2 Kings 18:32
in 2 Kings 18until I come and take you away to a land like your own—a land of grain and new wine, a land of bread and vineyards, a land of olive trees and honey—so that you may live and not die. But do not listen to Hezekiah, for he misleads you when he says, ‘The LORD will deliver us.’
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ASV
until I come and take you away to a land like your own land, a land of grain and new wine, a land of bread and vineyards, a land of olive-trees and of honey, that ye may live, and not die: and hearken not unto Hezekiah, when he persuadeth you, saying, Jehovah will deliver us.
KJV
Until I come and take you away to a land like your own land, a land of corn and wine, a land of bread and vineyards, a land of oil olive and of honey, that ye may live, and not die: and hearken not unto Hezekiah, when he persuadeth you, saying, The Lord will deliver us.
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This verse in 2 Kings 18
Commentary
5 notes on this verseAs 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] …
This site's exposition
cried with a loud voice
on 2 Kings 18:28-32
Rab-shakeh abandons diplomacy and shouts in the Jews' own language over the officials' heads, straight to the men on the wall, urging them to make an agreement, a pledge of surrender, and trade the siege for an ordinary harvest, his own vine, his own fig tree, his own cistern. The offer is a lie dressed as mercy: verse 32 admits the real plan is deportation, a land like your own land, the standard Assyrian policy of resettlement already carried out on Israel in verse 11. Let not Hezekiah deceive you and hearken not unto Hezekiah frame the whole appeal as a contest for the people's loyalty, king against invader, fought in words before either army moves.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
This Rabshakeh was sensible was their great stay, and therefore he was most large in his endeavours to shake this, as David's enemies, who used all the arts they had to drive him from his confidence in God ( Ps. iii. 1 ), and thus did Christ's enemies, Matt. xxvii.
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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The Nineteenth Century1 voice
Until I come and take you away - This was well calculated to stir up a seditious spirit. Ye cannot be delivered; your destruction, if ye resist, is inevitable; Sennacherib will do with you, as he does with all the nations he conquers, lead you captive into another land: but if you will surrender without farther trouble, he will transport you into a land as good as your own.
The words behind it
30 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| עַד־ | ʾad- | until | H5704 → | 1261 times |
| בֹּאִי֩ | boi | come I | H935 → | 2568 times |
| וְלָקַחְתִּ֨י | velakachti | and I will take | H3947 → | 966 times |
| אֶתְכֶ֜ם | ʾetkhem | <obj.> you | H853 → | 10935 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| אֶ֣רֶץ | ʾeretz | a land | H776 → | 2504 times |
| כְּאַרְצְכֶ֗ם | keartzekhem | like own land your | H776 → | 2504 times |
| אֶרֶץ֩ | ʾeretz | a land of | H776 → | 2504 times |
| דָּגָ֨ן | dagan | grain | H1715 → | |
| וְתִיר֜וֹשׁ | vetiroosh | and new wine | H8492 → | |
| אֶ֧רֶץ | ʾeretz | a land of | H776 → | 2504 times |
| לֶ֣חֶם | lechem | bread | H3899 → | 298 times |
| וּכְרָמִ֗ים | ukheramim | and vineyards | H3754 → | 92 times |
| אֶ֣רֶץ | ʾeretz | a land of | H776 → | 2504 times |
| זֵ֤ית | zeit | olive tree of | H2132 → | |
| יִצְהָר֙ | yitzhar | fresh oil | H3323 → | |
| וּדְבַ֔שׁ | udevash | and honey | H1706 → | |
| וִֽחְי֖וּ | vichyu | and live | H2421 → | 282 times |
| וְלֹ֣א | velo' | and not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| תָמֻ֑תוּ | tamutu | you will die | H4191 → | 839 times |
| וְאַֽל־ | veal- | and may not | H408 → | 724 times |
| תִּשְׁמְעוּ֙ | tishmeu | you listen | H8085 → | 1159 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| חִזְקִיָּ֔הוּ | chizkiyahu | Hezekiah | H2396 → | 127 times |
| כִּֽי־ | ki- | for | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| יַסִּ֤ית | yasit | he misleads | H5496 → | |
| אֶתְכֶם֙ | ʾetkhem | <obj.> you | H853 → | 10935 times |
| לֵאמֹ֔ר | lemor | <to> saying | H559 → | 5305 times |
| יְהוָ֖ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| יַצִּילֵֽנוּ׃ | yatzilenu | he will deliver us | H5337 → | 212 times |
עַד־until
ʾad-H5704 →1261 times
בֹּאִי֩come I
boiH935 →2568 times
וְלָקַחְתִּ֨יand I will take
velakachtiH3947 →966 times
אֶתְכֶ֜ם<obj.> you
ʾetkhemH853 →10935 times
אֶל־to
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
אֶ֣רֶץa land
ʾeretzH776 →2504 times
כְּאַרְצְכֶ֗םlike own land your
keartzekhemH776 →2504 times
אֶרֶץ֩a land of
ʾeretzH776 →2504 times
דָּגָ֨ןgrain
daganH1715 →
וְתִיר֜וֹשׁand new wine
vetirooshH8492 →
אֶ֧רֶץa land of
ʾeretzH776 →2504 times
לֶ֣חֶםbread
lechemH3899 →298 times
וּכְרָמִ֗יםand vineyards
ukheramimH3754 →92 times
אֶ֣רֶץa land of
ʾeretzH776 →2504 times
זֵ֤יתolive tree of
zeitH2132 →
יִצְהָר֙fresh oil
yitzharH3323 →
וּדְבַ֔שׁand honey
udevashH1706 →
וִֽחְי֖וּand live
vichyuH2421 →282 times
וְלֹ֣אand not
velo'H3808 →5168 times
תָמֻ֑תוּyou will die
tamutuH4191 →839 times
וְאַֽל־and may not
veal-H408 →724 times
תִּשְׁמְעוּ֙you listen
tishmeuH8085 →1159 times
אֶל־to
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
חִזְקִיָּ֔הוּHezekiah
chizkiyahuH2396 →127 times
כִּֽי־for
ki-H3588 →4482 times
יַסִּ֤יתhe misleads
yasitH5496 →
אֶתְכֶם֙<obj.> you
ʾetkhemH853 →10935 times
לֵאמֹ֔ר<to> saying
lemorH559 →5305 times
יְהוָ֖הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
יַצִּילֵֽנוּ׃he will deliver us
yatzilenuH5337 →212 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
Exodus 3:8I have come down to rescue them from the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land to a good and spacious land, a land flowing with milk and…
it leads to
- Genesis 50:24
Then Joseph said to his brothers, “I am about to die, but God will surely visit you and bring you up from this land to the land He promised on oath to Abraham, Isaac,…
- Exodus 3:17
And I have promised to bring you up out of your affliction in Egypt, into the land of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites—a land flowing with milk and honey.’
- Genesis 15:18–21
On that day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, “To your descendants I have given this land—from the river of Egypt to the great River Euphrates—
- Exodus 13:5
And when the LORD brings you into the land of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Hivites, and Jebusites—the land He swore to your fathers that He would give you, a land flowing with milk and…
- Deuteronomy 1:25
They took some of the fruit of the land in their hands, carried it down to us, and brought us word: “It is a good land that the LORD our God is giving us.”
- Genesis 50:24
Through
Deuteronomy 11:12It is a land for which the LORD your God cares; the eyes of the LORD your God are always on it, from the beginning to the end of the year.
it leads to
- Jeremiah 24:6
I will keep My eyes on them for good and will return them to this land. I will build them up and not tear them down; I will plant them and not uproot them.
- Psalms 33:18
Surely the eyes of the LORD are on those who fear Him, on those whose hope is in His loving devotion
- 1 Kings 9:3
And the LORD said to him: “I have heard your prayer and petition before Me. I have consecrated this temple you have built by putting My Name there forever; My eyes and My heart…
- Jeremiah 24:6
Where this verse is studied
About 2 Kings

Who and where
1 name in this verse with a page on the site.
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; 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.
