2 Kings 18:35
in 2 Kings 18Who among all the gods of these lands has delivered his land from my hand? How then can the LORD deliver Jerusalem from my hand?”
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Who are they among all the gods of the countries, that have delivered their country out of my hand, that Jehovah should deliver Jerusalem out of my hand?
KJV
Who are they among all the gods of the countries, that have delivered their country out of mine hand, that the Lord should deliver Jerusalem out of mine hand?
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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
Has the god of any nation ever delivered
on 2 Kings 18:33-35
"Has the god of any nation ever delivered his land" is the speech's argument from history. Hamath, Arpad, Sepharvaim, Hena and Ivvah are each offered as proof that no god has stopped Assyria. The argument assumes the LORD is one more national god, the point chapters 18 and 19 answer.
This site's exposition
How then can the LORD
Matthew Henry records a Jewish tradition that Rabshakeh was an apostate Jew, and he held that it accounts for his ready Hebrew at verse 28. The LORD's reply at 19:22 names the speech blasphemy against the Holy One of Israel. Hezekiah's prayer at 19:19 takes up the same question.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
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 tradition of the Jews is that Rabshakeh was an apostate Jew, which made him so ready in the Jews' language; if so, his ignorance of the God of Israel was the less excusable and his enmity the less strange, for apostates are commonly the most bitter and spiteful enemies, witness Julian.
The words behind it
15 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| מִ֚י | mi | who? | H4310 → | 423 times |
| בְּכָל־ | bekhol | among all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| אֱלֹהֵ֣י | ʾelohei | [the] gods of | H430 → | 2601 times |
| הָֽאֲרָצ֔וֹת | haaratzot | the lands | H776 → | 2504 times |
| אֲשֶׁר־ | ʾasher- | [are those] which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| הִצִּ֥ילוּ | hitzilu | they have delivered | H5337 → | 212 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| אַרְצָ֖ם | ʾartzam | land their | H776 → | 2504 times |
| מִיָּדִ֑י | miyadi | from hand my | H3027 → | 1618 times |
| כִּי־ | ki- | that | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| יַצִּ֧יל | yatzil | he will deliver | H5337 → | 212 times |
| יְהוָ֛ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| יְרוּשָׁלִַ֖ם | yerushalim | Jerusalem | H3389 → | 643 times |
| מִיָּדִֽי׃ | miyadi | from hand my | H3027 → | 1618 times |
מִ֚יwho?
miH4310 →423 times
בְּכָל־among all
bekholH3605 →5413 times
אֱלֹהֵ֣י[the] gods of
ʾeloheiH430 →2601 times
הָֽאֲרָצ֔וֹתthe lands
haaratzotH776 →2504 times
אֲשֶׁר־[are those] which
ʾasher-H834 →5497 times
הִצִּ֥ילוּthey have delivered
hitziluH5337 →212 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
אַרְצָ֖םland their
ʾartzamH776 →2504 times
מִיָּדִ֑יfrom hand my
miyadiH3027 →1618 times
כִּי־that
ki-H3588 →4482 times
יַצִּ֧ילhe will deliver
yatzilH5337 →212 times
יְהוָ֛הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
יְרוּשָׁלִַ֖םJerusalem
yerushalimH3389 →643 times
מִיָּדִֽי׃from hand my
miyadiH3027 →1618 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
Isaiah 10:15Does an axe raise itself above the one who swings it? Does a saw boast over him who saws with it? It would be like a rod waving the one who lifts it, or…
it leads to
- Romans 9:20–21
But who are you, O man, to talk back to God? Shall what is formed say to Him who formed it, “Why did You make me like this?”
- Isaiah 45:9
Woe to him who quarrels with his Maker—one clay pot among many. Does the clay ask the potter, ‘What are you making?’ Does your work say, ‘He has no hands’?
- Isaiah 10:5
Woe to Assyria, the rod of My anger; the staff in their hands is My wrath.
- Isaiah 29:16
You have turned things upside down, as if the potter were regarded as clay. Shall what is formed say to him who formed it, “He did not make me”? Can the pottery say of…
- Romans 9:20–21
Through
Daniel 3:15Now, if you are ready, as soon as you hear the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, pipes, and all kinds of music, you must fall down and worship the statue I…
it leads to
- Acts 5:29
But Peter and the other apostles replied, “We must obey God rather than men.
- 2 Chronicles 32:15–17
So now, do not let Hezekiah deceive you, and do not let him mislead you like this. Do not believe him, for no god of any nation or kingdom has been able to deliver…
- Exodus 5:2
But Pharaoh replied, “Who is the LORD that I should obey His voice and let Israel go? I do not know the LORD, and I will not let Israel go.”
- Daniel 3:17
If the God whom we serve exists, then He is able to deliver us from the blazing fiery furnace and from your hand, O king.
- Acts 5:29
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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.