2 Kings 19:17

Translations

Modern

Truly, O LORD, the kings of Assyria have laid waste these nations and their lands.

Traditional

Of a truth, Lord, the kings of Assyria have destroyed the nations and their lands,

Literal

Truly, O YHWH, the kings of Assyria have laid waste the nations and their lands,

Latin

Vere, Domine, dissipaverunt reges Assyriorum gentes, et terras omnium.

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Hebrew

English

Truly, O LORD, the kings of Assyria have laid waste these nations and their lands.

Notes

2 Kings 19:16–19

Sennacherib's victories did not matter because, unlike the false gods of other nations, Yahweh was the true living God.

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

2 Kings 17:24
Then the king of Assyria brought people from Babylon, Cuthah, Avva, Hamath, and Sepharvaim and settled them in the towns of Samaria to replace the Israelites. They took possession of Samaria and lived in its towns.
Isaiah 10:9–11
“Is not Calno like Carchemish? Is not Hamath like Arpad? Is not Samaria like Damascus?
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.
Daniel 2:47
The king said to Daniel, “Your God is truly the God of gods and Lord of kings, the Revealer of Mysteries, since you were able to reveal this mystery.”
Acts 4:27
In fact, this is the very city where Herod and Pontius Pilate conspired with the Gentiles and the people of Israel against Your holy servant Jesus, whom You anointed.
2 Kings 16:9
So the king of Assyria responded to him, marched up to Damascus, and captured it. He took its people to Kir as captives and put Rezin to death.
Job 9:2
“Yes, I know that it is so, but how can a mortal be righteous before God?
Luke 22:59
About an hour later, another man insisted, “Certainly this man was with Him, for he too is a Galilean.”
Isaiah 7:17–18
The LORD will bring on you and on your people and on the house of your father a time unlike any since the day Ephraim separated from Judah—He will bring the king of Assyria.”
1 Corinthians 14:25
…and the secrets of his heart will be made known. So he will fall facedown and worship God, proclaiming, “God is truly among you!”
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.
Isaiah 5:9
I heard the LORD of Hosts declare: “Surely many houses will become desolate, great mansions left unoccupied.

Parallels

Isaiah 37:14–20

Places

Assyria: A powerful ancient empire, often in conflict with Israel

Glossary

Assyria, Assyrians Blasphemy Hezekiah Kings, Books of First and Second Psalms, Book of Sennacherib 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 Prayer: Answered: Hezekiah and Isaiah, for Deliverance from Sennacherib Prayer: Pleas offered In Religion: Outstanding Religious Persons: Hezekiah

2 Kings 19:17

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