SEV Biblia, Chapter 32:33
Y durmió Ezequías con sus padres, y lo sepultaron en los más insignes sepulcros de los hijos de David, honrándole en su muerte todo Judá y los de Jerusalén; y reinó en su lugar Manasés su hijo.
Clarke's Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 32:33
Verse 33. Chiefest of the sepulchres] This respect they paid to him who, since David, had been the best of all their kings. I shall subjoin a few things from the Targum on this chapter.
Ver. 1. "After these things which Hezekiah did, and their establishment, the Lord appointed by his WORD to bring Sennacherib, king of Assyria, and his army, into the land of Israel, that he might destroy the Assyrians in the land of the house of Judah, and smite their troops on the mountains of Jerusalem, and deliver all their spoils into the hands of Hezekiah and his people: wherefore Sennacherib came with immense armies, which could not be numbered; and having pitched his camps in the land of the tribe of Judah, besieged their fortified cities with his armies, hoping to overthrow them." Ver. 8. Hezekiah said-"His help is the strength of the flesh; but our auxiliary is the WORD of the Lord." Ver. 16. "His (Sennacherib's) servants spoke blasphemy against the WORD of the Lord God." Ver. 18. In the Jews' speech-"In the language of the holy house." Ver. 21. "And the WORD of the Lord sent Michael, and the angel Gabriel, and destroyed them on the night of the passover with a destructive fire; and burnt up their breath within their bodies, and consumed every soldier, captain, and prince, in the army of the king of Assyria; and he returned with shame of face into his own land." The destruction of God's enemies, and the support and salvation of the faithful, is in every instance in this Targum attributed to the WORD of the Lord, personally understood. See the note on chap. xxxiv. 27.
Ver. 24. "In those days was Hezekiah sick near to death; but he prayed before the Lord who spoke to him by his WORD to preserve him and to add to his life fifteen years." Ver. 31. "The king of Babylon sent, that they might inquire concerning the miracle that had been done in the land; that they might see the two tables of stone which were in the ark of the covenant of the Lord which Moses had placed there with the two tables which he had broken on account of the sin of the calf which they made in Horeb. The WORD of the Lord permitted him to show them these; neither did he suffer for it; that he might try him, and see what was in his heart." THUS God speaks after the manner of men: he either brings, or permits them to be brought, into such circumstances as shall cause them to show their prevailing propensities; and then warns them against the evils to which they are inclined, after having shown them that they are capable of those evils. To know ourselves, and our own character, is of the utmost importance to our religious growth and perfection. He who does not know where his weakness lies, is not likely to know where his strength lies.
Many, by not being fully acquainted with their own character, have been unwatchful and unguarded, and so become an easy prey to their enemies. Know thyself is a lesson which no man can learn but from the Spirit of God.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 33. And Hezekiah slept with his fathers , etc.] Died, as they did: and they buried him in the chiefest of the sepulchres of the sons of David ; in the more honourable and principal of them; there are still to be seen, on the north of Jerusalem, some grottos, called the sepulchres of the kings, though it is certain none of the kings of Israel or Judah were buried there; unless it may be thought, as Mr. Maundrell conjectures, that Hezekiah was here inferred, and that these are the sepulchres of the sons of David here mentioned; however, he observes, whoever was buried here, this is certain, that the place itself discovers so great an expense both of labour and treasure, that we may well suppose it to be the work of kings: and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem did him honour at his death ; by attending his funeral in great numbers, by burning spices for him, and by mourning for him many days: and Manasseh his son reigned in his stead ; of whom a further account is given in the next chapter.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 24-33 - God left Hezekiah to himself, that, by this trial and his weakness in it, what was in his heart might be known; that he was not so perfect i grace as he thought he was. It is good for us to know ourselves, an our own weakness and sinfulness, that we may not be conceited, or self-confident, but may always live in dependence upon Divine grace. We know not the corruption of our own hearts, nor what we shall do if God leaves us to ourselves. His sin was, that his heart was lifted up. What need have great men, and good men, and useful men, to study their ow infirmities and follies, and their obligations to free grace, that the may never think highly of themselves; but beg earnestly of God, that he will always keep them humble! Hezekiah made a bad return to God for his favours, by making even those favours the food and fuel of his pride Let us shun the occasions of sin: let us avoid the company, the amusements, the books, yea, the very sights that may administer to sin Let us commit ourselves continually to God's care and protection; an beg of him never to leave us nor forsake us. Blessed be God, death wil soon end the believer's conflict; then pride and every sin will be abolished. He will no more be tempted to withhold the praise whic belongs to the God of his salvation __________________________________________________________________
Original Hebrew
וישׁכב 7901 יחזקיהו 2396 עם 5973 אבתיו 1 ויקברהו 6912 במעלה 4608 קברי 6913 בני 1121 דויד 1732 וכבוד 3519 עשׂו 6213 לו במותו 4194 כל 3605 יהודה 3063 וישׁבי 3427 ירושׁלם 3389 וימלך 4427 מנשׁה 4519 בנו 1121 תחתיו׃ 8478
