Isaiah 36:2

And the king of Assyria sent Rabshakeh from Lachish to Jerusalem unto king Hezekiah with a great army. And he stood by the conduit of the upper pool in the highway of the fuller’s field.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
king	מֶֽלֶךְ Me.lekh-	H4428	a king · noun, common masculine singular construct
Assyria	אַשּׁ֣וּר 'a.Shur	H804	Ashshur · proper noun, a place name
sent	וַיִּשְׁלַ֣ח vai.yish.Lach	H7971	to send away · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
Rabshakeh	רַב rav-	H7262	Rabshakeh · noun, masculine singular absolute
Lachish	מִלָּכִ֧ישׁ mi.la.Khish	H3923	Lakish · preposition + proper noun, a place name
Jerusalem	יְרוּשָׁלְַ֛מָה ye.ru.sha.Le.mah	H3389	Jerushalaim or Jerushalem · proper noun, a place name + directional suffix
king	הַמֶּ֥לֶךְ ha.Me.lekh	H4428	a king · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
Hezekiah	חִזְקִיָּ֖הוּ chiz.ki.Ya.hu	H2396	Chizkijah · proper noun, a man's name
great	כָּבֵ֑ד ka.Ved	H3515	heavy · adjective, masculine singular absolute
army	חֵיל chêyl	H2426	an army
stood	וַֽיַּעֲמֹ֗ד vai.ya.'a.Mod	H5975	to stand · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
conduit	בִּתְעָלַת֙ bit.'a.Lat	H8585	a channel (into which water is raised for irrigation) · preposition + noun, common feminine singular construct
upper	הָעֶלְיוֹנָ֔ה ha.'el.yo.Nah	H5945	an elevation · definite article + adjective, feminine singular absolute
pool	הַבְּרֵכָ֣ה ha.be.re.Khah	H1295	a reservoir (at which camels kneel as a resting-place) · definite article + noun, common feminine singular absolute
highway	בִּמְסִלַּ֖ת bim.si.Lat	H4546	a thoroughfare (as turnpiked) · preposition + noun, common feminine singular construct
fuller’s	כוֹבֵֽס kho.Ves	H3526	to trample · verb, qal active participle, masculine singular absolute
field	שְׂדֵ֥ה se.Deh	H7704	a field (as flat) · noun, common masculine singular construct

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Cross-references

2 Chronicles 32:9-23 After this did Sennacherib king of Assyria send his servants to Jerusalem, (but he himself laid siege against Lachish, and all his power wit…
Isaiah 7:3 Then said the LORD unto Isaiah, Go forth now to meet Ahaz, thou, and Shear-jashub thy son, at the end of the conduit of the upper pool in th…
2 Kings 18:17-37 And the king of Assyria sent Tartan and Rabsaris and Rab-shakeh from Lachish to king Hezekiah with a great host against Jerusalem. And they…
Isaiah 22:9-11 Ye have seen also the breaches of the city of David, that they are many: and ye gathered together the waters of the lower pool.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 36:1-10

We shall here only observe some practical lessons. 1. A people may be in the way of their duty and yet meet with trouble and distress. Hezekiah was reforming, and his people were in some measure reformed; and yet their country is at that time invaded and a great part of it laid waste. Perhaps they began to grow remiss and cool in the work of reformation, were doing it by halves, and ready to sit down short of a thorough reformation; and then God visited them with this judgment, to put life into them and that good cause. We must not wonder if, when we are doing well, God sends afflictions to quicken us to do better, to do our best, and to press forward towards perfection. 2. That we must neve…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Isaiah 36:2

Rab-shakeh--In Kg2 18:17, Tartan and Rab-saris are joined with him. Rab-shakeh was probably the chief leader; Rab is a title of authority, "chief-cup-bearer." Lachish--a frontier town southwest of Jerusalem, in Judah; represented as a great fortified city in a hilly and fruitful country in the Koyunjik bas-reliefs, now in the British Museum; also, its name is found on a slab over a figure of Sennacherib on his throne. upper pool--the side on which the Assyrians would approach Jerusalem coming from the southwest (see on Isa 7:3).

John Gill on Isaiah 36:2

And the king of Assyria sent Rabshakeh from Lachish to Jerusalem unto King Hezekiah with a great army,.... Notwithstanding he had taken Hezekiah's money to withdraw his army out of his country, yet sends it out to his very capital; along with this Rabshakeh he sent two other generals, Tartan and Rabsaris, 2 Kings 18:17 though they are not mentioned, only Rabshakeh, because he was the principal person, however the chief speaker. Lachish was a city in the tribe of Judah, Joshua 15:39, which Sennacherib was now besieging, 2 Chronicles 32:9. This message was sent, Bishop Usher says, three years after the former expedition: and he stood by the conduit of the upper pool, in the highway of the ful…

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Dictionary and topics

Fuller’s field — A spot near Jerusalem (2 Kings 18:17; Isa. 36:2; 7:3), on the side of the highway west of the city, not far distant from the “upper pool” at the head of the valley of Hinnom. Here the fullers pursued…
Fullers Field, The — a spot near Jerusalem, (2 Kings 8:17; Isaiah 7:3; 36:2) so close to the walls that a person speaking from there could be heard on them. (2 Kings 18:17,26) One resort of the fullers of Jerusalem would…
Gihon — A stream. (1.) One of the four rivers of Eden (Gen. 2:13). It has been identified with the Nile. Others regard it as the Oxus, or the Araxes, or the Ganges. But as, according to the sacred narrative,…
Hezekiah — Whom Jehovah has strengthened. (1.) Son of Ahaz (2 Kings 18:1; 2 Chr. 29:1), whom he succeeded on the throne of the kingdom of Judah. He reigned twenty-nine years (B.C. 726-697). The history of this…
Isaiah — (Heb. Yesh’yahu, i.e., “the salvation of Jehovah”). (1.) The son of Amoz (Isa. 1:1; 2:1), who was apparently a man of humble rank. His wife was called “the prophetess” (8:3), either because she was…
Lachish — Impregnable, a royal Canaanitish city in the Shephelah, or maritime plain of Palestine (Josh. 10:3, 5; 12:11). It was taken and destroyed by the Israelites (Josh. 10:31-33). It afterwards became,…
Sennacherib — Sin (the god) sends many brothers, son of Sargon, whom he succeeded on the throne of Assyria (B.C. 705), in the 23rd year of Hezekiah. “Like the Persian Xerxes, he was weak and vainglorious, cowardly…
Fuller’s Field · A spot near — A spot near
Gihon · the city of — the city of
Hezekiah · .Conducts the Gihon Brook into — .Conducts the Gihon Brook into
Pool · .Upper pool

Isaiah 36:2

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 36:1-10

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Isaiah 36:2

John Gill on Isaiah 36:2

Dictionary and topics

Isaiah 36:2

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 36:1-10

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Isaiah 36:2

John Gill on Isaiah 36:2

Dictionary and topics

John Calvin on Isaiah 36:2

Keil & Delitzsch on Isaiah 36:1-2

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Isaiah 36:2

Rashi on Isaiah 36:2