2 Chronicles 32:10
in 2 Chronicles 32“This is what Sennacherib king of Assyria says: What is the basis of your confidence, that you remain in Jerusalem under siege?
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Thus saith Sennacherib king of Assyria, Whereon do ye trust, that ye abide the siege in Jerusalem?
KJV
Thus saith Sennacherib king of Assyria, Whereon do ye trust, that ye abide in the siege in Jerusalem?
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This verse in 2 Chronicles 32
Commentary
6 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
besieged Lachish
on 2 Chronicles 32:9-15
What Chronicles keeps is the charge Hezekiah’s reform provoked: “Did not Hezekiah himself remove His high places and His altars”. The enemy turns the work into evidence that Judah’s God had been offended. John Gill refers to his notes on the parallel in Isaiah 36 for the speech’s fuller detail.
This site's exposition
What is the basis of your confidence
Albert Barnes reads the word for siege as distress, a city cut off from its supplies. The Assyrians held the open country and were camped at Lachish, so Jerusalem was hemmed in. The taunt aims at the people's trust.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
After, &c. - An emphatical preface, signifying, that notwithstanding all his zeal for God, God saw fit to exercise him with a sore trial. And God ordered it at this time, that he might have an opportunity of shewing himself strong, on the behalf of his returning people. It is possible, we may be in the way of our duty, and yet meet with trouble and danger.
Thus saith Sennacherib king of Assyria, whereon do ye trust,.... On what power in heaven or on earth? that ye abide in the siege in Jerusalem? hold out against the siege of it, and do not deliver it up.
The real answer God gave to Sennacherib's blasphemies, and to Hezekiah's prayers, in the total rout of the Assyrian army, to the shame of Sennacherib and the honour of Hezekiah,
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
Thus saith Sennacherib - See all these circumstances largely explained 2 Kings 18:17-36 (note).
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
In what do you trust It is written (I Kings:5): “He trusted in the Lord God of Israel,” and it is also written there: (verse 7) “and he rebelled against the king of Assyria.” Therefore, he asked, “In what do you trust” that you have rebelled against me?
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 3 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
12 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| כֹּ֣ה | koh | thus | H3541 → | 577 times |
| אָמַ֔ר | ʾamar | he says | H559 → | 5305 times |
| סַנְחֵרִ֖יב | sancheriv | Sennacherib | H5576 → | 13 times |
| מֶ֣לֶךְ | melekh | [the] king of | H4428 → | 2525 times |
| אַשּׁ֑וּר | ʾashur | Assyria | H804 → | 151 times |
| עַל־ | ʾal- | on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| מָה֙ | mah | what? | H4100 → | 752 times |
| אַתֶּ֣ם | ʾatem | [are] you | H859 → | 1094 times |
| בֹּטְחִ֔ים | botechim | relying | H982 → | |
| וְיֹשְׁבִ֥ים | veyoshevim | and remaining | H3427 → | 1079 times |
| בְּמָצ֖וֹר | bematzor | in siege | H4692 → | 25 times |
| בִּירוּשָׁלִָֽם׃ | birushalim | in Jerusalem | H3389 → | 643 times |
כֹּ֣הthus
kohH3541 →577 times
אָמַ֔רhe says
ʾamarH559 →5305 times
סַנְחֵרִ֖יבSennacherib
sancherivH5576 →13 times
מֶ֣לֶךְ[the] king of
melekhH4428 →2525 times
אַשּׁ֑וּרAssyria
ʾashurH804 →151 times
עַל־on
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
מָה֙what?
mahH4100 →752 times
אַתֶּ֣ם[are] you
ʾatemH859 →1094 times
בֹּטְחִ֔יםrelying
botechimH982 →
וְיֹשְׁבִ֥יםand remaining
veyoshevimH3427 →1079 times
בְּמָצ֖וֹרin siege
bematzorH4692 →25 times
בִּירוּשָׁלִָֽם׃in Jerusalem
birushalimH3389 →643 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
2 Kings 18:19The Rabshakeh said to them, “Tell Hezekiah that this is what the great king, the king of Assyria, says: What is the basis of this confidence of yours?
it leads to
- Isaiah 36:4
The Rabshakeh said to them, “Tell Hezekiah that this is what the great king, the king of Assyria, says: What is the basis of this confidence of yours?
- Isaiah 10:8–14
“Are not all my commanders kings?” he says.
- 2 Kings 19:10
“Give this message to Hezekiah king of Judah: ‘Do not let your God, in whom you trust, deceive you by saying that Jerusalem will not be delivered into the hand of the king of…
- Isaiah 37:10
“Give this message to Hezekiah king of Judah: ‘Do not let your God, in whom you trust, deceive you by saying that Jerusalem will not be delivered into the hand of the king of…
- Psalms 4:2
How long, O men, will my honor be maligned? How long will you love vanity and seek after lies? Selah
- Isaiah 36:4
Through
Isaiah 36:4The Rabshakeh said to them, “Tell Hezekiah that this is what the great king, the king of Assyria, says: What is the basis of this confidence of yours?
it leads to
- 2 Kings 18:19–37
The Rabshakeh said to them, “Tell Hezekiah that this is what the great king, the king of Assyria, says: What is the basis of this confidence of yours?
- Ezekiel 31:3–18
Look at Assyria, a cedar in Lebanon, with beautiful branches that shaded the forest. It towered on high; its top was among the clouds.
- Proverbs 16:18
Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.
- 2 Kings 18:19–37
Where this verse is studied
About 2 Chronicles
Who and where
3 names in this verse with a page on the site.
- PersonDivided kingdomSennacheribKing of Assyria whose siege of Jerusalem in 701 BC ended with the angel of Jehovah in the camp — and whose own annals boast of shu…
- PlaceUpper MesopotamiaAssyriaMesopotamian empire whose capital Nineveh repented at Jonah's preaching and fell to Nahum's burden in 612 BC; the rod of God's ang…
- PlaceJerusalemJerusalemThe city David took from the Jebusites and made his capital, where Solomon built the temple, where Christ was crucified and rose,…
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.