2 Kings 18:29

Translations

Modern

This is what the king says: Do not let Hezekiah deceive you; he cannot deliver you from my hand.

Traditional

Thus saith the king, Let not Hezekiah deceive you: for he shall not be able to deliver you out of his hand:

Literal

Thus says the king: Do not let Hezekiah deceive you, for he shall not be able to deliver you from his hand.

Latin

Hæc dicit rex: Non vos seducat Ezechias: non enim poterit eruere vos de manu mea:

Original

Hebrew

English

This is what the king says: Do not let Hezekiah deceive you; he cannot deliver you from my hand.

Notes

2 Kings 18:28–30

The chief of staff ignored Hezekiah's delegation's request and shouted in Hebrew, trying to scare the people of Jerusalem.

Theme notes and profiles

Assyria Hezekiah God’s Judgment of His People Invasion Nehemiah’s Confidence in God

Events

Reign of Hezekiahc. 726 BC

Related verses

2 Chronicles 32:15
So now, do not let Hezekiah deceive you, and do not let him mislead you like this. Do not believe him, for no god of any nation or kingdom has been able to deliver his people from my hand or from the hand of my fathers. How much less will your God deliver you from my hand!”
John 19:10–11
So Pilate said to Him, “Do You refuse to speak to me? Do You not know that I have authority to release You and authority to crucify You?”
Psalm 73:8–9
They mock and speak with malice; with arrogance they threaten oppression.
Daniel 6:16
So the king gave the order, and they brought Daniel and threw him into the den of lions. The king said to Daniel, “May your God, whom you serve continually, deliver you!”
2 Chronicles 32:11
Is not Hezekiah misleading you to give you over to death by famine and thirst when he says, ‘The LORD our God will deliver us from the hand of the king of Assyria?’
2 Thessalonians 2:8
And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will slay with the breath of His mouth and annihilate by the majesty of His arrival.
2 Thessalonians 2:4
He will oppose and exalt himself above every so-called god or object of worship. So he will seat himself in the temple of God, proclaiming himself to be God.
Daniel 3:15–17
Now when you hear the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, pipes, and all kinds of music, if you are ready to fall down and worship the statue I have made, very good. But if you refuse to worship, you will be thrown at once into the blazing fiery furnace. Then what god will be able to deliver you from my hands?”

Parallels

2 Chronicles 32:9–19 Isaiah 36:1–22

People

Hezekiah: A righteous king of Judah

Glossary

Assyria, Assyrians Eliakim Hezekiah Inscriptions Kings, Books of First and Second Kohath, Kohathites Psalms, Book of Rabshakeh Shebna Warfare Writer

Topics

Assyria: Sennacherib Assyria: Sennacherib King of Insulted and Threatened Judah Diplomacy: Rab-Shakeh, in Trying to Induce Jerusalem to Capitulate by Bombastic Harangue Hypocrisy: Rabshakeh Jerusalem: Besieged by Sennacherib Prophecies Concerning Israel: The King of Assyria Invades Judah, and Blasphemes the God of Judah Rab-Shakeh : Sent by Sennacherib Against Jerusalem Sennacherib: Invades Judah War: Enemy Harangued by the General of the Opposing Side

2 Kings 18:29

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