2 Kings 19:34

Translations

Modern

I will defend this city and save it for My own sake and for the sake of My servant David.’”

Traditional

For I will defend this city, to save it, for mine own sake, and for my servant David’s sake.

Literal

‘For I will cover over this city to save it for My own sake, and for the sake of David My servant.’”

Latin

Protegamque urbem hanc, et salvabo eam propter me, et propter David servum meum.

Original

Hebrew

English

I will defend this city and save it for My own sake and for the sake of My servant David.’”

Notes

2 Kings 19:32–34

Sennacherib's armies did not enter Jerusalem and instead returned home. In his own account, Sennacherib described capturing and plundering forty-six cities in Judah. He did not mention capturing Jerusalem but noted that he trapped Hezekiah "in Jerusalem … like a bird in a cage."
For my own honor—considering Sennacherib's disrespect and arrogance toward God (see 2 Kings 18:25, 28–30; 19:10–13, 21, 27–28)—and for the sake of my servant David, to whom God had made a covenant promise (2 Samuel 7:8–16) and whose faith Hezekiah had followed (2 Kings 18:3), the Lord would protect this city (see 2 Kings 20:6). The Lord clearly showed that he alone is God and that he is loyal to his people who trust in him.

Theme notes and profiles

Assyria Hezekiah Isaiah God as Holy Warrior God’s Judgment of His People Invasion Nehemiah’s Confidence in God The Dangers of Sin The Lord of Nations

Events

Reign of Hezekiahc. 726 BC

Related verses

1 Kings 11:12–13
Nevertheless, for the sake of your father David, I will not do it during your lifetime; I will tear it out of the hand of your son.
2 Kings 20:6
I will add fifteen years to your life. And I will deliver you and this city from the hand of the king of Assyria. I will defend this city for My sake and for the sake of My servant David.’”
1 Kings 15:4
Nevertheless, for the sake of David, the LORD his God gave him a lamp in Jerusalem by raising up a son to succeed him and to make Jerusalem strong.
Isaiah 31:5
Like birds hovering overhead, so the LORD of Hosts will protect Jerusalem. He will shield it and deliver it; He will pass over it and preserve it.”
Jeremiah 33:26
…then I would also reject the descendants of Jacob and of My servant David, so as not to take from his descendants rulers over the descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. For I will restore them from captivity and will have compassion on them.”
Isaiah 38:6
And I will deliver you and this city from the hand of the king of Assyria. I will defend this city.
Jeremiah 33:21
…then My covenant may also be broken with David My servant and with My ministers the Levites who are priests, so that David will not have a son to reign on his throne.
Jeremiah 23:5–6
Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will raise up for David a righteous Branch, and He will reign wisely as King and will administer justice and righteousness in the land.
Deuteronomy 32:27
…if I had not dreaded the taunt of the enemy, lest their adversaries misunderstand and say: ‘Our own hand has prevailed; it was not the LORD who did all this.’”
Isaiah 43:25
I, yes I, am He who blots out your transgressions for My own sake and remembers your sins no more.
Isaiah 9:7
Of the increase of His government and peace there will be no end. He will reign on the throne of David and over his kingdom, to establish and sustain it with justice and righteousness from that time and forevermore. The zeal of the LORD of Hosts will accomplish this.
Isaiah 48:11
For My own sake, My very own sake, I will act; for how can I let Myself be defamed? I will not yield My glory to another.

Parallels

Isaiah 37:21–35

People

David: Anointed king of Israel, ancestor of Jesus Christ

Glossary

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

Topics

Assyria: Sennacherib King of Reproved for Pride and Blasphemy Hezekiah: King of Judah: Prophecies Concerning Jerusalem: Besieged by Sennacherib Jerusalem: Calamities of, Mentioned: Besieged but not Taken by Sennacherib Jerusalem: God's Care and Protection of Jerusalem: The Capital of David's Kingdom by Divine Appointment Prophecy: Miscellaneous, Fulfilled: Destruction of Sennacherib's Army, and his Death

2 Kings 19:34

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