2 Kings 19:31-37

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.
32 “Therefore this is what the LORD says concerning the king of Assyria: “ ‘He will not enter this city or shoot an arrow here. He will not come before it with shield or build a siege ramp against it.
33 By the way that he came he will return; he will not enter this city, declares the LORD.
34 I will defend this city and save it, for my sake and for the sake of David my servant.’ ”
35 That night the angel of the LORD went out and put to death a hundred and eighty-five thousand in the Assyrian camp. When the people got up the next morning—there were all the dead bodies!
36 So Sennacherib king of Assyria broke camp and withdrew. He returned to Nineveh and stayed there.
37 One day, while he was worshiping in the temple of his god Nisrok, his sons Adrammelek and Sharezer killed him with the sword, and they escaped to the land of Ararat. And Esarhaddon his son succeeded him as king.

2 Kings 19:31-37 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.

Cross References 14

  • 1. S Genesis 45:7
  • 2. Isaiah 66:19; Zephaniah 2:9; Zechariah 14:16
  • 3. Isaiah 9:7
  • 4. ver 28
  • 5. 2 Kings 20:6
  • 6. S 2 Samuel 7:15; 1 Kings 11:12-13
  • 7. S Genesis 19:13; S Exodus 12:23
  • 8. Job 24:24; Isaiah 17:14; Isaiah 41:12; Nahum 3:3
  • 9. S 2 Kings 12:18
  • 10. S Genesis 10:11; John 1:2
  • 11. 2 Kings 17:31
  • 12. S ver 7
  • 13. S Genesis 8:4
  • 14. S 2 Kings 17:24; Ezra 4:2
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