Because they obeyed not the voice of the LORD their God, but transgressed his covenant, and all that Moses the servant of the LORD commanded, and would not hear them, nor do them.
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Gill's Exposition
And Hezekiah king of Judah sent to the king of Assyria to Lachish,.... A city in the tribe of Judah, about twenty miles from Jerusalem, towards the southwest (q); which the king of Assyria was now…
These verses repeat the account given in the marginal reference. The extreme importance of the event may account for the double insertion.
The kingdom of Assyria had now grown considerable, though we never read of it till the last reign. Such changes there are in the affairs of nations and families: those that have been despicable become…
Cambridge Bible
his covenant, and [R.V. even] all that Moses … commanded Thus R.V. avoids the italics.
the servant of the Lord This name is often given to Moses in the earlier books. See Deu 34:5, where it is found…
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