Geneva Bible Notes: 2 Kings 18

2 Kings 18:2 (a) Althogh thei of Judah were giuen to idolatrie and impietie, as thei of Israel were, yet God for his promes sake was merciful vnto the throne of Dauid: & yet by his judgement towarde the other prouoked them to repentance.

2 Kings 18:4 (b) That is, a piece of brasse: thus he calleth the serpent by contempt, which notwithstanding was set vp by the worde of God, & miracles were wroght by it: yet when it was abused to idolatrie, this good Kind destroyed it, not thinking it worthie to be called a serpent, but a piece of brass.

2 Kings 18:4 (!) Ezekiah King of Judah putteth downe the brasen serpent, & destroyeth the idoles.

2 Kings 18:7 (!) And prospereth.

2 Kings 18:8 (c) Read {Chap. 17,9}

2 Kings 18:11 (!) Israel is caryed away captiue.

2 Kings 18:14 (d) As his zeale was before praised, so his weakenes is here set forth that none shulde glorie in him selfe.

2 Kings 18:17 (e) After certeine yeres when Hezekiah ceased to send the tribute appointed by the King of Assyrians, he sent his captaines & armie against him.

2 Kings 18:18 (/) Or, writer of Chronicles, or secretarie.

2 Kings 18:19 (/) Ebr. ??? of the lippes.

2 Kings 18:20 (f) Thou thinkest that wordes wil serue to persuade thy people, or to moue my master.

2 Kings 18:21 (g) Egypt shal not onely be able not to succour thee, but shalbe an hurt vnto thee.

2 Kings 18:22 (h) Thus the idolaters thinke that Gods religion is destroyed, when supersticion & idolatrie are reformed.

2 Kings 18:23 (i) Meaning that is was best for him to yelde to the King of Assyria, because its power was so smal that he had not men to fournish two thousand horses.

2 Kings 18:25 (k) The wicked alwayes in their prosperitie flatter them sleues that God doeth fauour them. Thus he speaketh to feare Ezekiah that by resisting him, he shulde resist God.

2 Kings 18:26 (/) Or, Syrians.

2 Kings 18:27 (/) Ebr. the water of their fete.

2 Kings 18:29 (/) Or, by his hand.

2 Kings 18:30 (!) The blasphemie of Saneherib.

2 Kings 18:31 (/) Ebr. blessing: meaning the condisions of peace.

2 Kings 18:32 (l) He maketh himself so sure, that he wil not grant them truce, except they rendre them sleues to him to be led away captiues.

2 Kings 18:35 (m) This is an execrable blasphemie against the true God, to make him equal with the idoles of other nacions: therefore God did moste sharpely punish it.