2 Crônicas 32:21

21 Então o Senhor enviou um anjo que destruiu no arraial do rei da Assíria todos os guerreiros valentes, e os principes, e os chefes. Ele, pois, envergonhado voltou para a sua terra; e, quando entrou na casa de seu deus, alguns dos seus próprios filhos o mataram ali � espada.

2 Crônicas 32:21 Meaning and Commentary

2 Chronicles 32:21

And the Lord sent an angel
The Targum is,

``the Word of the Lord sent Gabriel;''

Josephus ^F1 takes this angel, or messenger sent of God, to be the pestilence; and others suppose it to be a hot pestilential wind, common in the eastern countries, called "Samiel", or the poison wind, by which multitudes are sometimes destroyed at once; of which Thevenot and other travellers make mention, (See Gill on Job 27:21), (See Gill on Psalms 91:6), but be it as it may, it was sent of God, was under his direction, and by his power and providence did the execution according to his prediction:

which cut off all the mighty men of valour, and the leaders and
captains in the camp of the king of Assyria;
the generals and officers of his army, with the common soldiers, to the number of 185,000, ( Isaiah 36:1 ) , among these, no doubt, were the three generals sent with railing letters to Hezekiah, particularly Rabshakeh, (See Gill on Isaiah 37:36)

so he returned with shame of face to his own land;
Assyria, particularly to Nineveh, the metropolis of it, ( Isaiah 37:37 )

and when he was come into the house of his god;
the temple of his idol, whose name was Nisroch:

they that came forth of his own bowels slew him there with the sword;
his sons Adrammelech and Sharezer, ( Isaiah 37:38 ) .

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FOOTNOTES:

F1 Antiqu. l. 10. c. 1. sect. 5.

2 Crônicas 32:21 In-Context

19 E falaram do Deus de Jerusalém como dos deuses dos povos da terra, que são obras das mãos dos homens.

20 Mas o rei Ezequias e o profeta Isaías, filho de Amoz, oraram por causa disso, e clamaram ao céu.

21 Então o Senhor enviou um anjo que destruiu no arraial do rei da Assíria todos os guerreiros valentes, e os principes, e os chefes. Ele, pois, envergonhado voltou para a sua terra; e, quando entrou na casa de seu deus, alguns dos seus próprios filhos o mataram ali � espada.

22 Assim o Senhor salvou Ezequias, e os moradores de Jerusalém, da mão de Senaqueribe, rei da Assíria, e da mão de todos; e lhes deu descanso de todos os lados.

23 E muitos trouxeram presentes a Jerusalém ao Senhor, e coisas preciosas a Ezequias, rei de Judá, de modo que desde então ele foi exaltado perante os olhos de todas as nações.