2 Kings 19:29-31

29 “This will be the sign for you, Hezekiah: “This year you will eat what grows by itself, and the second year what springs from that. But in the third year sow and reap, plant vineyards and eat their fruit.

30 Once more a remnant of the kingdom of Judah will take root below and bear fruit above.

31 For out of Jerusalem will come a remnant, and out of Mount Zion a band of survivors. “The zeal of the LORD Almighty will accomplish this.

2 Kings 19:29-31 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.

Cross References

• 1. S Exodus 7:9; S Deuteronomy 13:2; 2 Kings 20:8-9; Luke 2:12
• 2. Leviticus 25:5
• 3. Psalms 107:37; Isaiah 65:21; Amos 9:14
• 4. S Genesis 45:7
• 5. Isaiah 5:24; Isaiah 11:1; Isaiah 27:6; Ezekiel 17:22; Amos 2:9; 2 Chronicles 32:22-23
• 6. S Genesis 45:7
• 7. Isaiah 66:19; Zephaniah 2:9; Zechariah 14:16
• 8. Isaiah 9:7