2 Chronicles 32:6-8

6 And he set combat commanders over the people and gathered them together to him in the square at the gate of the city and spoke 1encouragingly to them, saying,
7 2"Be strong and courageous. 3Do not be afraid or dismayed before the king of Assyria and all the horde that is with him, 4for there are more with us than with him.
8 With him is 5an arm of flesh, 6but with us is the LORD our God, to help us and to fight our battles." And the people took confidence from the words of Hezekiah king of Judah.

2 Chronicles 32:6-8 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO 2 CHRONICLES 32

This chapter relates Sennacherib's invasion of the land of Judah, the preparations Hezekiah made to resist him, and the encouragement he gave his people to trust in the Lord, 2Ch 32:1-8 the messages and letters Sennacherib sent to Hezekiah and his subjects, full of arrogance and blasphemy, to solicit them to deliver up Jerusalem to him, 2Ch 32:9-19 the destruction of his army by an angel, and the deliverance of the Jews at the prayers of Hezekiah and Isaiah, 2Ch 32:20-23 the sin Hezekiah fell into after this, and his recovery from a fit of illness; but, upon his humiliation for it, wrath was averted, 2Ch 32:24-26 and the chapter is concluded with an account of his honours, riches, and exploits, and of his death and burial, 2Ch 32:27-33.

Cross References 6

  • 1. 2 Chronicles 30:22; Isaiah 40:2
  • 2. See Deuteronomy 31:6
  • 3. 2 Chronicles 20:15
  • 4. 2 Kings 6:16
  • 5. Jeremiah 17:5
  • 6. 2 Chronicles 15:2; 2 Chronicles 20:17
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