2 Kings 19:23

“And hast said - Isaiah clothes in words the thoughts of Sennacherib’s heart - thoughts of the most extreme self-confidence. Compare Isaiah 10:7-14, where, probably at an earlier date, the same overweening pride is ascribed to this king. With the multitude of my chariots - There are two readings here, which give, however, nearly the same sense. The more difficult and more poetical of the two is to be preferred. Literally, translated it runs - “With chariots upon chariots am I come up, etc.” To the sides of Lebanon - , “Lebanon,” with its “cedars” and its “fir-trees,” is to be understood here both literally and figuratively. Literally, the hewing of timber in Lebanon was an ordinary feature of…”

“Mountains - I have brought up my very chariots to those mountains which were thought inaccessible by my army. Lebanon - An high hill, famous for cedars and fir - trees. Cut down - I will cut down the trees that hinder my march, and plane the way for my numerous army and chariots. Lodgings - Those cities (which he calls lodgings in way of contempt) which are in his utmost borders. I am come into the land of Canaan at one border, Lebanon, and I resolve to march on to the other border, and so destroy the whole country, from one border to the other. Carmel - The forest of mount Carmel, which may seem to be another inaccessible place, like Lebanon. 4 Kings (2 Kings) 19:24”

“19:23-24 highest mountains . . . of Lebanon: In his annals, Sennacherib told of scaling high mountain passes and felling Lebanon’s great trees. Sennacherib felt invincible, but he was a mere man, no match for the omniscient Lord of the universe (1 Chr 28:9).”

“By: Heb. By the hand of messengers: Kg2 18:17; Ch2 32:17 With the multitude: Kg2 18:23, Kg2 18:33, Kg2 18:34; Psa 20:7; Isa 10:7-11, Isa 10:14, Isa 37:24, Isa 37:25; Ezek. 31:3-18 tall cedar trees thereof: Heb. tallness of the cedar-trees thereof. the forest of his Carmel. or, the forest, and his fruitful field. 4 Kings (2 Kings) 19:24”