Matthew Poole and continuators on 2 Kings 18:13

13 ¶ Now in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah did Sennacherib king of Assyria come up against all the fenced cities of Judah, and took them .

The Son or Successor of Salmanasser. i. e. Against many of them; universal Particles being frequently so used both in Scripture, and other Authors; for that all were not taken, appears from Chap. 19. 8. And this success God gave him; partly, to lift him up to his own greater and more shameful Destruction: partly, to humble and chastise his own People for their manifold Sins, and afterwards to raise them up with more comfort, and glory: and partly, to gain an eminent opportunity to advance his own Honour and Service, by that Miraculous Deliverance which he designed for his People.

To wit, against thee; i. e. I have given thee occasion of Warring against me, whereof I now repent. Or, his ill success might make him think that he had sinned against God in this action, and might make him willing to submit to him, though God graciously prevented it.

Marginal references: 2 Ch[illegible: 1+ letters] [illegible: 1 word] 1. Isa. 36. [illegible: 1 word]; Heb. [illegible: 1 word] rib.