Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge, by R.A. Torrey, [ca. 1880], at sacred-texts.com
Overview
Isa 36:1, Sennacherib invades Judah; Isa 36:2, Rabshakeh, sent by Sennacherib, by blasphemous persuasions solicits the people to revolt; Isa 36:22, His words are told to Hezekiah.
it came: Kg2 18:13, Kg2 18:17; Ch2 32:1
that Sennacherib: Isa 1:7, Isa 1:8, Isa 7:17, Isa 8:7, Isa 8:8, Isa 10:28-32, Isa 33:7, Isa 33:8
am 3294, bc 710
sent: 2Kings 18:17-37; Ch2 32:9-23
the conduit: Isa 7:3, Isa 22:9-11
Eliakim: Isa 22:15-20
Shebna: Sa2 8:16, Sa2 8:17, Sa2 20:24, Sa2 20:25
scribe: or, secretary
Thus saith: Isa 10:8-14, Isa 37:11-15; Pro 16:18; Ezek. 31:3-18; Dan 4:30; Act 12:22, Act 12:23; Jde 1:16
Assyria: Assyria proper, now Kourdistan, was bounded by Armenia on the north, Media and Persia on the east, Babylonia on the south, and the Tigris, which divides it from Mesopotamia, on the west, between 33 degrees and 38 degrees n lat. and 42 degrees and 46 degrees e long. But the Assyrian empire, the bounds of which were different at different times, in its most flourishing state, according to the descriptions of the Greek and Roman writers, comprehended all the countries and nations between the Mediterranean on the west, and the Indus on the east, and between the deserts of Scythia on the north, and the Indian ocean on the south.
What: Kg2 18:5, 19-37, Kg2 19:10; Ch2 32:7-10,Ch2 32:14-16; Psa 42:3, Psa 42:10, Psa 71:10,Psa 71:11
vain words: Heb. a word of lips. I have counsel and strength for war. or, but counsel and strength are for the war. Pro 21:30,Pro 21:31, Pro 24:5, Pro 24:6
that: Kg2 18:7, Kg2 24:1; Neh 2:19, Neh 2:20; Jer 52:3; Eze 17:15
Isa 20:5, Isa 20:6, Isa 30:1-7, Isa 31:3; Kg2 17:4, Kg2 18:21; Jer 37:5-8; Eze 29:6, Eze 29:7
We trust: Kg2 18:5, Kg2 18:22; Ch1 5:20; Ch2 16:7-9, Ch2 32:7, Ch2 32:8; Psa 22:4, Psa 22:5, Psa 42:5, Psa 42:10,Psa 42:11
is it not: Deu 12:2-6, Deu 12:13, Deu 12:14; Kg2 18:4; Ch2 30:14, Ch2 31:1, Ch2 32:12; Co1 2:15
pledges: or, hostages, Kg2 14:14
and I: Isa 10:13, Isa 10:14; Sa1 17:40-43; Kg1 20:10,Kg1 20:18; Kg2 18:23; Neh 4:2-5; Psa 20:7, Psa 20:8, Psa 123:3, Psa 123:4
the least: Isa 10:8; Kg2 18:24
and put: Isa 36:6, Isa 30:16, Isa 30:17; Deu 17:16; Pro 21:31; Jer 2:36
Isa 10:5-7, Isa 37:28; Kg1 13:18; Kg2 18:25; Ch2 35:21; Amo 3:6
in the Syrian: Kg2 18:26, Kg2 18:27; Ezr 4:7; Dan 2:4
that they may: Isa 9:20; Lev 26:29; Deu 28:53-57; Kg2 6:25-29, Kg2 18:27; Jer 19:9; Lam 4:9, Lam 4:10; Eze 4:16
cried: Sa1 17:8-11; Kg2 18:28-32; Ch2 32:18; Psa 17:10-13, Psa 73:8, Psa 73:9, Psa 82:6, Psa 82:7
Hear: Isa 36:4, Isa 8:7, Isa 10:8-13; Eze 31:3-10; Dan 4:37
Isa 37:10-13; Kg2 19:10-13, Kg2 19:22; Ch2 32:11, Ch2 32:13-19; Dan 3:15-17, Dan 6:20; Dan 7:25; Th2 2:4; Rev 13:5, Rev 13:6
Isa 36:7, Isa 37:23, Isa 37:24; Psa 4:2, Psa 22:7, Psa 22:8, Psa 71:9-11; Mat 27:43
Make an agreement with me by a present: or, Seek my favour by a present, Heb. Make with me a blessing, Gen 32:20, Gen 33:11; Sa1 25:27; Sa2 8:6; Kg2 5:15, Kg2 18:31; Co2 9:5 *marg.
come out: Sa1 11:3; Kg2 24:12-16
eat ye: Kg1 4:20,Kg1 4:25; Mic 4:4; Zac 3:10
I come: 2Kings 17:6-23, Kg2 18:9-12, Kg2 24:11; Pro 12:10
a land of corn: Exo 3:8; Deu 8:7-9, Deu 11:12; Job 20:17; The other copy in Kg2 18:32, adds here, "a land of oil olive, and of honey; that ye may live, and not die, and hearken not unto Hezekiah when he seduceth you.
lest: Isa 36:7, Isa 36:10,Isa 36:15, Isa 37:10; Psa 12:4, Psa 92:5-7
Hath: Isa 37:12, Isa 37:13, Isa 37:17, Isa 37:18; Kg2 18:33-35, Kg2 19:12, Kg2 19:13, Kg2 19:17, Kg2 19:18; Ch2 32:13-17; Psa 115:2-8, Psa 135:5, Psa 135:6, Psa 135:15-18; Jer 10:3-5, Jer 10:10-12; Dan 3:15; Hab 2:19, Hab 2:20
Arphad: The variation of Arphad and Arpad exists only in the translation; the original being uniformly ארפד [Strong's H774]. Isa 10:9; Jer 49:23, Arpad
Sepharvaim: Calmet is of opinion that Sepharvaim was the capital of the Saspires, who, according to Herodotus, were the only people that inhabited between the Colchians and Medes; and probably the Sarapases, whom Strabo places in Armenia. Hiller considers the name as denoting Sephar of the Parvaim, i.e., Mount Sephar adjacent to the regions of Arabia called Parvaim. But it is more probable, as Wells and others suppose, that Sepharvaim is the Σιπφαρα, Sipphara, of Ptolemy, the Σιππαρηνων πολις, the city of the Sippareni, mentioned by Abydenus, and probably the Hipparenum of Pliny, a city of Mesopotamia, situated upon the Euphrates, near where it is divided into two arms, by one of which, it is probable, it was divided into two parts. Kg2 17:24
and have: Isa 10:10,Isa 10:11; Kg2 17:5-7, Kg2 18:10-12
that the Lord: Isa 37:18, Isa 37:19, Isa 37:23-29, Isa 45:16, Isa 45:17; Exo 5:2; 2Kings 19:22-37; Ch2 32:15, Ch2 32:19; Job 15:25, Job 15:26, Job 40:9-12; Psa 50:21, Psa 73:9; Dan 3:15
Kg2 18:26, Kg2 18:37; Psa 38:13-15, Psa 39:1; Pro 9:7, Pro 26:4; Amo 5:13; Mat 7:6
with their: Isa 33:7, Isa 37:1, Isa 37:2; Kg2 5:7; Ezr 9:3; Mat 26:65; The history of the invasion of Sennacherib, observes Bp. Lowth, and the miraculous destruction of his army, which makes the subject of so many of Isaiah's prophecies, is very properly inserted here, as affording the best light to many parts of these prophecies; and as almost necessary to introduce the prophecy in the Isa 37:1, being the answer of God to Hezekiah's prayer, which could not be properly understood without it. Sennacherib succeeded his father Shalmaneser on the throne of Assyria, am 3290, bc 714, and reigned only about eight years.