2 Kings 19:14

Translations

Modern

So Hezekiah received the letter from the messengers, read it, and went up to the house of the LORD and spread it out before the LORD.

Traditional

And Hezekiah received the letter of the hand of the messengers, and read it: and Hezekiah went up into the house of the Lord, and spread it before the Lord.

Literal

And Hezekiah received the letter from the hand of the messengers, and he read it and went up to the house of YHWH. And Hezekiah spread it out before the face of YHWH.

Latin

Itaque cum accepisset Ezechias litteras de manu nuntiorum, et legisset eas, ascendit in domum Domini, et expandit eas coram Domino,

Original

Hebrew

English

So Hezekiah received the letter from the messengers, read it, and went up to the house of the LORD and spread it out before the LORD.

Notes

2 Kings 19:14–19

Hezekiah got Sennacherib’s disrespectful letter and took it straight to the temple of the Lord. He prayed to God with both praise (2 Kings 19:15) and requests (2 Kings 19:16–19).

Theme notes and profiles

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

Events

Reign of Hezekiahc. 726 BC

Related verses

Isaiah 37:14
So Hezekiah received the letter from the messengers, read it, and went up to the house of the LORD and spread it out before the LORD.
Psalm 123:1–4
A song of ascents. I lift up my eyes to You, the One enthroned in heaven.
Psalm 91:1–2
He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide in the shadow of the Almighty.
1 Kings 8:28–30
Yet regard the prayer and plea of Your servant, O LORD my God, so that You may hear the cry and the prayer that Your servant is praying before You today.
Ezra 9:5
At the evening offering, I got up from my humiliation with my tunic and cloak torn, and I fell on my knees, spread out my hands to the LORD my God,
Psalm 74:10–11
How long, O God, will the enemy taunt You? Will the foe revile Your name forever?

Parallels

Isaiah 37:14–20

People

Hezekiah: A righteous king of Judah

Glossary

Assyria, Assyrians Blasphemy Hezekiah Kings, Books of First and Second Psalms, Book of Tirhakah Warfare

Topics

Assyria: Sennacherib King of Prayed Against by Hezekiah Assyria: Sennacherib King of Reproved for Pride and Blasphemy Jerusalem: Calamities of, Mentioned: Besieged but not Taken by Sennacherib Letters: Sennacherib to Hezekiah Prayer: Answered: Hezekiah and Isaiah, for Deliverance from Sennacherib Religion: Outstanding Religious Persons: Hezekiah Shekinah: The Visible Sign of God's Presence on the Ark of the Testimony in the Holy of Holies Temple: Solomon's for Prayer and Worship

2 Kings 19:14

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