Adam Clarke's Bible Commentary Verse 9. He heard say concerning Tirhakah king of Ethiopia] When he heard that Tirhakah king of Ethiopia had come out against him, then he sent that blasphemous manifesto which is contained in ver. 10-13, to terrify Hezekiah into submission. How much was this like, in words and spirit, to the manifesto sent to the Parisians by the late Duke of Brunswick, from the plains of Champaigne, in 1792, which was the forerunner of the mighty torrents of human blood which was shed in the French revolution! And what a blast of God fell upon him and his army-nearly like that which fell on the army of Sennacherib! He sent messengers "He sent messengers again"] The word [myw vaiyishma, "and he heard, "which occurs the second time in this verse, is repeated by mistake from the beginning of the verse. It is omitted in an ancient MS. It is a mere tautology, and embarrasses the sense. The true reading instead of it is, byw veyesheb, "and he returned, "which the Septuagint read in this place, apestreye, and which is preserved in the other copy, 2 Kings xix. i10: "He returned and sent, "that is, according to the Hebrew idiom, "he sent again."
Matthew Henry Commentary
- See II Kin. 18:17-37, and the commentary thereon _________________________________________________
Original Hebrew וישׁמע8085 על5921 תרהקה8640 מלך4428 כושׁ3568 לאמר559 יצא3318 להלחם3898 אתך854 וישׁמע8085 וישׁלח7971 מלאכים4397 אל413 חזקיהו2396 לאמר׃559
