19:18
with shame: Psa 132:18; Pro 11:2, Pro 16:18
he was come: Kg2 19:36, Kg2 19:37; Isa 37:37, Isa 37:38
slew him: Heb. made him fall
Lord: Psa 18:48-50, Psa 37:39, Psa 37:40, Psa 144:10; Isa 10:24, Isa 10:25, Isa 31:4, Isa 31:5, Isa 33:22; Hos 1:7
guided: Psa 48:14, Psa 71:20, Psa 71:21, Psa 73:24; Isa 58:11; Joh 16:13; Th2 3:5
gifts: Sa2 8:10, Sa2 8:11; Ezr 7:15-22, Ezr 7:27; Psa 68:29, Psa 72:10; Isa 60:7-9; Mat 2:11
presents: Heb. precious things, Ch2 9:9, Ch2 9:10, Ch2 9:24, Ch2 17:5, Ch2 17:11; Kg1 4:21, Kg1 10:10, Kg1 10:25
he was magnified: Ch2 1:1; Ch1 29:25
Hezekiah: Kg2 20:1-3; Isa 38:1-3
gave him a sign: or, wrought a miracle for him, Kg2 20:4-11; Isa 38:4-8, Isa 38:21, Isa 38:22
Sa2 24:1, Sa2 24:10-17; Ch1 21:1, Ch1 21:12-17
rendered: Deu 32:6; Psa 116:12, Psa 116:13; Hos 14:2; Luk 17:17, Luk 17:18
his heart: Ch2 32:31, Ch2 25:19, Ch2 26:16; Deu 8:12-14, Deu 8:17; Kg2 14:10, Kg2 20:13; Eze 28:2, Eze 28:5, Eze 28:17; Dan 5:20, Dan 5:23; Hab 2:4; Co2 12:7; Ti1 3:6; Pe1 5:5, Pe1 5:6
therefore: Ch2 24:18
Hezekiah: Ch2 33:12, Ch2 33:19, Ch2 33:23, Ch2 34:27; Lev 26:40, Lev 26:41; Kg2 20:19; Jer 26:18, Jer 26:19; Jam 4:10
pride: Heb. lifting up
so: Kg1 21:19
days: Ch2 34:27, Ch2 34:28; Kg1 21:29
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exceeding much: Ch2 1:12, Ch2 9:27, Ch2 17:5; Pro 10:22
treasuries: Ch1 27:25-31
pleasant jewels: Heb. instruments of desire
Storehouses: Ch2 26:10
stalls: Kg1 4:26
cotes: Sa2 7:8
possessions: Ch2 26:10; Gen 13:2-6; Ch1 27:29-31; Job 1:3, Job 1:9, Job 42:12
God: Ch2 25:9; Deu 8:18; Sa1 2:7; Ch1 29:12; Pro 10:22; Ti1 6:17, Ti1 6:18
Hezekiah: Or, "Hezekiah stopped the upper going out (motza, i.e., the egress into the open air), of the waters of Gihon, and brought them underneath (lemattah, by a subterraneous course), to the west of the city of David." See note on Kg1 1:45.
stopped: Ch2 32:4; Isa 22:9-11
Gihon: Kg1 1:33, Kg1 1:38, Kg1 1:45
And Hezekiah: Jos 1:7, Jos 1:8; Psa 1:1-3
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in the business: Kg2 20:12, Kg2 20:13; Isa 39:1, Isa 39:2-8
ambassadors: Heb. interpreters
the wonder: Kg2 20:8-11; Isa 38:8
left him: Jdg 16:20; Psa 27:9, Psa 51:11, Psa 51:12, Psa 119:116, Psa 119:117; Joh 15:5
to try him: Gen 22:1; Deu 8:2, Deu 8:16; Job 1:11, Job 1:12, Job 2:3-6; Psa 139:1, Psa 139:2, Psa 139:23, Psa 139:24; Pro 17:3; Zac 13:9; Mal 3:2, Mal 3:3; Pe1 1:7; Jam 1:13
that he might: Deu 8:2, Deu 13:3
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goodness: Heb. kindnesses, Ch2 31:20, Ch2 31:21
in the vision: Isa. 36:1-39:8
in the book: 2Kings 18:1-20:21
slept: Kg1 1:21, Kg1 2:10, Kg1 11:43
chiefest: or, highest
did him: Ch2 16:14; Gen 50:10, Gen 50:11; Num 20:29; Deu 34:8; Sa1 2:30, Sa1 25:1; Pro 10:7
And Manasseh: 2Chr. 33:1-20