2 Chronicles 32:9

“After this did Sennacherib king of Assyria send his servants to Jerusalem, etc.] Who are mentioned by name, (<121817>2 Kings 18:17) this was after Hezekiah had given him a large quantity of silver and gold to depart, and he did depart from him, (<121814>2 Kings 18:14-16) but he himself laid siege against Lachish, and all his power with him; one of the cities of Judah, (see <233602>Isaiah 36:2), from hence he dispatched them unto Hezekiah king of Judah, and unto all Judah that were at Jerusalem; who had retired thither for safety, upon the invasion of their country by the king of Assyria.”

“(See on 2Ki. 18:17-35; also 2Ki. 19:8-34).”

“The author of Chronicles compresses into 13 verses the history which occupies in Kings a chapter and a half (2 Kings 18:17-19; where see the notes). 2 Chronicles 32:10 In the siege - Perhaps “in straitness” (compare Jeremiah 19:9). Jerusalem is thought by some to have been not so much besieged at this time, as distressed and straitened for supplies, because the Assyrians were masters of the open country. 2 Chronicles 32:13 fathers - i. e. “predecessors.” Sennacherib really belonged to a dynasty that had only furnished one king before himself. 2 Chronicles 32:22 Guided them ... - A slight alteration of the existing text gives the sense - “gave them rest round about;” a common expression in…”

“am 3294, bc 710 Sennacherib: Kg2 18:17; Isa 36:2 Lachish: Jos 10:31, Jos 12:11, Jos 15:39; Isa 37:8; Mic 1:13 power: Heb. dominion 2 Chronicles 32:10”

“The advance of an Assyrian army against Jerusalem, and the attempts of Sennacherib's generals to induce the population of the capital to submit by persuasive and threatening speeches, are very breifly narrated, in comparison with 2 Kings 18:17-36. In Ch2 32:9, neither the names of the Assyrian generals, nor the names of Hezekiah's ambassadors with whom they treated, are given; nor is the place where the negotiation was carried on mentioned. עבדיו, his servants, Sennacherib's generals. על־לך, while he himself lay near (or against) Lachish, and all the army of his kingdom with him. ממשׁלתּו, his dominion, i.e., army of his kingdom; cf. Jer 34:1. Ch2 32:10-12 Only the main ideas contained in…”