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2 Kings 18:31

in 2 Kings 18

Do not listen to Hezekiah, for this is what the king of Assyria says: Make peace with me and come out to me. Then every one of you will eat from his own vine and his own fig tree, and drink water from his own cistern,

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

Hearken not to Hezekiah: for thus saith the king of Assyria, Make your peace with me, and come out to me; and eat ye every one of his vine, and every one of his fig-tree, and drink ye every one the waters of his own cistern;

KJV

Hearken not to Hezekiah: for thus saith the king of Assyria, Make an agreement with me by a present, and come out to me, and then eat ye every man of his own vine, and every one of his fig tree, and drink ye every one the waters of his cistern:

This verse in 2 Kings 18

Commentary

6 notes on this verse
Make an agreement ... - Rather, “Make peace with me.” The word, which primarily means “blessing,” and secondarily “a gift,” has also the meaning, though more rarely, of “peace.” Probably it acquired this meaning from the fact that a peace was commonly purchased by presents. eat ... drink - A picture of a time of quiet and prosperity, a time when each man might enjoy the fruits of his land, without any fear of the spoiler’s violence. The words are in contrast with the latter part of 2Ki 18:27. Cistern - Rather, “well” Deu 6:

This site's exposition

called out loudly in Hebrew

on 2 Kings 18:28-32

The Rabshakeh "called out loudly in Hebrew". Verse 32 admits the plan is deportation, "a land like your own", the Assyrian resettlement carried out on Israel in verse 11. "Do not let Hezekiah deceive you" and "Do not listen to Hezekiah" make the appeal a contest for the people's loyalty.

This site's exposition

Make peace with me

The Hebrew word behind peace is berakah, a blessing, and Barnes notes it can mean a gift and more rarely peace. Each man under his own vine and fig tree is the picture of Solomon's reign at 1 Kings 4:25. Rabshakeh offers that peace under Assyria.

The record, by era

The Church Fathers1 voice

A commentator

Ephrem the Syrian

ON THE SECOND BOOK OF KINGS 18:19 · Written before 373.

As I have already said, Sennacherib is a type of the devil, and this hypothesis is perfectly confirmed by the words that in this passage the Rabshakeh boastfully speaks against God when he makes false promises to the people, trying to take away from [God] …

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

His great piety, which was the more wonderful because his father was very wicked and vile, one of the worst of the kings, yet he was one of the best, which may intimate to us that what good there is in any is not of nature, but of grace, free grace, sovereign grace, which, contrary to nature, grafts into the good olive that which was wild by nature ( Rom. xi.

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A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

(2.) That their captivity would be much more to their advantage: I will take you away to a land like your own land; and what the better would they be for that, when they must have nothing in it to call their own? That which he aims at especially is to convince them that it is to no purpose for them to stand it out: What confidence is this wherein thou trustest?

The words behind it

23 Hebrew words

Every 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.

  • אַֽל־may not

    ʾal-H408 →724 times

  • תִּשְׁמְע֖וּyou listen

    tishmeuH8085 →1159 times

  • אֶל־to

    ʾel-H413 →5510 times

  • חִזְקִיָּ֑הוּHezekiah

    chizkiyahuH2396 →127 times

  • כִּי֩for

    kiH3588 →4482 times

  • כֹ֨הthus

    khohH3541 →577 times

  • אָמַ֜רhe says

    ʾamarH559 →5305 times

  • מֶ֣לֶךְ[the] king of

    melekhH4428 →2525 times

  • אַשּׁ֗וּרAssyria

    ʾashurH804 →151 times

  • עֲשֽׂוּ־make

    ʾasu-H6213 →2628 times

  • אִתִּ֤יwith me

    ʾitiH854 →929 times

  • בְרָכָה֙a blessing

    verakhahH1293 →

  • וּצְא֣וּand come out

    utzeuH3318 →1067 times

  • אֵלַ֔יto me

    ʾelaiH413 →5510 times

  • וְאִכְל֤וּand eat

    veikhluH398 →810 times

  • אִישׁ־everyone

    ʾish-H376 →1663 times

  • גַּפְנוֹ֙own vine his

    gafnoH1612 →

  • וְאִ֣ישׁand everyone

    veishH376 →1663 times

  • תְּאֵֽנָת֔וֹown fig tree his

    teenatoH8384 →

  • וּשְׁת֖וּand drink

    ushetuH8354 →217 times

  • אִ֥ישׁeveryone

    ʾishH376 →1663 times

  • מֵֽי־[the] water of

    mei-H4325 →581 times

  • בוֹרֽוֹ׃own cistern his

    voroH953 →

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The walk

8 stops

Each 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

    Zechariah 3:10

    On that day, declares the LORD of Hosts, you will each invite your neighbor to sit under your own vine and fig tree.’”

    it leads to

    • Micah 4:4

      And each man will sit under his own vine and under his own fig tree, with no one to frighten him. For the mouth of the LORD of Hosts has spoken.

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

    • 1 Kings 4:25

      Throughout the days of Solomon, Judah and Israel dwelt securely from Dan to Beersheba, each man under his own vine and his own fig tree.

  • Through

    Proverbs 18:16

    A man’s gift opens doors for him, and brings him before great men.

    it leads to

    • 1 Samuel 25:27

      Now let this gift your servant has brought to my lord be given to the young men who follow you.

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

    • Proverbs 19:6

      Many seek the favor of the prince, and everyone is a friend of the gift giver.

    • Genesis 33:10

      But Jacob insisted, “No, please! If I have found favor in your sight, then receive this gift from my hand. For indeed, I have seen your face, and it is like seeing the face…

    • Genesis 43:11

      Then their father Israel said to them, “If it must be so, then do this: Put some of the best products of the land in your packs and carry them down as a gift…

    • Proverbs 17:8

      A bribe is a charm to its giver; wherever he turns, he succeeds.

  • Through

    1 Kings 4:25

    Throughout the days of Solomon, Judah and Israel dwelt securely from Dan to Beersheba, each man under his own vine and his own fig tree.

    it leads to

    • Zechariah 3:10

      On that day, declares the LORD of Hosts, you will each invite your neighbor to sit under your own vine and fig tree.’”

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

Where this verse is studied

About 2 Kings

This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Ephrem the Syrian, ON THE SECOND BOOK OF KINGS 18:19; Keil, The Books of the Kings and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.