2 Kings 18:7 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And the LORD was with him; and he prospered whithersoever he went forth: and he rebelled against the king of Assyria, and served him not. ”

2 Kings 18:7 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The Lord was with him - This had been said of no king since David (marginal reference). The phrase is very emphatic. The general prosperity of Hezekiah is set forth at some length by the author o...
2 Kings 18:7 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

2 Kings 18-20. The Reign of Hezekiah. These three Chapter s give an account of the reign of the best king of Judah, and a parallel but somewhat less full account is found in Isaiah 36-39. There is...
2 Kings 18:7 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And the LORD was with him; and he prospered whithersoever he went forth: and he rebelled against the king of Assyria, and served him not.
2 Kings 18:7 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And the LORD was with him; and he prospered whithersoever he went forth: and he rebelled against the king of Assyria, and served him not. The Lord was with him; and he prospered wheresoever h...
2 Kings 18:7 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Hezekiah and Sennacherib This chapter describes the reign of Hezekiah of Judah, his religious reforms, and the invasion of Judah by Sennacherib, king of Assyria, who sent one of his officers to de...
2 Kings 18:7 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

And he prospered ... went forth. — Whithersoever he would go forth he would prosper. (The italicised and is needless here, as in 2 Kings 18:6 .) Prospered. — Comp. 1 Kings 2:3 ; Proverbs...
2 Kings 18:7 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

HEZEKIAH B.C. 715-686 2 Kings 18:1-37 "For Ezekias had done the thing that pleased the Lord, and was strong in the ways of David his father, as Esay the prophet, who was great and faithful in...
2 Kings 18:7 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

a Resolute Religious Reformer 2 Kings 18:1-12 It is wonderful that such a man as Ahaz should have had so good a son, but it is likely that Hezekiah had a good mother. See 2 Chronicles 29:1 ;...
2 Kings 18:7 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

We now begin the third section of this Book, which includes the story of the reigns of Hezekiah and Josiah, with a period of reaction and sin between the two. It is remarkable that such a man as Heze...
2 Kings 18:7 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

The Reader should carefully keep in view, in order to have a clear apprehension of those historical parts of the Bible, that the history of the two kingdoms, Israel and Judah, is so incorporated in o...
2 Kings 18:7 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And the Lord was with him ,.... The Word of the Lord was for his help, as the Targum: and he prospered whithersoever he went forth ; that is, to war: and he rebelled against the king of Assyria...
2 Kings 18:7 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And the LORD was with him; [and] he prospered whithersoever he went forth: and he rebelled against the king of Assyria, and served him not. Ver. 7. And the Lord was with him. ] The Lord is with al...
2 Kings 18:7 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Lord was with him, and he prospered , &c. He adhered to God and his service, and therefore God was with him; and, having the special presence of God with him, he had wonderful success in all...
2 Kings 18:7 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

THE REIGN OF HEZEKIAH IN JUDAH (vv.1-16) In Judah the reign of Hezekiah provided a refreshing relief to the tendency of departure from God. It was during his reign that Assyria took Samaria into...
2 Kings 18:7 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Hezekiah's Good Reign. B. C. 726. 1 Now it came to pass in the third year of Hoshea son...
2 Kings 18:7 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

He shook off that yoke of subjection and tribute to which his father had wickedly submitted, 2 Kings 16:7 , and reassumed that full and independent sovereignty which God had settled in the house o...
2 Kings 18:7 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Summary of Hezekiah's reign ( 2 Kings 18:4-8 ). The activities and accomplishments of Hezekiah are now summarised, and his continuing faithfulness to YHWH and consequent success come out in this s...
2 Kings 18:7 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

THE REIGN OF HEZEKIAH THE GOOD CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES .— 2 Kings 18:1 . Hezekiah the son of Ahaz began to reign —See Note on chap. 2 Kings 16:2 as to the age of Ahaz. 2 Kings 18:4 ....
2 Kings 18:7 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Kings 18:4 . Nehushtan; that is, their brass, or mere brass, or parvum æs, corrupted brass, by way of contempt. In the Chronicum of Alexander, cited by Eusebius out of Anestasio Niceno, we a...
2 Kings 18:7 - The Biblical Illustrator

Now it came to pass in the third year of Hoshea. A striking reformation, a ruthless despotism, and an unprincipled diplomacy I. A striking reformation ( 2 Kings 18:3-8 ). 1. The perverting t...
2 Kings 18:7 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION 18-25 THE HISTORY OF THE KINGDOM OF JUDAH AFTER THE FALL OF SAMARIA . 2 Kings 18:1 THE ACCESSION OF HEZEKIAH . HIS SUCCESSES . HIS WAR W...
2 Kings 18:7 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Hezekiah King over Judah
2 Kings 18:7 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 18:14 ; 1 Samuel 18:5 ; 2 Chronicles 15:2 ; 2 Chronicles 31:21 ; 2 Chronicles 32:30 ; 2 Kings 16:7 ; 2 Kings 18:20 ; 2 Samuel 8:14 ; 2 Samuel 8:6 ; Acts 7:10 ; Acts 7:9 ; Genesis...
2 Kings 18:7 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Rebelled — He shook off that yoke of subjection, to which his father had wickedly submitted, and reassumed that full and independent sovereignty which God had settled in the house of David. And Hez...

2 Kings 18:7 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

2 Kings 18:7 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

2 Kings 18:7 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

2 Kings 18:7 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

2 Kings 18:7 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

2 Kings 18:7 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

2 Kings 18:7 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

2 Kings 18:7 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

2 Kings 18:7 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

2 Kings 18:7 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

2 Kings 18:7 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

2 Kings 18:7 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

2 Kings 18:7 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Kings 18:7 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

2 Kings 18:7 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

2 Kings 18:7 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

2 Kings 18:7 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

2 Kings 18:7 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

2 Kings 18:7 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Kings 18:7 - The Biblical Illustrator

2 Kings 18:7 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

2 Kings 18:7 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

2 Kings 18:7 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Kings 18:7 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes