Charles Ellicott Commentary


Charles Ellicott Commentary
"Thus Jehovah saved Hezekiah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem from the hand of Sennacherib the king of Assyria, and from the hand of all [others], and guided them on every side." — 2 Chronicles 32:22 (ASV)
Thus. — And. The whole verse is the chronicler’s own comment on the preceding narrative. (Compare to 2 Kings 18:7.)
The hand of all. —Some manuscripts appropriately add his enemies, an expression which may have fallen out of the text.
And guided them on every side (round about). —A somewhat unusual phrase. The conjecture, “and gave them rest round about (wayyânah Iâhem for wayyĕnahâlçm)”, appears correct. (See 2 Chronicles 14:6; 2 Chronicles 15:15; 2 Chronicles 20:30; 1 Chronicles 22:18.) So the Septuagint and Vulgate.