1 Hezekiah mourning, sends to Isaiah to pray for them.
6 Isaiah comforts them.
8 Sennacherib, going to encounter Tirhakah, sends a blasphemous letter to Hezekiah.
14 Hezekiah's prayer.
20 Isaiah's prophecy of the pride and destruction of Sennacherib, and the good of Zion.
35 An angel slays the Assyrians.
36 Sennacherib is slain by his own sons.

when king. Isa 37:1-7

he rent. 5:7 18:37 1Sa 4:12 Ezr 9:3 Job 1:20 Jer 36:24 Mt 26:65

covered. 6:30 Ge 37:34 1Ki 21:27,29 Es 4:1-4 Ps 35:13 Jon 3:8 Mt 11:21

went into. 2Ch 7:15,16 Job 1:20,21

2 And he sent Eliakim, which was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and the elders of the priests, covered with sackcloth, to Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz.

he sent Eliakim. 18:18 22:13,14 Isa 37:2-5

to Isaiah. 2Ch 26:22 Mt 4:14 Lu 3:4

Esaias. the son of Amoz. Isa 1:1 2:1

3 And they said unto him, Thus saith Hezekiah, This day is a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and blasphemy; for the children are come to the birth, and there is not strength to bring forth.

This day. 18:29 Ps 39:11 123:3,4 Jer 30:5-7 Ho 5:15 6:1

blasphemy. or, provocation. Ps 95:8 Heb 3:15,16

for the children. Isa 26:17,18 66:9 Ho 13:13

4 It may be the LORD thy God will hear all the words of Rabshakeh, whom the king of Assyria his master hath sent to reproach the living God; and will reprove the words which the LORD thy God hath heard: wherefore lift up thy prayer for the remnant that are left.

the Lord. Ge 22:14 De 32:36 Jos 14:12 1Sa 14:6 2Sa 16:12

whom the king. 18:17-35

reprove. 22 1Sa 17:45 Ps 50:21 74:18

lift up. 2Ch 32:20 Ps 50:15 Jer 33:3 Eze 36:37 Ro 9:27 Jas 5:16,17

the remnant. 17:5,6 18:13 2Ch 28:5,6 Isa 8:7,8 10:6

left. Heb. found.

5 So the servants of king Hezekiah came to Isaiah.

6 And Isaiah said unto them, Thus shall ye say to your master, Thus saith the LORD, Be not afraid of the words which thou hast heard, with which the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed me.

Isaiah. Isa 37:6,7-38

Be not afraid. 6:16 Ex 14:13 Le 26:8 De 20:1,3,4 Jos 11:6 2Ch 20:15,17 Isa 41:10-14 51:7,12,13

the servants. 18:17,35 Ps 74:18,23 Re 13:6

7 Behold, I will send a blast upon him, and he shall hear a rumor, and shall return to his own land; and I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land.

a blast. 35-37 Job 4:9 Ps 11:6 18:14,15 50:3 Isa 10:16-18 11:4 Jer 51:1

hear a rumour. 7:6 Job 15:21 Jer 49:14 51:46 Ob 1:1

I will cause. 36,37 2Ch 32:21

8 So Rabshakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria warring against Libnah: for he had heard that he was departed from Lachish.

Libnah. 8:22 Jos 10:29 12:15 15:42

Lachish. 18:14 Jos 12:11 15:39 Isa 37:8,9 Mic 1:13

9 And when he heard say of Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, Behold, he is come out to fight against thee: he sent messengers again unto Hezekiah, saying,

when he heard. When Sennacherib had levied contributions on Hezekiah, he marched his army into Egypt; where, after several successes, he laid siege to Pelusium, and spent much time in it; but hearing that Tirhakah, king of Ethiopia, whom Strabo calls Therchon, was marching against him with a great army, to assist his kinsman Sevechus, or Sethon, the king of Egypt, he durst not abide his coming, but raised the siege; and returning to Judea, he encamped against Lachish, and afterwards against Libnah. But finding that Tirhakah pursued him as a fugitive, he marched back to encounter him; and having totally routed his army, he returned to wreak his vengeance on Hezekiah.

1Sa 23:27 Isa 37:9

sent. 18:17

10 Thus shall ye speak to Hezekiah king of Judah, saying, Let not thy God in whom thou trustest deceive thee, saying, Jerusalem shall not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria.

18:5,29,30 2Ch 32:15-19 Isa 37:10-14

11 Behold, thou hast heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands, by destroying them utterly: and shalt thou be delivered?

17,18 17:5-11 2Ch 32:13,14 Isa 10:8-11

12 Have the gods of the nations delivered them which my fathers have destroyed; as Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the children of Eden which were in Thelasar?

Have the gods. 18:33,34

Gozan. 17:6 1Ch 5:26

Haran. Ge 11:31 29:4 Ac 7:4

Charran.
Rezeph. Rezeph was probably either Rezapha, which Ptolemy places in the Palmyrene, west of the Euphrates; or rather, Rezipha, in Mesopotamia, east of the Euphrates.

Eden. Ge 2:8 Isa 37:12

Telassar. Eze 27:23

13 Where is the king of Hamath, and the king of Arpad, and the king of the city of Sepharvaim, of Hena, and Ivah?

the king. 17:24 Nu 13:21 34:8 Isa 11:11 Jer 39:5 49:23 Zec 9:2

Arpad. 18:34 Isa 37:13-20

Arphad.

14 And Hezekiah received the letter of the hand of the messengers, and read it: and Hezekiah went up into the house of the LORD, and spread it before the LORD.

Hezekiah. Isa 37:14

spread it. 1Ki 8:28-30 Ezr 9:5 Ps 74:10,11 91:1,2 123:1-4

15 And Hezekiah prayed before the LORD, and said, O LORD God of Israel, which dwellest between the cherubim, thou art the God, even thou alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth; thou hast made heaven and earth.

prayed. 2Sa 7:18-28 2Ch 14:11 20:6 32:20 Da 9:3,4

O Lord God. Ge 32:28 33:20 1Ki 8:23 1Ch 4:10 Isa 41:17

dwellest. Ex 25:22 1Sa 4:4 2Ch 5:7,8 Ps 80:1 99:1

thou art the God. 5:15 1Ki 18:39 Isa 43:10 44:6 45:22 Da 4:34,35

thou hast made. Ge 1:1 2:4 Ps 33:9 102:25 146:6 Jer 10:10-12 Joh 1:1-3:36

16 LORD, bow down thine ear, and hear: open, LORD, thine eyes, and see: and hear the words of Sennacherib, which hath sent him to reproach the living God.

bow down. Ps 31:2 Isa 37:17

open. 1Ki 8:29 2Ch 6:40 Da 9:18

which hath sent. 4 Ps 79:12 Isa 37:4,17 Heb 11:26

17 Of a truth, LORD, the kings of Assyria have destroyed the nations and their lands,

Of a truth. Job 9:2 Isa 5:9 Jer 26:15 Da 2:47 Mt 14:33 Lu 22:59 Ac 4:27 1Co 14:25

the kings. 16:9 17:6,24 1Ch 5:26 Isa 7:17,18 10:9-11

18 And have cast their gods into the fire: for they were no gods, but the work of men's hands, wood and stone: therefore they have destroyed them.

have cast. Heb. have given. 2Sa 5:21 Isa 46:1,2

for they were. Ps 115:4-8 Isa 37:18,19 44:9-20 Jer 10:3-9,14-16 Ac 17:29

19 Now therefore, O LORD our God, I beseech thee, save thou us out of his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that thou art the LORD God, even thou only.

O Lord. Ex 9:15,16 Jos 7:9 1Sa 17:45-47 1Ki 8:43 18:36,37 20:28 Ps 67:1,2 83:18 Da 4:34-37

20 Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent to Hezekiah, saying, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, That which thou hast prayed to me against Sennacherib king of Assyria I have heard.

which thou hast. 2Sa 15:31 17:23

I have heard. 20:5 2Ch 32:20,21 Job 22:27 Ps 50:15 65:2 Isa 58:9 65:24 Jer 33:3 Da 9:20-23 Joh 11:42 Ac 10:4,31 1Jo 5:14,15

21 This is the word that the LORD hath spoken concerning him; The virgin the daughter of Zion hath despised thee, and laughed thee to scorn; the daughter of Jerusalem hath shaken her head at thee.

The virgin. Isa 23:12 37:21,22-35 47:1 Jer 14:17 18:13 31:4 La 1:15 2:13 Am 5:2

the daughter. Ps 9:14 137:8 Isa 1:8 23:10 47:5 Jer 46:11 La 2:13 4:21 Mic 4:8 Zec 9:9

shaken her head. Job 16:4 Ps 22:7,8 Isa 37:22 La 2:15 Mt 27:39

22 Whom hast thou reproached and blasphemed? and against whom hast thou exalted thy voice, and lifted up thine eyes on high? even against the Holy One of Israel.

Whom. 18:28-35 Ex 5:2 Ps 73:9 74:22,23

exalted thy voice. Ex 9:17 Pr 30:13 Isa 10:15 14:13,14 Eze 28:2-9 Da 5:20-23 2Co 10:5 2Th 2:4

the Holy One. Ps 71:22 Isa 5:24 30:11,12,15 Jer 51:5

23 By thy messengers thou hast reproached the LORD, and hast said, With the multitude of my chariots I am come up to the height of the mountains, to the sides of Lebanon, and will cut down the tall cedar trees thereof, and the choice fir trees thereof: and I will enter into the lodgings of his borders, and into the forest of his Carmel.

By. Heb. By the hand of. messengers. 18:17 2Ch 32:17

With the multitude. 18:23,33,34 Ps 20:7 Isa 10:7-11,14 37:24,25 Eze 31:3-18

tall cedar trees thereof. Heb. tallness of the cedar-trees thereof.

the forest of his Carmel. or, the forest, and his fruitful field.

24 I have digged and drunk strange waters, and with the sole of my feet have I dried up all the rivers of besieged places.

I have digged, etc. I have conquered strange countries, and marched through the driest places, in which I have digged wells for my army.

with the sole. My infantry have been so numerous, that they alone have been sufficient to dry up all the rivers of besieged places, either by drinking them, or by diverting their course into other channels.

Ex 15:9 2Sa 17:13 1Ki 20:10 Da 4:30

besieged places. or, fenced places.

25 Hast thou not heard long ago how I have done it, and of ancient times that I have formed it? now have I brought it to pass, that thou shouldest be to lay waste fenced cities into ruinous heaps.

Hast thou not, etc. or, Hast thou not heard how I have made it long ago, and formed it of ancient times? Should I now bring it to be laid waste, and fenced cities to be ruinous heaps? I have done it.

Ps 33:11 76:10 Isa 10:5,6,15 37:26,27 45:7 46:10,11 54:16 Ac 4:27,28

26 Therefore their inhabitants were of small power, they were dismayed and confounded; they were as the grass of the field, and as the green herb, as the grass on the house tops, and as corn blasted before it be grown up.

of small power. Heb. short of hand. Nu 11:23 14:9 Ps 48:4-7 127:1 Jer 37:10 50:36,37 51:30,32

they were. Ps 92:7 102:11 Isa 40:6-8 Jas 1:10,11 1Pe 1:24

the grass. Ps 129:6-8

27 But I know thy abode, and thy going out, and thy coming in, and thy rage against me.

I know. Ps 139:1-11 Jer 23:23,24

abode. or, sitting. thy going out. De 28:6,19 Ps 121:8 Isa 37:28,29

28 Because thy rage against me and thy tumult is come up into mine ears, therefore I will put my hook in thy nose, and my bridle in thy lips, and I will turn thee back by the way by which thou camest.

thy rage. Ps 2:1-5 7:6 10:13,14 46:6 93:3,4 Lu 6:11 Joh 15:18,23,24 Ac 7:51

thy tumult. Ps 65:7 74:4,23 83:2

I will put. This alludes to the method by which the common people manage their beasts in the East, especially the dromedaries, which are governed by a bridle fastened to a ring, which runs through the nostril of the beast.

Job 41:2 Ps 32:9 Eze 29:4 38:4 Am 4:2

by the way. 33,36,37

29 And this shall be a sign unto thee, Ye shall eat this year such things as grow of themselves, and in the second year that which springeth of the same; and in the third year sow ye, and reap, and plant vineyards, and eat the fruits thereof.

a sign. 21,31-34 20:8,9 Ex 3:12 1Sa 2:34 Isa 7:11-14 Lu 2:12

Ye shall eat. Le 25:4,5,20-22 Isa 37:30

30 And the remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah shall yet again take root downward, and bear fruit upward.

the remnant that, etc. Heb. the escaping of the house of Judah that remaineth. 4 2Ch 32:22,23 Isa 1:9 10:20-22

shall yet again. Ps 80:9 Isa 27:6 37:31,32

31 For out of Jerusalem shall go forth a remnant, and they that escape out of mount Zion: the zeal of the LORD of hosts shall do this.

For. 4 Jer 44:14 Ro 9:27 11:5

they that escape. Heb. the escaping. the zeal. Isa 9:7 59:17 63:15 Eze 5:13 20:9 Zec 1:14 Joh 2:17

32 Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning the king of Assyria, He shall not come into this city, nor shoot an arrow there, nor come before it with shield, nor cast a bank against it.

He shall not come. Isa 8:7-10 10:24,25,28-32 37:33-35

cast a bank. 2Sa 20:15 Eze 21:22 Lu 19:43,44

33 By the way that he came, by the same shall he return, and shall not come into this city, saith the LORD.

By the way. 28,36

34 For I will defend this city, to save it, for mine own sake, and for my servant David's sake.

I will defend. 20:6 Ps 46:5,6 48:2-8 Isa 31:5 38:6

for mine. De 32:27 Isa 43:25 48:9,11 Eze 36:22 Eph 1:6,14

my servant. 1Ki 19:11,12,13 15:4 Isa 9:7 Jer 23:5,6 33:21,26

35 And it came to pass that night, that the angel of the LORD went out, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians an hundred fourscore and five thousand: and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead corpses.

that night. Ex 12:29 Da 5:30 1Th 5:2,3

the angel. Ex 12:29,30 2Sa 24:16 1Ch 21:12,16 2Ch 32:21,22 Ps 35:5,6 Ac 12:23

and smote. Isa 10:16-19,33 30:30-33 37:36 Ho 1:7

when they arose. Ex 12:30 Ps 76:5-7,10

36 So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went and returned, and dwelt at Nineveh.

Sennacherib. 7,28,33

Nineveh. Ge 10:11,12 Jon 1:2 3:2-10 Na 1:1 2:8 Mt 12:41

37 And it came to pass, as he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons smote him with the sword: and they escaped into the land of Armenia. And Esarhaddon his son reigned in his stead.

Nisroch. 10 18:5,30 De 32:31 2Ch 32:14,19 Isa 37:37,38

his sons smote. 7 2Ch 32:21

the land. Armenia or Ararat is a province of Asia, comprising the modern Turcomania and part of Persia; having Georgia on the north, Curdistan, or the ancient Assyria on the south, and Asia Minor, now Natolia, on the west.

Armenia. Heb. Ararat. Ge 8:4 Jer 51:27

Esar-haddon. Ezr 4:2