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2 Chronicles 32:19

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They spoke against the God of Jerusalem as they had spoken against the gods of the peoples of the earth—the work of human hands.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And they spake of the God of Jerusalem, as of the gods of the peoples of the earth, which are the work of men’s hands.

KJV

And they spake against the God of Jerusalem, as against the gods of the people of the earth, which were the work of the hands of man.

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This verse in 2 Chronicles 32

Commentary

1 note on this verse

This site's exposition

spake yet more against the Lord God

on 2 Chronicles 32:16-19

Sennacherib's servants press the same argument in writing and aloud, a letter to rail on the Lord God of Israel and a shout in the Jews' own speech meant to frighten the defenders on the wall. Verse 19 states the blasphemy plainly: they spake against the God of Jerusalem as against the gods of the people of the earth, the work of the hands of man, refusing any distinction between the living God and an idol. Chronicles gives four verses to what Kings tells at greater length, and the Kings notes carry the fuller answer to the taunt.

How the passage was read

What the Jewish commentators add

On the verses either side of this one

with a loud voice in Judean, etc. to frighten them and to terrify them Here he relates the matter in generalities, but in II Kings (19) and in Isaiah (37) it is thoroughly elaborated upon.
Rashi: France, 1040–1105 · Rashi on II Chronicles 32:18:1, via Sefaria, The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg

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

11 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.

  • וַֽיְדַבְּר֔וּand they spoke

    vaydaberuH1696 →1141 times

  • אֶל־concerning

    ʾel-H413 →5510 times

  • אֱלֹהֵ֖י[the] God of

    ʾeloheiH430 →2601 times

  • יְרוּשָׁלִָ֑םJerusalem

    yerushalimH3389 →643 times

  • כְּעַ֗לas on

    kealH5921 →5755 times

  • אֱלֹהֵי֙[the] gods of

    ʾeloheiH430 →2601 times

  • עַמֵּ֣י[the] peoples of

    ʾameiH5971 →1873 times

  • הָאָ֔רֶץthe land

    haaretzH776 →2504 times

  • מַעֲשֵׂ֖ה[the] work of

    maasehH4639 →236 times

  • יְדֵ֥י[the] hands of

    yedeiH3027 →1618 times

  • הָאָדָֽם׃ ס<the> humankind

    haadamH120 →551 times

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

Related verses

18 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Isaiah 36:20Who among all the gods of these lands has delivered his land from my hand? How then can the LORD deliver Jerusalem from my hand?”4 worksIsaiah 2:8Their land is full of idols; they bow down to the work of their hands, to what their fingers have made.3 works2 Kings 19:18They have cast their gods into the fire and destroyed them, for they were not gods, but only wood and stone—the work of human hands.3 worksIsaiah 37:38One day, while he was worshiping in the temple of his god Nisroch, his sons Adrammelech and Sharezer put him to the sword and escaped to the land of Ararat. And his son Esar-haddon reigned in his place.3 worksJob 15:25–26For he has stretched out his hand against God and has vaunted himself against the Almighty,2 worksDeuteronomy 4:28And there you will serve man-made gods of wood and stone, which cannot see or hear or eat or smell.2 works
The other 12 cross-references, with their words ▾
Hosea 8:5–6He has rejected your calf, O Samaria. My anger burns against them. How long will they be incapable of innocence?2 worksPsalms 73:8–11They mock and speak with malice; with arrogance they threaten oppression.2 worksJeremiah 10:9Hammered silver is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz—the work of a craftsman from the hands of a goldsmith. Their clothes are blue and purple, all fashioned by skilled workers.2 worksPsalms 87:1–3He has founded His city on the holy mountains.2 worksPsalms 115:4–8Their idols are silver and gold, made by the hands of men.2 worksPsalms 139:19–20O God, that You would slay the wicked— away from me, you bloodthirsty men—2 worksPsalms 132:13–14For the LORD has chosen Zion; He has desired it for His home:2 worksIsaiah 37:19They have cast their gods into the fire and destroyed them, for they were not gods, but only wood and stone—the work of human hands.2 worksDeuteronomy 27:15‘Cursed is the man who makes a carved idol or molten image—an abomination to the LORD, the work of the hands of a craftsman—and sets it up in secret.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’2 worksJeremiah 1:16I will pronounce My judgments against them for all their wickedness, because they have forsaken Me to burn incense to other gods and to worship the works of their own hands.2 works2 Chronicles 32:13–17Do you not know what I and my fathers have done to all the peoples of the lands? Have the gods of these nations ever been able to deliver their land from my hand?2 worksIsaiah 44:16–20He burns half of it in the fire, and he roasts meat on that half. He eats the roast and is satisfied. Indeed, he warms himself and says, “Ah! I am warm; I see the fire.”2 works

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

    Deuteronomy 4:28

    And there you will serve man-made gods of wood and stone, which cannot see or hear or eat or smell.

    it leads to

    • Deuteronomy 28:64

      Then the LORD will scatter you among all the nations, from one end of the earth to the other, and there you will worship other gods, gods of wood and stone, which neither you…

    • Jeremiah 16:13

      So I will cast you out of this land into a land that neither you nor your fathers have known. There you will serve other gods day and night, for I will show you…

    • Isaiah 46:7

      They lift it to their shoulder and carry it along; they set it in its place, and there it stands, not budging from that spot. They cry out to it, but it does not…

    • Deuteronomy 28:36

      The LORD will bring you and the king you appoint to a nation neither you nor your fathers have known, and there you will worship other gods—gods of wood and stone.

    • Ezekiel 20:39

      And as for you, O house of Israel, this is what the Lord GOD says: Go and serve your idols, every one of you. But afterward, you will surely listen to Me, and you…

  • Through

    Isaiah 2:8

    Their land is full of idols; they bow down to the work of their hands, to what their fingers have made.

    it leads to

    • Psalms 115:4–8

      Their idols are silver and gold, made by the hands of men.

    • Revelation 9:20

      Now the rest of mankind who were not killed by these plagues still did not repent of the works of their hands. They did not stop worshiping demons and idols of gold, silver, bronze,…

  • Through

    2 Kings 19:18

    They have cast their gods into the fire and destroyed them, for they were not gods, but only wood and stone—the work of human hands.

    it leads to

    • Acts 17:29

      Therefore, being offspring of God, we should not think that the Divine Being is like gold or silver or stone, an image formed by man’s skill and imagination.

Where this verse is studied

About 2 Chronicles

Solomon Receives the Queen of Sheba, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
Solomon Receives the Queen of Sheba, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
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This page draws on Jamieson Fausset and Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament.

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