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2 Kings 19:14-19

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Hezekiah's Prayer

14 Hezekiah received 1the 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, 2enthroned above the cherubim, 3you are the God, you alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth; you have made heaven and earth.
16 4Incline your ear, O LORD, and hear; 5open your eyes, O LORD, and see; and hear the words of Sennacherib, which he has sent 6to 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, 7but 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, 8that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that 9you, O LORD, are God alone."
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2 Kings 19:14-19 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

Cross References 9

  • 1. [2 Chronicles 32:17]
  • 2. See Exodus 25:22
  • 3. 1 Kings 18:39; Nehemiah 9:6; Psalms 86:10; Isaiah 37:16, 20; Isaiah 44:6; Jeremiah 10:10, 12
  • 4. Psalms 31:2; Psalms 71:2; Daniel 9:18
  • 5. 2 Chronicles 6:40; Daniel 9:18
  • 6. ver. 4
  • 7. 2 Chronicles 32:19; Psalms 115:4
  • 8. Joshua 4:24; Psalms 83:18
  • 9. [See ver. 15 above]
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