2 Kings 20:20
he made a pool.2Ch 32:4,30,32; Ne 3:16; Isa 22:9-11the book.8:23; 15:6,26; 16:19; 1Ki 14:19; 15:7,232 Chronicles 32:1-6
1 Sennacherib invading Judah, Hezekiah fortifies himself, and encourages his people.9 Against the blasphemies of Sennacherib, Hezekiah and Isaiah pray.21 An angel destroys the host of the Assyrians.24 Hezekiah praying in his sickness, God gives him a sign of recovery.25 He waxing proud, is humbled by God.27 His wealth and works.31 His error in the ambassage of Babylon.32 He dying, Manasseh succeeds him. these things.20:1,2; 2Ki 18:13-37; Isa 36:1-22king of Assyria.2Ki 15:19; 17:6; 18:11,19,20; Isa 7:17,18; 8:6-8; 10:5,6; Ho 11:5win them. Heb. break them up.Isa 10:7-11; 37:24,25; Mic 2:13 he was purposed to fight. Heb. his face was to war.2Ki 12:17; Lu 9:51,53 took counsel.30:2; 2Ki 18:20; Pr 15:22; 20:18; 24:6; Isa 40:13; Ro 11:34to stop.2Ki 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.30; 30:14ran through the midst of. Heb. overflowed. kings.The Septuagint, Syriac, and Arabic read king, in the singular number. 1; 2Ki 18:9,13; 19:17; Isa 10:8find.1Ki 3:9,16,17; 19:21 he strengthened.12:1; 14:5-7; 17:1,2; 23:1; 26:8; Isa 22:9,10that was broken.25:23another wall.2Ki 25:4; Jer 39:4Millo.Jud 9:6; 2Sa 5:9; 1Ki 9:24; 11:27; 2Ki 12:20darts. or, swords, or weapons.26:14,15 he set captains.17:14-19; 1Ch 27:3,4-34in the street.Ezr 10:9; Ne 8:1-3,16comfortably to them. Heb. to their heart.30:22; Ge 34:3; Isa 40:2; *margins2 Chronicles 32:30
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. stopped.4; Isa 22:9-11Gihon.1Ki 1:33,38,45And Hezekiah.Jos 1:7,8; Ps 1:1-3
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