2 Kings 19:12
in 2 Kings 19Did the gods of the nations destroyed by my fathers rescue those nations—the gods of Gozan, Haran, and Rezeph, and of the people of Eden in Telassar?
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Have the gods of the nations delivered them, which my fathers have destroyed, Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the children of Eden that were in Telassar?
KJV
Have the gods of the nations delivered them which my fathers have destroyed; as Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the children of Eden which were in Thelasar?
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This verse in 2 Kings 19
Commentary
4 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
Haran - Harran, the Carrhae of the Greeks and Romans Gen 11:31, was among the earliest conquests of the Assyrians; being subject to them from the 12th century. Its conquest would have naturally followed that of Gozan (Gauzanitis, 2Ki 17:6), which lay between it and Assyria proper. Rezeph - Probably the Rozappa of the Assyrian inscriptions, a city in the neighborhood of Haran. The children of Eden - Or, “the Beni-Eden,” who appear from the Assyrian inscriptions to have inhabited the country on the east bank of the Euphrates, about the modern Balis.
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 Awakening1 voice
Hezekiah thereupon, by a very solemn prayer, recommended his case to God, the righteous Judge, and begged help from him,
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
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).
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
On the verses either side of this one
He exiled and twisted. The king of Ashur exiled and twisted them. 6 Alternatively, this refers to Eretz Yisroel.—Radak
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. 6 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
16 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| הַהִצִּ֨ילוּ | hahitzilu | ¿ did they deliver | H5337 → | 212 times |
| אֹתָ֜ם | ʾotam | <obj.> them | H853 → | 10935 times |
| אֱלֹהֵ֤י | ʾelohei | [the] gods of | H430 → | 2601 times |
| הַגּוֹיִם֙ | hagoyim | the nations | H1471 → | 561 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֣ר | ʾasher | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| שִׁחֲת֣וּ | shichatu | they destroyed | H7843 → | 146 times |
| אֲבוֹתַ֔י | ʾavotai | fathers my | H1 → | 1212 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| גּוֹזָ֖ן | gozan | Gozan | H1470 → | 5 times |
| וְאֶת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| חָרָ֑ן | charan | Haran | H2771 → | |
| וְרֶ֥צֶף | veretzef | and Rezeph | H7530 → | |
| וּבְנֵי־ | uvenei- | and [the] people of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| עֶ֖דֶן | ʾeden | Eden | H5729 → | |
| אֲשֶׁ֥ר | ʾasher | who | H834 → | 5497 times |
| בִּתְלַאשָּֽׂר׃ | bitlasar | [were] in Telassar | H8515 → |
הַהִצִּ֨ילוּ¿ did they deliver
hahitziluH5337 →212 times
אֹתָ֜ם<obj.> them
ʾotamH853 →10935 times
אֱלֹהֵ֤י[the] gods of
ʾeloheiH430 →2601 times
הַגּוֹיִם֙the nations
hagoyimH1471 →561 times
אֲשֶׁ֣רwhich
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
שִׁחֲת֣וּthey destroyed
shichatuH7843 →146 times
אֲבוֹתַ֔יfathers my
ʾavotaiH1 →1212 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
גּוֹזָ֖ןGozan
gozanH1470 →5 times
וְאֶת־and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
חָרָ֑ןHaran
charanH2771 →
וְרֶ֥צֶףand Rezeph
veretzefH7530 →
וּבְנֵי־and [the] people of
uvenei-H1121 →4930 times
עֶ֖דֶןEden
ʾedenH5729 →
אֲשֶׁ֥רwho
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
בִּתְלַאשָּֽׂר׃[were] in Telassar
bitlasarH8515 →
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
Genesis 11:31And Terah took his son Abram, his grandson Lot son of Haran, and his daughter-in-law Sarai the wife of Abram, and they set out from Ur of the Chaldeans for the land of Canaan.…
it leads to
- Genesis 24:10
Then the servant took ten of his master’s camels and departed with all manner of good things from his master in hand. And he set out for Nahor’s hometown in Aram-naharaim.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Nehemiah 9:7
You are the LORD, the God who chose Abram, who brought him out of Ur of the Chaldeans and gave him the name Abraham.
- Acts 7:2–4
And Stephen declared: “Brothers and fathers, listen to me! The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham while he was still in Mesopotamia, before he lived in Haran,
- Genesis 15:7
The LORD also told him, “I am the LORD, who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldeans to give you this land to possess.”
- Joshua 24:2–3
And Joshua said to all the people, “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Long ago your fathers, including Terah the father of Abraham and Nahor, lived beyond the Euphrates and…
- Genesis 24:10
Through
Isaiah 37:12Did the gods of the nations destroyed by my fathers rescue those nations—the gods of Gozan, Haran, and Rezeph, and of the people of Eden in Telassar?
it leads to
- Genesis 11:31
And Terah took his son Abram, his grandson Lot son of Haran, and his daughter-in-law Sarai the wife of Abram, and they set out from Ur of the Chaldeans for the land of Canaan.…
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Acts 7:2
And Stephen declared: “Brothers and fathers, listen to me! The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham while he was still in Mesopotamia, before he lived in Haran,
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Genesis 11:31
Through
2 Kings 17:6In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria captured Samaria and carried away the Israelites to Assyria, where he settled them in Halah, in Gozan by the Habor River, and in the…
it leads to
- Hosea 13:16
Samaria will bear her guilt because she has rebelled against her God. They will fall by the sword; their little ones will be dashed to pieces, and their pregnant women ripped open.
- Hosea 13:16
Where this verse is studied
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Who and where
2 names in this verse with a page on the site.
- PlaceUpper MesopotamiaHaranThe city in upper Mesopotamia where Terah died and Abram received his call, where Jacob served Laban twenty years for his wives an…
- PlaceMesopotamia (traditional)EdenThe garden God planted in the east with the tree of life and a river, lost at the fall and opened again in the New Jerusalem.
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); 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.