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Themes in 2 Kings 18

2 Kings 18:1 (show verse)

Now it came about in the third year of Hoshea, the son of Elah king of Israel, that Hezekiah the son of Ahaz king of Judah became king.

hezekiah » King of judah
Israel » hezekiah » Good » Reign
Revivals » Instances of » hezekiah

2 Kings 18:2 (show verse)

He was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem; and his mother’s name was Abi the daughter of Zechariah.

Abi » Mother of » hezekiah
hezekiah » King of judah
Israel » hezekiah » Good » Reign
Revivals » Instances of » hezekiah
Zachariah » Grandfather of hezekiah

2 Kings 18:3 (show verse)

He did right in the sight of the Lord, according to all that his father David had done.

Children » Good Children » Good Parents » Good children of wicked men
hezekiah » King of judah » His piety
Iconoclasm » Destroyed by » hezekiah
Israel » hezekiah » Good » Reign
Kings » Good--exemplified » hezekiah
Religion » Instances of outstanding religious persons » hezekiah
Revivals » Instances of » hezekiah
Rulers' » Righteous » Instances of » hezekiah » Fear of the lord

He removed the high places and broke down the sacred pillars and cut down the Asherah. He also broke in pieces the bronze serpent that Moses had made, for until those days the sons of Israel burned incense to it; and it was called Nehushtan.

Brass » Moses made the serpent of
Brazen serpent » Worshiped by israelites
Groves » Destroyed by » hezekiah
hezekiah » King of judah » Purges the nation of idolatry
hezekiah » And purged the kingdom from idolatry
High places » Destroyed by » hezekiah
High places » Hezekiah destroys
Iconoclasm » Destroyed by » hezekiah
Idolatry » Objects of » Brazen serpent
Israel » hezekiah » Good » Reign
Nehushtan » The brass (bronze) serpent
Religion » Instances of outstanding religious persons » hezekiah
Revivals » Instances of » hezekiah

2 Kings 18:5 (show verse)

He trusted in the Lord, the God of Israel; so that after him there was none like him among all the kings of Judah, nor among those who were before him.

Cleaving » Those that cleave to the lord
Faith » Instances of » hezekiah
God » Trust in » Examples of
hezekiah » King of judah » His piety
Iconoclasm » Destroyed by » hezekiah
Israel » hezekiah » Good » Reign
Prosperity » Who shall prosper
Religion » Instances of outstanding religious persons » hezekiah
Revivals » Instances of » hezekiah
Trust » Of saints--exemplified » hezekiah
Trust in God » Examples of

2 Kings 18:6 (show verse)

For he clung to the Lord; he did not depart from following Him, but kept His commandments, which the Lord had commanded Moses.

Blessing » Temporal » From God » Examples of » Hezekiah prospered
Cleaving » Those that cleave to the lord
Decision » Instances of » hezekiah
hezekiah » King of judah » His piety
Iconoclasm » Destroyed by » hezekiah
Israel » hezekiah » Good » Reign
Obedience » Examples of » hezekiah
Obedience » Instances of » hezekiah
Obedience to God » Exemplified » hezekiah
Prosperity » Who shall prosper
Religion » Instances of outstanding religious persons » hezekiah
Revivals » Instances of » hezekiah
Seven » Example of steadfastness » A man of God, in refusing a reward
Stability » Seven notable examples of » A man of God, in refusing a reward
Steadfastness » Seven notable examples of » A man of God, in refusing a reward

2 Kings 18:7 (show verse)

And the Lord was with him; wherever he went he prospered. And he rebelled against the king of Assyria and did not serve him.

Blessing » Temporal » From God » Examples of » Hezekiah prospered
Cleaving » Those that cleave to the lord
hezekiah » King of judah » Prospered by God
Israel » hezekiah » Good » Reign
Israel » hezekiah » Revolts » King of assyria
Prosperity » Who shall prosper
Religion » Instances of outstanding religious persons » hezekiah
Revivals » Instances of » hezekiah

2 Kings 18:8 (show verse)

He defeated the Philistines as far as Gaza and its territory, from watchtower to fortified city.

Cleaving » Those that cleave to the lord
Israel » hezekiah » Good » Reign
Philistines » Defeated by hezekiah
Prosperity » Who shall prosper
Tower » For watchmen (sentinels)

2 Kings 18:9 (show verse)

Now in the fourth year of King Hezekiah, which was the seventh year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up against Samaria and besieged it.

Assyria » Shalmaneser
Captivity » Of the ten tribes
Disobedience to God » Exemplified » Israel
hezekiah » General references to
Israel » King of » Assyria » Invades » Judah » Blasphemes
Samaria » City of
Samaria » City of, built by omri » Besieged by shalmaneser, king of assyria, for three years; captured; the people carried away to halah and habor, cities of the medes
ancient Samaria » Samaria the capital of » Besieged and taken by shalmaneser
Shalmaneser » Overthrows the kingdom of israel
Siege » Instances of » Samaria

2 Kings 18:10 (show verse)

At the end of three years they captured it; in the sixth year of Hezekiah, which was the ninth year of Hoshea king of Israel, Samaria was captured.

Assyria » Shalmaneser
Captivity » Of the ten tribes
Disobedience to God » Exemplified » Israel
Israel » King of » Assyria » Invades » Judah » Blasphemes
Samaria » City of, built by omri » Besieged by shalmaneser, king of assyria, for three years; captured; the people carried away to halah and habor, cities of the medes
ancient Samaria » Samaria the capital of » Besieged and taken by shalmaneser
Shalmaneser » Overthrows the kingdom of israel
Siege » Instances of » Samaria

2 Kings 18:11 (show verse)

Then the king of Assyria carried Israel away into exile to Assyria, and put them in Halah and on the Habor, the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes,

Assyria » Shalmaneser
Captivity » Of the ten tribes
Covenant » The reward for transgressing the covenant of the lord
Disobedience to God » Exemplified » Israel
Gozan » Israelites taken in captivity to, by the king of assyria, after the conquest of samaria
Habor » A river of mesopotamia
Halah » A place to which israelite captives were transported
Israel » Captivity of » Fulfilment of prophecies concerning
Israel » King of » Assyria » Invades » Judah » Blasphemes
Jews, the » Captivity of » Fulfilment of prophecies concerning
Jews, the » Taken captive to assyria and babylon
Medes » Israelites distributed among, when carried to assyria
Samaria » City of, built by omri » Besieged by shalmaneser, king of assyria, for three years; captured; the people carried away to halah and habor, cities of the medes
ancient Samaria » Inhabitants of, carried captive to assyria
Shalmaneser » Overthrows the kingdom of israel
Siege » Instances of » Samaria

2 Kings 18:12 (show verse)

because they did not obey the voice of the Lord their God, but transgressed His covenant, even all that Moses the servant of the Lord commanded; they would neither listen nor do it.

Assyria » Shalmaneser
Captivity » Of the ten tribes
Covenant » The reward for transgressing the covenant of the lord
Disobedience to God » Exemplified » Israel
Israel » King of » Assyria » Invades » Judah » Blasphemes

2 Kings 18:13 (show verse)

Now in the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah, Sennacherib king of Assyria came up against all the fortified cities of Judah and seized them.

Armies » Were led by » Kings in person
Assyria » Sennacherib
Assyria » Sennacherib king of » Invaded judah
Israel » King of » Assyria » Invades » Judah » Blasphemes
Jerusalem » Besieged by » Sennacherib
Lachish » Besieged by sennacherib
Sieges » Mentioned in scripture » Cities of judah
Sieges » Fenced cities invested by
The First Temple » Historical notices of » Its treasures, &c given by hezekiah to the assyrians to procure a treaty

2 Kings 18:14 (show verse)

Then Hezekiah king of Judah sent to the king of Assyria at Lachish, saying, “I have done wrong. Withdraw from me; whatever you impose on me I will bear.” So the king of Assyria required of Hezekiah king of Judah three hundred talents of silver and thirty talents of gold.

Assyria » Sennacherib
Assyria » Sennacherib king of » Bought off by hezekiah
Israel » King of » Assyria » Invades » Judah » Blasphemes
Jerusalem » Besieged by » Sennacherib
Lachish » Besieged by sennacherib
The First Temple » Historical notices of » Its treasures, &c given by hezekiah to the assyrians to procure a treaty

2 Kings 18:15 (show verse)

Hezekiah gave him all the silver which was found in the house of the Lord, and in the treasuries of the king’s house.

Assyria » Sennacherib
Assyria » Sennacherib king of » Bought off by hezekiah
Israel » King of » Assyria » Invades » Judah » Blasphemes
Jerusalem » Besieged by » Sennacherib
Lachish » Besieged by sennacherib
Temple » Solomon's » Treasures of, used in the purchase of peace » By hezekiah, from the king of assyria
The First Temple » Historical notices of » Its treasures, &c given by hezekiah to the assyrians to procure a treaty

2 Kings 18:16 (show verse)

At that time Hezekiah cut off the gold from the doors of the temple of the Lord, and from the doorposts which Hezekiah king of Judah had overlaid, and gave it to the king of Assyria.

Assyria » Sennacherib
Assyria » Sennacherib king of » Bought off by hezekiah
Gates » Of the temple » Overlaid with gold
Israel » King of » Assyria » Invades » Judah » Blasphemes
Jerusalem » Besieged by » Sennacherib
Lachish » Besieged by sennacherib
Sacrilege » By despoiling the temple
Temple » Sacrilege by despoiling the temple
Temple » Solomon's » Treasures of, used in the purchase of peace » By hezekiah, from the king of assyria
The First Temple » Historical notices of » Its treasures, &c given by hezekiah to the assyrians to procure a treaty

2 Kings 18:17 (show verse)

Then the king of Assyria sent Tartan and Rab-saris and Rabshakeh from Lachish to King Hezekiah with a large army to Jerusalem. So they went up and came to Jerusalem. And when they went up, they came and stood by the conduit of the upper pool, which is on the highway of the fuller’s field.

Armies » Were led by » Experienced captains
Arts and crafts » Names of various » Fullers
Arts of the » Fuller
Assyria » Sennacherib
Assyria » Sennacherib king of » Insulted and threatened judah
Cities » Artificial mode of supplying water to
Diplomacy » Instances of » Rab-shakeh, in trying to induce jerusalem to capitulate by bombastic harangue
Fuller's field » A spot near jerusalem
Gihon » A pool
hezekiah » King of judah » Conducts the gihon brook into jerusalem
Israel » King of » Assyria » Invades » Judah » Blasphemes
Jerusalem » Water supply brought in from the gihon brook by hezekiah
Jerusalem » Besieged by » Sennacherib
Jerusalem » Calamities of, mentioned » Besieged but not taken by sennacherib
Lachish » Besieged by sennacherib
Pool » Of jerusalem » Upper pool
Pools and ponds » Mentioned in scripture » The upper pool
Rabsaris » A title of an assyrian officer » Sent by sennacherib against jerusalem
Rab-shakeh (rabshakeh) » Sent by » Sennacherib » Speech » Surrender of » Jeruslaem
Sennacherib » Invades judah; lays siege to jerusalem, but abandons the country and returns to assyria
Tartan » An assyrian general
Worldly » Host » A great host » Against

2 Kings 18:18 (show verse)

When they called to the king, Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, who was over the household, and Shebnah the scribe and Joah the son of Asaph the recorder, came out to them.

Asaph » Father of joah
Assyria » Sennacherib
Assyria » Sennacherib king of » Insulted and threatened judah
Diplomacy » Instances of » Rab-shakeh, in trying to induce jerusalem to capitulate by bombastic harangue
Eliakim » Son of hilkiah
Eliakim » Son of hilkiah, deputy of hezekiah
Hilkiah » Officer of hezekiah
Israel » King of » Assyria » Invades » Judah » Blasphemes
Jerusalem » Besieged by » Sennacherib
Joah » Son of asaph
Rab-shakeh (rabshakeh) » Sent by » Sennacherib » Speech » Surrender of » Jeruslaem
Sennacherib » Invades judah; lays siege to jerusalem, but abandons the country and returns to assyria
Shebna (shebnah) » A scribe of hezekiah
Sieges » Those engaged in » Called upon the city to surrender

2 Kings 18:19 (show verse)

Then Rabshakeh said to them, “Say now to Hezekiah, ‘Thus says the great king, the king of Assyria, “What is this confidence that you have?

Assyria » Sennacherib
Assyria » Sennacherib king of » Insulted and threatened judah
Boasting » Instances of » Sennacherib
Diplomacy » Instances of » Rab-shakeh, in trying to induce jerusalem to capitulate by bombastic harangue
hezekiah » King of judah » Military operations of
Israel » King of » Assyria » Invades » Judah » Blasphemes
Jerusalem » Besieged by » Sennacherib
Rab-shakeh (rabshakeh) » Sent by » Sennacherib » Speech » Surrender of » Jeruslaem
Sennacherib » Invades judah; lays siege to jerusalem, but abandons the country and returns to assyria
War » Enemy harangued by the general of the opposing side

2 Kings 18:20 (show verse)

You say (but they are only empty words), ‘I have counsel and strength for the war.’ Now on whom do you rely, that you have rebelled against me?

2 Kings 18:21 (show verse)

Now behold, you

rely on the staff of this crushed reed, even on Egypt; on which if a man leans, it will go into his hand and pierce it. So is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who rely on him.

Assyria » Sennacherib
Assyria » Sennacherib king of » Insulted and threatened judah
Diplomacy » Instances of » Rab-shakeh, in trying to induce jerusalem to capitulate by bombastic harangue
Israel » King of » Assyria » Invades » Judah » Blasphemes
Jerusalem » Besieged by » Sennacherib
Pharaoh » At the time of hezekiah
Rab-shakeh (rabshakeh) » Sent by » Sennacherib » Speech » Surrender of » Jeruslaem
Reed » Figurative » Of weakness
Sennacherib » Invades judah; lays siege to jerusalem, but abandons the country and returns to assyria
Trust » Of the wicked--illustrated
War » Enemy harangued by the general of the opposing side

2 Kings 18:22 (show verse)

But if you say to me, ‘We trust in the Lord our God,’ is it not He whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah has taken away, and has said to Judah and to Jerusalem, ‘You shall worship before this altar in Jerusalem’?

Assyria » Sennacherib
Assyria » Sennacherib king of » Insulted and threatened judah
Blasphemy » Instances of » Rabshakeh, in the siege of jerusalem
Diplomacy » Instances of » Rab-shakeh, in trying to induce jerusalem to capitulate by bombastic harangue
Israel » King of » Assyria » Invades » Judah » Blasphemes
Jerusalem » Besieged by » Sennacherib
Rab-shakeh (rabshakeh) » Sent by » Sennacherib » Speech » Surrender of » Jeruslaem
Sennacherib » Invades judah; lays siege to jerusalem, but abandons the country and returns to assyria
War » Enemy harangued by the general of the opposing side

2 Kings 18:23 (show verse)

Now therefore, come, make a bargain with my master the king of Assyria, and I will give you two thousand horses, if you are able on your part to set riders on them.

2 Kings 18:24 (show verse)

How then can you repulse one official of the least of my master’s servants, and rely on Egypt for chariots and for horsemen?

Armies » Were led by » Experienced captains
Assyria » Sennacherib
Assyria » Sennacherib king of » Insulted and threatened judah
Chariots » Used in war by the » Egyptians
Diplomacy » Instances of » Rab-shakeh, in trying to induce jerusalem to capitulate by bombastic harangue
Israel » King of » Assyria » Invades » Judah » Blasphemes
Jerusalem » Besieged by » Sennacherib
Rab-shakeh (rabshakeh) » Sent by » Sennacherib » Speech » Surrender of » Jeruslaem
Sarcasm » Instances of » Rabshakeh to hezekiah
Sennacherib » Invades judah; lays siege to jerusalem, but abandons the country and returns to assyria
War » Enemy harangued by the general of the opposing side

2 Kings 18:25 (show verse)

Have I now come up without the Lord’s approval against this place to destroy it? The Lord said to me, ‘Go up against this land and destroy it.’”’”

2 Kings 18:26 (show verse)

Then Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, and Shebnah and Joah, said to Rabshakeh, “Speak now to your servants in Aramaic, for we understand it; and do not speak with us in

Judean in the hearing of the people who are on the wall.”

Assyria » Sennacherib
Assyria » Sennacherib king of » Insulted and threatened judah
Diplomacy » Instances of » Rab-shakeh, in trying to induce jerusalem to capitulate by bombastic harangue
Hilkiah » Officer of hezekiah
Israel » King of » Assyria » Invades » Judah » Blasphemes
Jerusalem » Besieged by » Sennacherib
Joah » Son of asaph
Language » Mentioned in scripture » Syrian
Language » Kinds of, mentioned » Syriac
Rab-shakeh (rabshakeh) » Sent by » Sennacherib » Speech » Surrender of » Jeruslaem
Sennacherib » Invades judah; lays siege to jerusalem, but abandons the country and returns to assyria
Shebna (shebnah) » A scribe of hezekiah
Sieges » Cities invested by » Walls of, defended by the inhabitants
Syria » Inhabitants of » Spoke the syriac language
Walls » Of cities » Were strongly manned in war
War » Enemy harangued by the general of the opposing side

2 Kings 18:27 (show verse)

But Rabshakeh said to them, “Has my master sent me only to your master and to you to speak these words, and not to the men who sit on the wall, doomed to eat their own dung and drink their own urine with you?”

2 Kings 18:28 (show verse)

Then Rabshakeh stood and cried with a loud voice in Judean, saying, “Hear the word of the great king, the king of Assyria.

Assyria » Sennacherib
Assyria » Sennacherib king of » Insulted and threatened judah
Diplomacy » Instances of » Rab-shakeh, in trying to induce jerusalem to capitulate by bombastic harangue
Israel » King of » Assyria » Invades » Judah » Blasphemes
Jerusalem » Besieged by » Sennacherib
Language » Kinds of, mentioned » Hebrew
Rab-shakeh (rabshakeh) » Sent by » Sennacherib » Speech » Surrender of » Jeruslaem
Sennacherib » Invades judah; lays siege to jerusalem, but abandons the country and returns to assyria
War » Enemy harangued by the general of the opposing side

2 Kings 18:29 (show verse)

Thus says the king, ‘Do not let Hezekiah deceive you, for he will not be able to deliver you from my hand;

2 Kings 18:30 (show verse)

nor let Hezekiah make you trust in the Lord, saying, “The Lord will surely deliver us, and this city will not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.”

2 Kings 18:31 (show verse)

Do not listen to Hezekiah, for thus says the king of Assyria, “Make your peace with me and come out to me, and eat each of his vine and each of his fig tree and drink each of the waters of his own cistern,

Assyria » Sennacherib
Assyria » Sennacherib king of » Insulted and threatened judah
Cistern » Figurative
Diplomacy » Instances of » Rab-shakeh, in trying to induce jerusalem to capitulate by bombastic harangue
Israel » King of » Assyria » Invades » Judah » Blasphemes
Jerusalem » Besieged by » Sennacherib
Rab-shakeh (rabshakeh) » Sent by » Sennacherib » Speech » Surrender of » Jeruslaem
Sennacherib » Invades judah; lays siege to jerusalem, but abandons the country and returns to assyria
War » Enemy harangued by the general of the opposing side

2 Kings 18:32 (show verse)

until I come and take you away to a land like your own land, a land of grain and new wine, a land of bread and vineyards, a land of olive trees and honey, that you may live and not die.” But do not listen to Hezekiah when he misleads you, saying, “The Lord will deliver us.”

Assyria » Sennacherib
Assyria » Sennacherib king of » Insulted and threatened judah
Assyria » Celebrated for » Fertility
Diplomacy » Instances of » Rab-shakeh, in trying to induce jerusalem to capitulate by bombastic harangue
Honey » Abounded in » Assyria
Honey » Abundant in assyria
Israel » King of » Assyria » Invades » Judah » Blasphemes
Jerusalem » Besieged by » Sennacherib
Olive Trees » Assyria abounded in
Rab-shakeh (rabshakeh) » Sent by » Sennacherib » Speech » Surrender of » Jeruslaem
Sennacherib » Invades judah; lays siege to jerusalem, but abandons the country and returns to assyria
War » Enemy harangued by the general of the opposing side
Wine » Places celebrated for » Assyria

2 Kings 18:33 (show verse)

Has any one of the gods of the nations delivered his land from the hand of the king of Assyria?

Assyria » Celebrated for » Extent of conquests
Assyria » Sennacherib
Assyria » Sennacherib king of » Blasphemed the lord
Diplomacy » Instances of » Rab-shakeh, in trying to induce jerusalem to capitulate by bombastic harangue
Israel » King of » Assyria » Invades » Judah » Blasphemes
Jerusalem » Besieged by » Sennacherib
Rab-shakeh (rabshakeh) » Sent by » Sennacherib » Speech » Surrender of » Jeruslaem
Sennacherib » Invades judah; lays siege to jerusalem, but abandons the country and returns to assyria
Syria » Conquest of » By tiglath-pileser, king of assyria
War » Enemy harangued by the general of the opposing side

2 Kings 18:34 (show verse)

Where are the gods of Hamath and Arpad? Where are the gods of Sepharvaim, Hena and

Ivvah? Have they delivered Samaria from my hand?

Arpad » Fortified » A fortified city of syria, perhaps identical with arvad
Assyria » Celebrated for » Extent of conquests
Assyria » Sennacherib
Assyria » Sennacherib king of » Blasphemed the lord
Ava » A district » A district near babylon
Diplomacy » Instances of » Rab-shakeh, in trying to induce jerusalem to capitulate by bombastic harangue
Hena » A city » A city on the euphrates river
Israel » King of » Assyria » Invades » Judah » Blasphemes
Ivah » A district » A district in babylon conquered by the assyrians
Jerusalem » Besieged by » Sennacherib
Rab-shakeh (rabshakeh) » Sent by » Sennacherib » Speech » Surrender of » Jeruslaem
Sennacherib » Invades judah; lays siege to jerusalem, but abandons the country and returns to assyria
Sepharvaim » An assyrian city, from which the king of assyria colonized samaria
Syria » Conquest of » By tiglath-pileser, king of assyria
War » Enemy harangued by the general of the opposing side

2 Kings 18:35 (show verse)

Who among all the gods of the lands have delivered their land from my hand, that the Lord should deliver Jerusalem from my hand?’”

Assyria » Celebrated for » Extent of conquests
Assyria » Sennacherib
Assyria » Sennacherib king of » Blasphemed the lord
Diplomacy » Instances of » Rab-shakeh, in trying to induce jerusalem to capitulate by bombastic harangue
Israel » King of » Assyria » Invades » Judah » Blasphemes
Jerusalem » Besieged by » Sennacherib
Rab-shakeh (rabshakeh) » Sent by » Sennacherib » Speech » Surrender of » Jeruslaem
Sennacherib » Invades judah; lays siege to jerusalem, but abandons the country and returns to assyria
War » Enemy harangued by the general of the opposing side

2 Kings 18:36 (show verse)

But the people were silent and answered him not a word, for the king’s commandment was, “Do not answer him.”

Assyria » Sennacherib
Diplomacy » Instances of » Rab-shakeh, in trying to induce jerusalem to capitulate by bombastic harangue
Israel » King of » Assyria » Invades » Judah » Blasphemes
Jerusalem » Besieged by » Sennacherib
Rab-shakeh (rabshakeh) » Sent by » Sennacherib » Speech » Surrender of » Jeruslaem
Sennacherib » Invades judah; lays siege to jerusalem, but abandons the country and returns to assyria
War » Enemy harangued by the general of the opposing side

2 Kings 18:37 (show verse)

Then Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, who was over the household, and Shebna the scribe and Joah the son of Asaph, the recorder, came to Hezekiah with their clothes torn and told him the words of Rabshakeh.

Assyria » Sennacherib
Diplomacy » Instances of » Rab-shakeh, in trying to induce jerusalem to capitulate by bombastic harangue
Hilkiah » Officer of hezekiah
Israel » King of » Assyria » Invades » Judah » Blasphemes
Jerusalem » Besieged by » Sennacherib
Scribe (scribes) » A writer and transcriber of the law
Sennacherib » Invades judah; lays siege to jerusalem, but abandons the country and returns to assyria
Shebna (shebnah) » A scribe of hezekiah