The Bible — notes and cross-references in Second Chronicles | Interpretation and commentary to chapter 32

32:1^a Sennacherib

2 Chron. 32:9; 2 Kings 18:13; Isa. 36:1
32:5^a wall

cf. 2 Chron. 25:23; Isa. 22:9-10
32:5¹ erected

Following some ancient versions; the Hebrew text reads, erected on the towers.
32:7^a greater

2 Kings 6:16
32:8^a flesh

Jer. 17:5
32:8^b with

2 Chron. 15:2; 20:17
32:9^a Sennacherib

2 Kings 18:17; Isa. 36:2
32:10^a Thus

2 Kings 18:19; Isa. 36:4
32:12^a Was

2 Kings 18:22; Isa. 36:7
32:13^a Were

2 Kings 18:33-35; Isa. 36:18-20
32:18^a And

2 Kings 18:28; Isa. 36:13
32:20^a prayed

2 Kings 19:14-19; Isa. 37:1, 14-20
32:21^a And

2 Kings 19:35; Isa. 37:36
32:22¹ protected

Lit., guided (with the implied notion of protection).
32:24^a In

2 Kings 20:1-11; Isa. 38:1-8
32:25^a proud

2 Chron. 26:16
32:26^a humbled

cf. 2 Chron. 33:12
32:31^1a envoys

cf. 2 Kings 20:12-13; Isa. 39:1-2

Hezekiah was one of the best kings of Judah, but even with him there was a hidden defect, something within him for his own interests and desire. This is exposed in 2 Kings 20:12-19 and in Isa. 39:1-8 (see notes there).
32:31^b test

Exo. 15:25; Deut. 8:2, 16
32:32^a Isaiah

Isa. chs. 36–39
32:32^b kings

2 Kings chs. 18–20
32:33^a And

2 Kings chs. 20:21