Isaiah 36:8 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Now therefore give pledges,b I pray thee, to my master the king of Assyria, and I will give thee two thousand horses, if thou be able on thy part to set riders upon them. ”

Isaiah 36:8 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Now, therefore, give pledges - Margin, ‘Hostages.’ The Hebrew verb ( ערב ‛ ârab ) means properly to mix or mingle; then, to exchange commodities by barter or traffic; then, to become surety f...
Isaiah 36:8 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 36-39. This section has been extracted from 2 Kings 18:13 to 2 Kings 20:19 , and the Song of Hezekiah has been added. For an exposition see the notes on 2 K.; here we have simply to deal...
Isaiah 36:8 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

master. Hebrew. Adonai . App-4.
Isaiah 36:8 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

8. Now come, give a hostage. (33) He concludes that there will be nothing better for Hezekiah than to lay aside the intention of carrying on war, to surrender himself, and to promise consta...
Isaiah 36:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Now therefore give pledges, I pray thee, to my master the king of Assyria, and I will give thee two thousand horses, if thou be able on thy part to set riders upon them.
Isaiah 36:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Now therefore give pledges, I pray thee, to my master the king of Assyria, and I will give thee two thousand horses, if thou be able on thy part to set riders upon them. Give pledges - a taun...
Isaiah 36:8 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1. In the fourteenth year ] The chronology is difficult. From Isaiah 38:1 ; Isaiah 39:1 we might conclude that Hezekiah's sickness and the Babylonian embassy followed Sennacherib's invasion, wher...
Isaiah 36:8 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Now, therefore, give pledges. — Better, make a wager. This would seem to be a taunt interpolated by the Rabshakeh in the midst of his official message. There was something absurd in the idea of J...
Isaiah 36:8 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

BOOK 4 JERUSALEM AND SENNACHERIB 701 B.C. INTO this fourth book we put all the rest of the prophecies of the Book of Isaiah, that have to do with the prophet's own time: Chapter s 1, 22 and 33,...
Isaiah 36:8 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

This chapter is the first of four which constitute a brief historical interlude. All have to do with Hezekiah and Isaiah. The first two are related to the prophecies of judgment so far as they are of...
Isaiah 36:8 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Now therefore give pledges to my master the king of Assyria ,.... Or; "hostages" h; that thou wilt not rebel against him, but be faithful to him, and he will withdraw his army; or give security for...
Isaiah 36:8 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

A.M. 3292. B.C. 712. In this and the three following Chapter s is contained the historical part of the book of Isaiah, relating a memorable transaction, strongly confirmative of the divine miss...
Isaiah 36:8 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Sennacherib's Insolent Message. B. C. 710. 1 Now it came to pass in the fourteenth year...
Isaiah 36:8 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

No text from Poole on this verse.
Isaiah 36:8 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

“Now therefore, I pray you, make a wager with my master the king of Assyria, and I will give you two thousand horses, if you are able for your part to set two thousand riders on them.” Now he sought...
Isaiah 36:8 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Isaiah 36:1 . In the fourteenth year of Hezekiah, Sennacherib came up against all the cities of Judah. This history is related in 2 Chronicles 32 ., with notes and comments: but it was proper for...
Isaiah 36:8 - The Biblical Illustrator

Rabshakeh said unto them War orators We have a class of speakers in this country who are silent on all great social and cosmopolitan topics, but make themselves heard and felt the moment any ma...
Isaiah 36:8 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

PART II . HISTORICAL SKETCH OF EVENTS IN THE REIGN OF HEZEKIAH ( CH . 36-39.). SECTION I. SENNACHERIB 'S ATTEMPTS TO REDUCE JUDAEA , AND HIS OVERTHROW ( Isaiah...
Isaiah 36:8 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Assyrians Threaten Jerusalem. The three Chapter s now following form the historical appendix to the first part of the book of the prophet Isaiah, serving chiefly to make the prophecies concern...
Isaiah 36:8 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 20:10 ; 1 Kings 20:18 ; 1 Samuel 17:40-43 ; 2 Kings 14:14 ; 2 Kings 18:23 ; Isaiah 10:13 ; Isaiah 10:14 ; Nehemiah 4:2-5 ; Psalms 123:3 ; Psalms 123:4 ; Psalms 20:7 ; Psalms 20:8...

Isaiah 36:8 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Isaiah 36:8 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 36:8 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Isaiah 36:8 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 36:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Isaiah 36:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Isaiah 36:8 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 36:8 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Isaiah 36:8 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Isaiah 36:8 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Isaiah 36:8 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Isaiah 36:8 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Isaiah 36:8 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Isaiah 36:8 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Isaiah 36:8 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 36:8 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Isaiah 36:8 - The Biblical Illustrator

Isaiah 36:8 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Isaiah 36:8 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Isaiah 36:8 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge