2 Chronicles 32:1 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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2 CHRONICLES CHAPTER 32 Sennacherib invading Judah, Hezekiah fortifieth himself, 2 Chronicles 32:1-8; and sendeth letters to Isaiah concerning the blasphemies of Sennacherib, 2 Chronicles 32:9-20. An angel destroyeth the host of the Assyrians, 2 Chronicles 32:21-23. Hezekiah's sickness and sign of recovery, 2 Chronicles 32:24; and waxing proud, is humbled by God, 2 Chronicles 32:25,26. His wealth and error, 2 Chronicles 32:27-31. His death and successor, 2 Chronicles 32:32,33. After these things, and the establishment thereof; an emphatical preface, signifying, that notwithstanding all his pious care and zeal for God, yet God saw fit to exercise him with a sore trial and calamity; which yet he turned to his great honour and advantage. He designed and bragged that he would win them all, and did actually win many of them, 2 Kings 18:13.

2 Chronicles 32:1

1 After these things, and the establishment thereof, Sennacherib king of Assyria came, and entered into Judah, and encamped against the fenced cities, and thought to wina them for himself.