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2 Kings 19:8-19

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Sennacherib Defies the Lord

8 The Rabshakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria fighting against 1Libnah, for he heard that the king had left 2Lachish.
9 3Now the king heard concerning Tirhakah king of Cush, “Behold, he has set out to fight against you. ” So he sent messengers again to Hezekiah, saying,
10 “Thus shall you speak to Hezekiah king of Judah: ‘Do not let your God 4in whom you trust deceive you by promising that 5Jerusalem will not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.
11 Behold, you have heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands, devoting them to destruction. And shall you be delivered?
12 6Have the gods of the nations delivered them, the nations that my fathers destroyed, 7Gozan, 8Haran, Rezeph, and the people of 9Eden who were in Telassar?
13 10Where is the king of Hamath, the king of Arpad, the king of the city of Sepharvaim, the king of Hena, or the king of Ivvah? ’”

Hezekiah’s Prayer

14 Hezekiah received 11the letter from the hand of the messengers and read it; and Hezekiah went up to the house of the Lord and spread it before the Lord.
15 And Hezekiah prayed before the Lord and said: “O Lord, the God of Israel, 12enthroned above the cherubim, 13you are the God, you alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth; you have made heaven and earth.
16 14Incline your ear, O Lord, and hear; 15open your eyes, O Lord, and see; and hear the words of Sennacherib, which he has sent 16to mock the living God.
17 Truly, O Lord, the kings of Assyria have laid waste the nations and their lands
18 and have cast their gods into the fire, for they were not gods, 17but the work of men’s hands, wood and stone. Therefore they were destroyed.
19 So now, O Lord our God, save us, please, from his hand, 18that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that 19you, O Lord, are God alone. ”
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2 Kings 19:8-19 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO 2 KINGS 19

This chapter relates that King Hezekiah, on a report made to him of Rabshakeh's speech, sent a message to the prophet Isaiah to pray for him, who returned him a comfortable and encouraging answer, 2Ki 19:1-7 and that upon Rabshakeh's return to the king of Assyria, he sent to Hezekiah a terrifying letter, 2Ki 19:8-13, which Hezekiah spread before the Lord, and prayed unto him to save him and his people out of the hands of the king of Assyria, 2Ki 19:14-19, to which he had a gracious answer sent him by the prophet Isaiah, promising him deliverance from the Assyrian army, 2Ki 19:20-34, which accordingly was destroyed by an angel in one night, and Sennacherib fleeing to Nineveh, was slain by his two sons, 2Ki 19:35-37.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible
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Cross References 19

  • 1. 19:8 Josh. 10:29
  • 2. 19:8 ch. 18:14; Josh. 10:31
  • 3. 19:9 [1 Sam. 23:27]
  • 4. 19:10 ch. 18:5
  • 5. 19:10 ch. 18:30
  • 6. 19:12 ch. 18:33
  • 7. 19:12 ch. 17:6
  • 8. 19:12 Gen. 11:31; Ezek. 27:23
  • 9. 19:12 Ezek. 27:23; Amos 1:5
  • 10. 19:13 ch. 18:34
  • 11. 19:14 [2 Chr. 32:17]
  • 12. 19:15 See Ex. 25:22
  • 13. 19:15 1 Kgs. 18:39; Neh. 9:6; Ps. 86:10; Isa. 37:16, 20; 44:6; Jer. 10:10, 12
  • 14. 19:16 Ps. 31:2; 71:2; Dan. 9:18
  • 15. 19:16 2 Chr. 6:40; Dan. 9:18
  • 16. 19:16 ver. 4
  • 17. 19:18 2 Chr. 32:19; Ps. 115:4
  • 18. 19:19 Josh. 4:24; Ps. 83:18
  • 19. 19:19 [See ver. 15 above]
The Holy Bible, English Standard Version® (ESV®) © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. All rights reserved. ESV Text Edition: 2025

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