2 Kings 18 — Overview

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This chapter begins with the good reign of Hezekiah king of Judah, the reformation he made in the kingdom, and the prosperity that attended him when Israel was carried captive, 2Ki 18:1 and gives an account of the siege of Jerusalem by the king of Assyria, and of the distress Hezekiah was in, and the hard measures he was obliged to submit unto, 2Ki 18:13 and of the reviling and blasphemous speech of Rabshakeh, one of the generals of the king of Assyria, urging the Jews to a revolt from their king, 2Ki 18:19.

Ver. 1. Now it came to pass in the third year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel,....

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2 Kings 18 — Overview2 Kings 18 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleWhen the prophet had condemned Ephraim for lies and deceit he comforted himself with this, that Judah yet "ruled with God, and was faithful with the Most Holy," Hos. xi. 12. It was a very melancholy view which…2 Kings 18 — Overview2 Kings 18 · Treasury of Scripture Knowledge2 Kings 18:1, Hezekiah’s good reign; 2 Kings 18:4, He destroys idolatry, and prospers; 2 Kings 18:9, The inhabitants of Samaria are carried captive for their sins; 2 Kings 18:13, Sennacherib invading Judah, is pacified…2 Kings 18:1-82 Kings 18:1-8 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleWe have here a general account of the reign of Hezekiah. It appears, by comparing his age with his father's, that he was born when his father was about eleven or twelve years old, divine Providence so ordering…2 Kings 18:12 Kings 18:1 · Treasury of Scripture Knowledgeam 3278, bc 726 in the third: 2 Kings 18:9, 2 Kings 15:30, 2 Kings 17:1 Hezekiah: 2 Kings 16:20; 1 Chronicles 3:13; 2 Chronicles 28:27, 2 Chronicles 29:1; Matthew 1:9-10, Ezekias 2 Kings 18:22 Kings 18:2 · Treasury of Scripture KnowledgeTwenty 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…2 Kings 18:22 Kings 18:2 · John Gill's Exposition of the Entire BibleTwenty and five years old was he when he began to reign,.... Now as Ahaz his father began to reign at twenty, and reigned sixteen, he must die at thirty six; so that this son of his must be born to him when at eleven…

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