John Gill's Exposition on 2 Chronicles 32:1

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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After these things, and the establishment thereof, etc.] What are recorded in the preceding chapters, when matters were well settled, especially with respect to religion and temple service, and when Hezekiah was well established in the throne of his kingdom, had fought with and defeated the Philistines, and cast off the Assyrian yoke, and was in very prosperous circumstances; for it was in the fourteenth year of his reign that what follows was done: Sennacherib king of Assyria came and entered into Judah, and encamped against the fenced cities, and thought to win them for himself; or to break them, or into them; or through them f134 to break down the walls to take them, and join them to himself, as the Targum, and he did take them, (see <121813> 2 Kings 18:13).

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