The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-06-27

INTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENT,
FOR JULY Z.

subject sennaeherib's invasion, IA
enron. Nxxii., D-23--Goiden Text, III
enron xxxii., s. Memory Verses, 1924
documentary on the Days Lesson.
l. Sennacherib's defiant MESA
vs. v-l2l: 2. After this.n After
celVlns the present from Hezekiah d
Alhgs u: I4-l6). ''sennacherib. :. Thu
son ana successor Of Sargon He say
ne Dullt towers around Jerusalem and
sllut aezekIln IN like 4 Gagged bird
Assyria. rms was a great and Dol
erful country lying on the Tigris.
boundaries differed greatly at diffbres
periods. Send his servants. $e/
Kings IS; H. Tartan or genera N ~
Fabsaris, the chief Of the eurichs.
the rab-shakeh, The chief cup-bea7
these being the offices which thJ
names imply, with great host. Non
Of these are proper names TartaX
was the ordinary title of an AssyriaIi
! general They were to demand the ulN
| conditional surrender Of the king Al
| capital ITO Jerusalem" SennacheriN
was encamped before LacEsl, thirty
miles southwest of Jerusalem. seated
III state. From this proud position he
sent 4 large detachment to Jerusalem.
They took up their position on the
north OF the city, on spot long after
wards known MS the camp of the Assy-
rians. Hezekiall feared to appear; or,
perhaps. careful of his dignity, he sent
officers of his court, who We're nearcl
the rank Of those sent LII his place.
came Eliakim. now chief minister
Shebna. now III the office of secretary9N
and JOah, the royal historian All hists
power" All his army.
10 "Whereen do We trHst2u Litter
ally, "Wbereon are ye trusting and sit
ting in restraint % Judah was in all
lance with Egypt, Assyria's arch-en-
envy, aud reference is here made tn
this. H. Doth not HezekiaI" Haz
ckiah is abused most vilely and over
whelmed with scorn aud insult. II.
Worship before one altar. Rab-sha-
lSeh was not familiar with the Jewish
law and lie naturally supposed thar
the destruction Of so many affairs
would incur the displeasure OF the
gods; but the reason he gave to prove
tLat Judah was weak was the very rea-
son why God was with them to make
them strong. 1916. Know VI not.''
etc. This boast was natural The AS
syrians had had an UNINTERRUPTED ca
reer Of success and might well believe
that their gods were more powerful
than those Of the nations around them.
They had utterly Over-run and de-
stroyed the kindred tribes OF Gaiilee.
Gilead and Saniaria They had for
years exercised lordship over Judea
and the very king who now dctied
them had purchased his safety by the
payment of q heavy fine. IT, against
the Lord" Hezekiall treated this
elasphemous speech as he ought. He
refers the matter TO Jehovah.
IL. Wrote also letters" a little
later another insulting message in the
form OF "a letter" OR. ", margin) was
sent. The king took the letter and at
once went again to the house of the
Lord He spread ont the letter before
the Lord and poured out his soul i'll
earnest prayer e Kings 10: 14-9; lisa.
81. 14-20D. is. "a loud voice" An al
fusion is here made to what occurred
e Kings Is: $500 before Sennacherib
Hebrew language. The Syrian. Lad u
guage was not understood by the Ct -
mon people. ITO alright them"
was day of great suspense. Already
there was ruInor that the king of /
Egypt was on his way to the rescua.
Senacherib had heard the ruinor. al
it was this which caused him to pucH
forth every effort to intimidate ,Terusa-
lem into submission 49, "Spake
against" etc. They saw no difference
between the Jehovah of the Jews and
the gods of the other nations
H. Hezekiah and Isaiah call on the
Lord ". 20). 20. Prayed King
Hezekiah rent his clothes and put on
sackcloth and went to the house OF
God, while his messengers sought out
the prophet Isaiah to know what TO do.
The prayer expressed the deepest need,
the highest faith, the utmost earnest
ness, the wisest plea, the highest mo-
tive 1t was united prayer a prayer
meeting. Isaiah joined with Hezekiah.
But they not only prayed, they worked.
The king built walls and towers. and
prepared arms and shields and encour-
aged the people to be strong and coup-
ageous. aud not to he afraid OF the AS
syrian king, .for there be more with us
than with him. Tvs G. ~
III. The Lord destroys the Assy-
rians ". 21)
q. The word angel means "a mes
senger," zone sent" and may be APP
piled to any messenger sent from God,
whoever or whatever that may be.
Thus in Pisa. 104: the winds are said
to be His angels OF messengers. TheI'
use Of the word 'angels here does not
determine the manner in which the de- |
struction was accomplished 1t mt
have been storm. a pestilence
food. 1t is generally understood toy
have been the simeon Gut off Ind
one night Gods messenger smote 1885, =
600 men e Kings 49,; 35). This gives
some idea of the immense sNe of Sep
nacherib's army. He returiied.n TAe
king and a few others were preserved.
Own land Nineveh. AWhen he
was Gomez Just how long time
elapsed between this calamity and Sen
nacherib's death we do not know butt
it was probably about twenty years.
He records other campaigns but he1
never again came to Palestine His
god Nisroch "Slew him rAdram-
meleeh and Sharezer his sons smOte
him with the sword; and they es-
capped e Kings 10: 81.
Nv. Hezekian is exalted (vs. %, 23).
These verses tell us that God not only
saved His people from the hands OF
Sennacherlb, but from all others and
guided them OH every side" Many
presents were brought TO Hezekiah,
and be was exalted in the sight of ALL.
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