2 Chronicles 32:10

10 "Thus says Sennacherib the king of Assyria: 'On what [are] you relying that [you are] dwelling in siege works in Jerusalem?

2 Chronicles 32:10 Meaning and Commentary

2 Chronicles 32:10

Thus saith Sennacherib king of Assyria, whereon do ye trust,
&c.] On what power in heaven or on earth?

that ye abide in the siege in Jerusalem?
hold out against the siege of it, and do not deliver it up.

2 Chronicles 32:10 In-Context

8 With him [is] the arm of flesh, and with us [is] Yahweh our God, to help us and to fight our battles." And the people took confidence with the words of Hezekiah, king of Judah.

9 After this Sennacherib the king of Assyria sent his servants to Jerusalem (now he and all his armies with him [were] against Lachish) to Hezekiah king of Judah and to all of Judah that [was] in Jerusalem, saying,

10 "Thus says Sennacherib the king of Assyria: 'On what [are] you relying that [you are] dwelling in siege works in Jerusalem?

11 Is not Hezekiah urging you to give you [up] to die by starvation and thirst, saying, "Yahweh our God will save us from the hand of the king of Assyria"?

12 Has not Hezekiah himself removed his high places and his altars and said to Judah and to Jerusalem, saying, "You must bow down before one altar and upon it you must make offerings"?