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2 Kings 19:10

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“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 Assyria.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

Thus shall ye speak to Hezekiah king of Judah, saying, Let not thy God in whom thou trustest deceive thee, saying, Jerusalem shall not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.

KJV

Thus shall ye speak to Hezekiah king of Judah, saying, Let not thy God in whom thou trustest deceive thee, saying, Jerusalem shall not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria.

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This verse in 2 Kings 19

Commentary

5 notes on this verse

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

Let not thy God in whom thou trustest - This letter is nearly the same with the speech delivered by Rab-shakeh. See 2Ki 18:29.

This site's exposition

Let not thy God in whom thou trustest deceive thee

on 2 Kings 19:10-13

The second message repeats Rabshakeh's argument in the king's own name, naming city after conquered city, Gozan, Haran, Rezeph, Hamath, Arpad, Sepharvaim, so that Judah's God is filed among the local deities none of them saved. The list is the whole of Sennacherib's theology: every nation's god has failed against Assyria, so this one will fail too. The letter never allows that Israel's God might not be one more national god among the gods of Gozan and Haran, and that is precisely the ground Hezekiah's prayer stands on at verse 15.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

Hezekiah thereupon, by a very solemn prayer, recommended his case to God, the righteous Judge, and begged help from him,

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

Those that have the God of Jacob for their help, and whose hope is in the Lord their God, need not fear being deceived by him, as the heathen were by their gods.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

He was a powerful monarch, another Sesostris, and both he and Sabaco have left many monuments of their greatness. The name and figure of Tirhakah receiving war captives, are still seen in the Egyptian temple of Medinet Abou. This was the expected succor which was sneered at by Rab-shakeh as "a bruised reed" (2Ki 18:21).

The words behind it

21 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.

  • כֹּ֣הthus

    kohH3541 →577 times

  • תֹאמְר֗וּןyou will say !

    tomrunH559 →5305 times

  • אֶל־to

    ʾel-H413 →5510 times

  • חִזְקִיָּ֤הוּHezekiah

    chizkiyahuH2396 →127 times

  • מֶֽלֶךְ־[the] king of

    melekh-H4428 →2525 times

  • יְהוּדָה֙Judah

    yehudahH3063 →819 times

  • לֵאמֹ֔ר<to> saying

    lemorH559 →5305 times

  • אַל־may not

    ʾal-H408 →724 times

  • יַשִּׁאֲךָ֣he deceive you

    yashiakhaH5377 →

  • אֱלֹהֶ֔יךָGod your

    ʾeloheikhaH430 →2601 times

  • אֲשֶׁ֥רwhom

    ʾasherH834 →5497 times

  • אַתָּ֛הyou

    ʾatahH859 →1094 times

  • בֹּטֵ֥חַ[are] trusting

    boteachH982 →120 times

  • בּ֖וֹin him

    bo

  • לֵאמֹ֑ר<to> saying

    lemorH559 →5305 times

  • לֹ֤אnot

    lo'H3808 →5168 times

  • תִנָּתֵן֙it will be given

    tinatenH5414 →2011 times

  • יְר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔םJerusalem

    yerushalimH3389 →643 times

  • בְּיַ֖דin [the] hand of

    beyadH3027 →1618 times

  • מֶ֥לֶךְ[the] king of

    melekhH4428 →2525 times

  • אַשּֽׁוּר׃Assyria

    ʾashurH804 →151 times

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

Related verses

12 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.

2 Kings 18:5Hezekiah trusted in the LORD, the God of Israel. No king of Judah was like him, either before him or after him.8 works2 Kings 18:29–30This is what the king says: Do not let Hezekiah deceive you; he cannot deliver you from my hand.4 worksGenesis 31:29I have power to do you great harm, but last night the God of your father said to me, ‘Be careful not to say anything to Jacob, either good or bad.’3 worksIsaiah 10:8“Are not all my commanders kings?” he says.3 works2 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?3 worksIsaiah 37:10–14“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 Assyria.2 works
The other 6 cross-references, with their words ▾
2 Chronicles 32:15–19So 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 his people from my hand or from the hand of my fathers. How much less will your God deliver you from my hand!”2 worksIsaiah 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?2 works2 Chronicles 32:11Is not Hezekiah misleading you to give you over to death by famine and thirst when he says, ‘The LORD our God will deliver us from the hand of the king of Assyria?’2 worksLeviticus 24:11The son of the Israelite woman blasphemed the Name with a curse. So they brought him to Moses. (His mother’s name was Shelomith daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan.)2 works2 Kings 18:30Do not let Hezekiah persuade you to trust in the LORD when he says, ‘The LORD will surely deliver us; this city will not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.’2 works2 Kings 19:37One 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.2 works

The walk

5 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

    2 Kings 18:5

    Hezekiah trusted in the LORD, the God of Israel. No king of Judah was like him, either before him or after him.

    it leads to

    • 2 Kings 23:25

      Neither before nor after Josiah was there any king like him, who turned to the LORD with all his heart and with all his soul and with all his strength, according to all the…

    • Matthew 27:43

      He trusts in God. Let God deliver Him now if He wants Him. For He said, ‘I am the Son of God.’”

    • Ephesians 1:12

      in order that we, who were the first to hope in Christ, would be for the praise of His glory.

    • Psalms 13:5

      But I have trusted in Your loving devotion; my heart will rejoice in Your salvation.

    • 2 Chronicles 32:7–8

      “Be strong and courageous! Do not be afraid or discouraged before the king of Assyria and the vast army with him, for there is a greater One with us than with him.

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About 2 Kings

Sennacherib's Army Is Destroyed — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
Sennacherib's Army Is Destroyed — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
2 Kings: the study guide →Read 2 Kings 19 →

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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