2 Kings 19:17

17 Of a truth, O Lord, the kings of the Assyrians have destroyed nations, and the lands of them all.

2 Kings 19:17 Meaning and Commentary

2 Kings 19:17

(See Gill on 2 Kings 19:1)

2 Kings 19:17 In-Context

15 And he prayed in his sight, saying: O Lord God of Israel, who sittest upon the cherubims, thou alone art the God of all the kings of the earth: thou madest heaven and earth:
16 Incline thy ear, and hear: open, O Lord, thy eyes and see: and hear all the words of Sennacherib, who hath sent to upbraid unto us the living God.
17 Of a truth, O Lord, the kings of the Assyrians have destroyed nations, and the lands of them all.
18 And they have cast their gods into the fire: for they were not gods, but the work of men’s hands, of wood and stone, and they destroyed them.
19 Now therefore, O Lord our God, save us from his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that thou art the Lord, the only God.
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