14And Hezekiah received the letter of the hand of the messengers, and read it: and Hezekiah went up into the house of the LORD, and spread it before the LORD.
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And Hezekiah received the letter from the hand of the messengers, and read it: and Hezekiah went up unto the house of the LORD, and spread it before the LORD.
He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. …
A Song of degrees. Unto thee lift I up mine eyes, O thou that dwellest in the heavens. …
And at the evening sacrifice I arose up from my heaviness; and having rent my garment and my mantle, I fell upon my knees, and spread out my hands unto the LORD my God,
O God, how long shall the adversary reproach? shall the enemy blaspheme thy name for ever? …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 8-19)Rabshakeh, having delivered his message and received no answer (whether he took this silence for a consent or a slight does not appear), left his army before Jerusalem, under the command of the other generals, and went himself to attend the king his master for further orders. He found him besieging Libnah, a city that had revolted from Judah, 2 Kgs. 8:22. Whether he had taken Lachish or no is not…
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