2 Kings 19:14

Hezekiah's Prayer

14 Then ¹Hezekiah took the letter from the hand of the messengers and read it, and he went up to the house of the LORD and spread it out before the LORD.

2 Kings 19:14 Meaning and Commentary

2 Kings 19:14

(See Gill on 2 Kings 19:1)

2 Kings 19:14 In-Context

12 'Did the gods of those nations which my fathers destroyed deliver them, even Gozan and Haran and Rezeph and the sons of Eden who were in Telassar?

13 'Where is the king of Hamath, the king of Arpad, the king of the city of Sepharvaim, and of Hena and Ivvah?' "

14 Then Hezekiah took the letter from the hand of the messengers and read it, and he went up to the house of the LORD and spread it out before the LORD .

15 Hezekiah prayed before the LORD and said, "O LORD , the God of Israel, who are enthroned above the cherubim, You are the God, You alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth. You have made heaven and earth.

16 "Incline Your ear, O LORD , and hear; open Your eyes, O LORD , and see; and listen to the words of Sennacherib, which he has sent to reproach the living God.

Cross References

• 1. Isaiah 37:14

Footnotes

• [a]. Lit "letters...read them"
• [b]. Lit "Hezekiah spread"