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2 Kings 19:32-37

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32 "Therefore thus says the LORD concerning the king of Assyria: He shall not come into this city or shoot an arrow there, or come before it with a shield or 1cast up a siege mound against it.
33 2By the way that he came, by the same he shall return, and he shall not come into this city, declares the LORD.
34 3For I will defend this city to save it, for my own sake 4and for the sake of my servant David."
35 And that night 5the angel of the LORD went out and struck down 185,000 in the camp of the Assyrians. And when people arose early in the morning, behold, these were all dead bodies.
36 Then Sennacherib king of Assyria departed and went home and lived at 6Nineveh.
37 And as he was worshiping in the house of Nisroch his god, 7Adrammelech and Sharezer, his sons, struck him down with the sword and escaped into the land of Ararat. And Esarhaddon his son reigned in his place.
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2 Kings 19:32-37 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

Cross References 7

  • 1. 2 Samuel 20:15
  • 2. ver. 28
  • 3. 2 Kings 20:6; [Isaiah 31:5]
  • 4. 1 Kings 11:13
  • 5. [Exodus 12:23; 2 Samuel 24:16]
  • 6. Genesis 10:11; Jonah 1:2
  • 7. [2 Kings 17:31]
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