2 Kings 19:12

Translations

Modern

Did the gods of the nations destroyed by my fathers rescue those nations—the gods of Gozan, Haran, and Rezeph, and of the people of Eden in Telassar?

Traditional

Have the gods of the nations delivered them which my fathers have destroyed; as Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the children of Eden which were in Thelasar?

Literal

Have the gods of the nations delivered those whom my fathers destroyed—Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the sons of Eden who were in Telassar?

Latin

Numquid liberaverunt dii gentium singulos quos vastaverunt patres mei, Gozan videlicet, et Haran, et Reseph, et filios Eden qui erant in Thelassar?

Original

Hebrew

English

Did the gods of the nations destroyed by my fathers rescue those nations—the gods of Gozan, Haran, and Rezeph, and of the people of Eden in Telassar?

Notes

2 Kings 19:10–13

Sennacherib's second message warned the people of Jerusalem about the Assyrians' brutal victories. Everyone knew the Assyrian kings had looted, tortured, and destroyed those who opposed them (see 2 Kings 19:28). No nation, king, or god had stopped them. Facing this threat, the people should use common sense and surrender instead of trusting Hezekiah and his misleading religious devotion.

Theme notes and profiles

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

Events

Reign of Hezekiahc. 726 BC

Related verses

2 Kings 17:6
In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria captured Samaria and carried away the Israelites to Assyria, where he settled them in Halah, in Gozan by the Habor River, and in the cities of the Medes.
Ezekiel 27:23
Haran, Canneh, and Eden traded with you, and so did the merchants of Sheba, Asshur, and Chilmad.
Genesis 11:31
And Terah took his son Abram, his grandson Lot son of Haran, and his daughter-in-law Sarai the wife of Abram, and they set out from Ur of the Chaldeans for the land of Canaan. But when they arrived in Haran, they settled there.
Isaiah 37:12
Did the gods of the nations destroyed by my fathers rescue those nations—the gods of Gozan, Haran, and Rezeph, and of the people of Eden in Telassar?
Acts 7:4
So Abraham left the land of the Chaldeans and settled in Haran. After his father died, God brought him out of that place and into this land where you are now living.
1 Chronicles 5:26
So the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul king of Assyria (that is, Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria) to take the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh into exile. And he brought them to Halah, Habor, Hara, and the river of Gozan, where they remain to this day.
Genesis 2:8
And the LORD God planted a garden in Eden, in the east, where He placed the man He had formed.
2 Kings 18:33–34
Has the god of any nation ever delivered his land from the hand of the king of Assyria?
Genesis 29:4
“My brothers,” Jacob asked the shepherds, “where are you from?” “We are from Haran,” they answered.

Parallels

Isaiah 37:8–13

Places

Eden: A city or region, possibly in Mesopotamia or Syria Gozan: A region in Mesopotamia where Israelite captives were deported Haran: A city in Mesopotamia, associated with Abraham and his family Rezeph: City conquered by the Assyrians Telassar: Mesopotamian city conquered by the Assyrians

Glossary

Assyria, Assyrians Beth-Eden Blasphemy Children of Eden Gozan Hezekiah Kings, Books of First and Second Psalms, Book of Rezeph Tel-Assar Thelasar Tirhakah Warfare

Topics

Assyria: Celebrated For: Extent of Conquests Assyria: Sennacherib King of Insulted and Threatened Judah Assyria: Sennacherib King of Reproved for Pride and Blasphemy Diplomacy: Rab-Shakeh, in Trying to Induce Jerusalem to Capitulate by Bombastic Harangue Eden: A Marketplace of Costly Merchandise Gozan: Israelites Taken in Captivity To, by the King of Assyria, After the Conquest of Samaria Haran: Also Called Charran: Conquest of, King of Assyria Jerusalem: Calamities of, Mentioned: Besieged but not Taken by Sennacherib Rezeph: A City Destroyed by the Assyrians Telassar: A City or District Conquered by the Assyrians Thelasar: A City (District) Conquered by the Assyrians

2 Kings 19:12

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