Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge, by R.A. Torrey, [ca. 1880], at sacred-texts.com
4 Kings (2 Kings) Chapter 18
Overview
Kg2 18:1, Hezekiah's good reign; Kg2 18:4, He destroys idolatry, and prospers; Kg2 18:9, The inhabitants of Samaria are carried captive for their sins; Kg2 18:13, Sennacherib invading Judah, is pacified by a tribute; Kg2 18:17, Rab-shakeh, by blasphemous persuasions, solicits the people to revolt.
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in the third: Kg2 18:9, Kg2 15:30, Kg2 17:1
Hezekiah: Kg2 16:20; Ch1 3:13; Ch2 28:27, Ch2 29:1; Mat 1:9, Mat 1:10, Ezekias
Twenty and five years old: As Ahaz was 20 years old when he began to reign, and died when he had reigned 16 years, his whole age only amounted to 36 years; and as Hezekiah was, at least, entering on his 25th year when he began to reign, then Ahaz must have been under 12 years of age when his son was born! This is not at all impossible, and there are well-attested facts of men having children at as early a period, especially in eastern countries., am 3278-3306, bc 726-698
Abi: Ch2 29:1, Abijah
right in the sight: Kg2 20:3; Exo 15:26; Deu 6:18; Ch2 31:20, Ch2 31:21; Job 33:27; Psa 119:128; Rom 7:12; Eph 6:1
according: Kg2 22:2; Kg1 3:14, Kg1 11:4, Kg1 11:38, Kg1 15:5, Kg1 15:11; Ch2 29:2
removed: Kg2 12:3, Kg2 14:4, Kg2 15:4, Kg2 15:35; Lev 26:30; Kg1 3:2, Kg1 3:3, Kg1 15:14, Kg1 22:43; Psa 78:58; Eze 20:28, Eze 20:29
brake: Kg2 23:4; Deu 7:5, Deu 12:2, Deu 12:3; Jdg 6:25, Jdg 6:28; Kg1 15:12, Kg1 15:13; Ch2 19:3, Ch2 31:1; Ch2 33:3
images: Heb. statues
the brazen serpent: Num 21:8, Num 21:9; Joh 3:14, Joh 3:15
unto those days: Kg2 16:15
Nehushtan: That is, a piece of brass.
trusted: Kg2 19:10; Ch2 32:7, Ch2 32:8; Job 13:15; Psa 13:5, Psa 27:1, Psa 27:2, Psa 46:1, Psa 46:2, Psa 84:12; Psa 146:5, Psa 146:6; Jer 17:7, Jer 17:8; Mat 27:43; Eph 1:12
after him: Kg2 19:15-19, Kg2 23:25; Ch2 14:11, Ch2 16:7-9, Ch2 20:20, Ch2 20:35
he clave: None of the kings of Judah, from the time of the division of the kingdom, equalled Hezekiah in the stedfastness and simplicity of his dependence upon the Lord; in which he aspired to an equality with his progenitor David, who had reigned over the whole land. Even Asa, through weakness of faith, sought the assistance of a heathen prince; and Jehoshaphat formed an alliance with idolatrous Ahab; but Hezekiah clave to the Lord, in entire confidence and unreserved obedience, to the end of his life. Deu 10:20; Jos 23:8; Act 11:23
from following him: Heb. from after him
kept: Kg2 17:13, Kg2 17:16, Kg2 17:19; Jer 11:4; Joh 14:15, Joh 14:21, Joh 15:10, Joh 15:14; Jo1 5:3
And the Lord: Gen 21:22, Gen 39:2, Gen 39:3; Sa1 18:14; Ch2 15:2; Psa 46:11, Psa 60:12; Mat 1:23; Mat 28:20; Act 7:9, Act 7:10
he prospered: Gen 39:2; Sa1 18:5, Sa1 18:14 *marg. Sa2 8:6, Sa2 8:14; Ch2 31:21, Ch2 32:30; Psa 1:3, Psa 60:12; Rom 8:31
the Philistines: Ch1 4:41; Ch2 28:18; Isa 14:29
Gaza: Heb. Azzah
from the tower: Kg2 17:9; Ch2 26:10; Isa 5:2
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the fourth year: Kg2 18:1, Kg2 17:4-6
Shalmaneser: 2Kings 17:3-23; Hos 10:14, Shalman
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they took it: Hos 13:16; Amo 3:11-15, Amo 4:1-3, Amo 6:7, Amo 9:1-4; Mic 1:6-9, Mic 6:16, Mic 7:13
the king: Kg2 17:6, Kg2 19:11; Ch1 5:26; Isa 7:8, Isa 8:4, Isa 9:9-21, Isa 10:5, Isa 10:11, Isa 37:12; Hos 8:8, Hos 8:9; Hos 9:3; Amo 5:1-3, Amo 5:6, Amo 5:25-27; Act 7:43
Halah: It is thought, with much probability, that Halah, or Chalach, is Ptolemy's Calachene, the northern part of Assyria; that Habor, or Chabor, is the mountain or mountainous country, between Media and Assyria, called by Ptolemy, Χαβωρας, Chaboras; and that Gozan is Gauzanitis of Ptolemy, situated between that mountain and the Caspian sea, and between the two channels of the river Cyrus.
they obeyed not: 2Kings 17:7-23; Deu 8:20, Deu 11:28, Deu 29:24-28, Deu 31:17; Neh 9:17, Neh 9:26, Neh 9:27; Psa 107:17; Isa 1:19; Jer 3:8, Jer 7:23; Dan 9:6-11; Mic 3:4; Th2 1:8; Pe1 2:8, Pe1 4:17
Moses: Num 12:7; Deu 34:5; Jos 1:1; Ti2 2:24; Heb 3:5, Heb 3:6
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the fourteenth: 2Chr. 32:1-23; Isa. 36:1-22
Sennacherib: Heb. Sanherib
come up: Isa 7:17-25, Isa 8:7, Isa 8:8, Isa 10:5; Hos 12:1, Hos 12:2
I have offended: Kg2 18:7; Kg1 20:4; Pro 29:25; Luk 14:32
Kg2 12:18, Kg2 16:8; Kg1 15:15, Kg1 15:18, Kg1 15:19; Ch2 16:2
gold: Kg1 6:31-35; Ch2 29:3
it: Heb. them
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the king: Ch2 32:9; Isa 20:1, Isa 36:2
Tartan: Calmet remarks, that these are not the names of persons, but of offices: Tartan signifies "he who presides over gifts or tribute;" Rabsaris, "the chief of the eunuchs;" and Rabshakeh, "the chief cup-bearer."
great: Heb. heavy
the conduit of the upper pool: If the Fuller's field were near En-Rogel, or the Fuller's fountain, east of Jerusalem, as is generally supposed, then the conduit of the upper pool may been an aqueduct that brought the water from the upper or eastern reservoir of that fountain, which had been seized in order to distress the city. Kg2 20:20; Isa 7:3, Isa 22:9-11, Isa 36:2
Eliakim: Kg2 19:2; Isa 22:20-24, Isa 36:3, Isa 36:22, Isa 37:2
Shebna: Isa 22:15-19
the scribe: or, secretary, Sa2 8:17 *marg.
the recorder: Sa2 8:16, Sa2 20:24; Kg1 4:3; Ch2 34:8
Rabshakeh: He was the chief speaker, being a very eloquent man, and, according to the Hebrews, whom Procopius follows, an apostate Jew; which is not improbable, as he spoke Hebrew so fluently; and when he blasphemed the Divine Majesty, the king and nobles rent their clothes, which was usual unless the blasphemer were an Israelite.
Thus saith: Ch2 32:10; Isa 10:8-14, Isa 36:4, Isa 37:13; Dan 4:30
What confidence: Kg2 18:22, Kg2 18:29, Kg2 18:30, Kg2 19:10; Ch2 32:7, Ch2 32:8, Ch2 32:10, Ch2 32:11, Ch2 32:14-16; Psa 4:2; Isa 36:4, Isa 36:7, Isa 37:10
sayest: or, talkest
vain words: Heb. word of the lips, I have counsel and strength for the war. or, but counsel and strength are for the war. Pro 21:30, Pro 21:31
rebellest: Kg2 18:14
trustest: Heb. trustest thee
the staff: Isa 36:6; Eze 29:6, Eze 29:7
upon Egypt: Isa 30:2, Isa 30:7, Isa 31:1-3
so is Pharaoh: Kg2 17:4; Jer 46:17
We trust: Kg2 18:5; Dan 3:15; Mat 27:43
whose high places: Kg2 18:4; Ch2 31:1, Ch2 32:12; Isa 36:7; Co1 2:15
pledges: Heb. hostages
I will deliver: Sa1 17:42, Sa1 17:44; Kg1 20:10, Kg1 20:18; Neh 4:2-5; Psa 123:3, Psa 123:4; Isa 10:13, Isa 10:14; Isa 36:8, Isa 36:9
How then: Isa 10:8; Dan 2:37, Dan 2:38, Dan 4:22, Dan 4:37
thy trust: Kg2 18:21; Deu 17:16; Isa 31:1, Isa 31:3, Isa 36:6, Isa 36:9; Jer 37:7, Jer 42:14-18; Eze 17:15, Eze 17:17
Amos I now: Kg2 19:6, 22-37; Kg1 13:18; Ch2 35:21; Isa 10:5, Isa 10:6; Amo 3:6; Joh 19:10, Joh 19:11
Speak: Perceiving that the object of this blasphemous caitiff was to stir up the people to sedition, they mildly and reasonably required him to make his proposals in the Syrian language.
in the Syrian language: Ezr 4:7; Isa 36:11, Isa 36:12; Dan 2:4
eat: Kg2 6:25; Deu 28:53-57; Psa 73:8; Lam 4:5; Eze 4:13, Eze 4:15
their own piss: Heb. the water of their feet
Rabshakeh: Ch2 32:18; Isa 36:13-18
the king of Assyria: Kg2 18:19; Ezr 7:12; Psa 47:2; Isa 10:8-13; Eze 29:3, Eze 31:3-10; Rev 19:6
Let not: Ch2 32:11, Ch2 32:15; Dan 3:15-17, Dan 6:16; Joh 19:10, Joh 19:11; Th2 2:4, Th2 2:8
make you: Kg2 18:22; Kg2 19:10, Kg2 19:22; Psa 4:2, Psa 11:1, Psa 22:7, Psa 22:8, Psa 71:9, Psa 71:11, Psa 125:1, Psa 125:2; Mat 27:43; Luk 23:35
this city: Kg2 19:32-34
Make an agreement with me: or, Seek my favour, Heb. Make with me a blessing, Gen 32:20, Gen 33:11; Pro 18:16
eat ye: Kg1 4:20, Kg1 4:25; Zac 3:10
cistern: or, pit
I come: Kg2 18:11, Kg2 17:6, Kg2 17:23, Kg2 24:14-16, Kg2 25:11
like your own: Exo 3:8; Num 13:26, Num 13:27, Num 14:8; Deu 8:7-9, Deu 11:12, Deu 32:13, Deu 32:14
persuadeth: or, deceiveth, Kg2 18:29
Hath any: Kg2 19:12, Kg2 19:13, Kg2 19:17, Kg2 19:18; Ch2 32:14-17, Ch2 32:19; Isa 10:10, Isa 36:18-20
the gods: Kg2 19:13; Num 13:21; Sa2 8:9; Jer 49:23
Hamath: Hamath, there is little doubt, was the Epiphania of the Greeks, as Josephus, Theodoret, and Jerome, expressly assert. It was a celebrated city of Syria, situated on the Orontes, and the present Hamah doubtless occupies its site; as Abulfeda, who was prince or emir of Hamah about ad 1345, expressly states, in his Description of Syria, that Hamah is an ancient city mentioned in the writings of the Israelites. It is still a considerable town, situated on both sides of the Orontes, about three days' journey and a half from Tripoli; and must contain, Burckhardt says, at least 30,000 inhabitants.
Arpad: Arpad is probably the town of Arphas, mentioned by Josephus as limiting the province of Gamalitis, Gaulanitis, Batanea, and Trachonitis, to the ne; and the Raphan, or Raphanea, which Stephanus places near Epiphania.
the gods: Kg2 17:24-33, Ava, Isa 36:18, Isa 36:19, Isa 37:11, Isa 37:12, Isa 37:18, Isa 37:19
have they delivered: Kg2 17:6, Kg2 17:23, Kg2 17:24, Kg2 17:30, Kg2 17:31, Kg2 19:12, Kg2 19:13
that the Lord: Exo 5:2; Ch2 32:15; Job 15:25, Job 15:26; Isa 10:15, Isa 37:23-29
held their peace: Psa 38:13, Psa 38:14, Psa 39:1; Pro 9:7, Pro 26:4; Amo 5:13; Mat 7:6
with their clothes rent: Kg2 5:7, Kg2 22:11, Kg2 22:19; Gen 37:29, Gen 37:34; Job 1:20; Isa 33:7, Isa 36:21, Isa 36:22; Jer 36:24; Mat 26:65