Matthew Poole and continuators on Isaiah 22:8

8 And he discovered the covering of Judah , and thou didst look in that day to the armour of the house of the forrest .

The Enemy, Sennacherib, of whose Invasion he seems to speak.

He took those fenced Cities, which [illegible: 1 word] a Covering or Safeguard both to the People of Iudah, who fled to them, and to Ierusalem, which was begirt and defended by them.

Thy Hope and Trust was wholly or chiefly placed in the Arm of Flesh. For although Hezekiah was commended for his Trust in God, yet the General[illegible: 1+ letters]ty of the People were guilty of Distrust in God, an[illegible: 1+ letters] Confidence in the Creature.

More fully called, the house of the forest of Lebanon, 1 Kings 7. 2. not because it was built in Lebanon, for it was in Ierusalem; but either because it was built of the Trees of Lebanon, for which cause the Temple is called Lebanon, Zech. 11. 1. or for other Reasons. See my Notes on 1 Kings 7. 2.

Marginal references: Chap. [illegible: 1+ letters]0. 1.; 1 Kings 10. 17.