2 Chronicles 32:3-33
consulted <03289> [took counsel.]
stopping <05640> [to stop.]
stopped <05640> [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.
stream <05158> [the brook.]
flowed through <08432 07857> [ran through the midst of. Heb. overflowed. kings.]
The Septuagint, Syriac, and Arabic read king, in the singular number.
find <04672> [find.]
energetically .............. fortified <02388> [he strengthened.]
broken <06555> [that was broken.]
wall ........ wall <02346 0312> [another wall.]
terrace <04407> [Millo.]
weapons <07973> [darts. or, swords, or weapons.]
appointed ... officers <08269 05414> [he set captains.]
square <07339> [in the street.]
encouraged ... saying <03824 0559> [comfortably to them. Heb. to their heart.]
strong <02388> [strong.]
afraid <03372> [be not afraid.]
stronger <07227> [for there.]
strength <02220> [an arm.]
<03068> [with us.]
fight <03898> [to fight.]
encouraged <05564> [rested. Heb. leaned.]
words <01697> [upon the words.]
Sennacherib <05576> [A.M. 3294. B.C. 710. Sennacherib.]
Lachish <03923> [Lachish.]
military might <04475> [power. Heb. dominion.]
<0559> [Thus saith.]
siege <04692> [siege. Heb. strong-hold.]
you ... you will die <05414 04191> [to give over.]
Lord ... God <03068 0430> [The Lord our God.]
<03169> [Hath not.]
one ... eliminated <05493> [taken away.]
This was artfully malicious: many of the people had sacrificed to Jehovah on high places, (ch. 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.
worship <07812> [Ye shall worship.]
altars ......... one altar <0259 04196> [one altar.]
predecessors <01> [I and my.]
gods <0430> [were the gods.]
gods <0430> [among.]
gods <0430> [your God.]
deceive <05377> [deceive.]
mislead <05496> [persuade.]
gods <0430> [much less.]
Lord <03068> [yet.]
servants ..... Lord ..... servant <03068 05650> [against.]
wrote <03789> [He wrote.]
mocking <02778> [to rail.]
God ........... gods ................. god <0430> [As the gods.]
called <07121> [they cried.]
scare <03372> [to affright.]
talked <01696> [spake.]
God ............ gods <0430> [the God.]
man-made <04639> [the work.]
<03169> [Hezekiah.]
prophet <05030> [the prophet.]
prayed <06419> [prayed.]
Lord <03068> [the Lord.]
messenger <04397> [angel.]
wiped out .... soldiers <03582 01368> [cut off all.]
princes <05057> [the leaders.]
humiliated <01322> [with shame.]
entered <0935> [he was come.]
struck ... down .... sword <05307 02719> [slew him. Heb. made him fall.]
Lord <03068> [Lord.]
secure <05095> [guided.]
presents <04503> [gifts.]
precious <04030> [presents. Heb. precious things.]
respected <05375> [he was magnified.]
<03169> [Hezekiah.]
gave .... sign <04159 05414> [gave him a sign. or, wrought a miracle for him.]
<07725> [rendered.]
attitude <03820> [his heart.]
angry <07110> [therefore.]
[See on]
<03169> [Hezekiah.]
pride <01363> [pride. Heb. lifting up. so.]
rest <03117> [days.]
[See on]
greatly <07235 03966> [A.M. 3278-3306. B.C. 726-698. exceeding much.]
storehouses <0214> [treasuries.]
valuable possessions <03627 02532> [pleasant jewels. Heb. instruments of desire.]
storerooms <04543> [Storehouses.]
stalls <0723> [stalls.]
<0220> [cotes.]
sheep <04735> [possessions.]
God <0430> [God.]
<03169> [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 1 Ki 1:45.
dammed up <05640> [stopped.]
Gihon <01521> [Gihon.]
<03169> [And Hezekiah.]
envoys <03887> [A.M. 3292. B.C. 712. in the business.]
envoys <03887> [ambassadors. Heb. interpreters. the wonder.]
left ..... test <05800 05254> [left him.]
test ...... know <05254 03045> [to try him.]
know <03045> [that he might.]
faithful <02617> [A.M. 3278-3306. B.C. 726-698. goodness. Heb. kindnesses.]
vision <02377> [in the vision.]
Scroll <05612> [in the book.]
passed away <07901> [slept.]
ascent <04608> [chiefest. or, highest. did him.]
Manasseh <04519> [And Manasseh.]
