2 Kings 19:15-20

15 And Hezekiah prayed before the LORD and said: "O LORD, the God of Israel, ¹enthroned above the cherubim, ²you are the God, you alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth; you have made heaven and earth.

16 ³Incline your ear, O LORD, and hear; ⁴open your eyes, O LORD, and see; and hear the words of Sennacherib, which he has sent ⁵to mock the living God.

17 Truly, O LORD, the kings of Assyria have laid waste the nations and their lands

18 and have cast their gods into the fire, for they were not gods, ⁶but the work of men's hands, wood and stone. Therefore they were destroyed.

19 So now, O LORD our God, save us, please, from his hand, ⁷that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that ⁸you, O LORD, are God alone."

Isaiah Prophesies Sennacherib's Fall

20 Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent to Hezekiah, saying, "Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel: Your prayer to me about Sennacherib king of Assyria ⁹I have heard.

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2 Kings 19:15-20 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.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 9

1. See Exodus 25:22
2. 1 Kings 18:39; Nehemiah 9:6; Psalms 86:10; Isaiah 37:16, 20; Isaiah 44:6; Jeremiah 10:10, 12
3. Psalms 31:2; Psalms 71:2; Daniel 9:18
4. 2 Chronicles 6:40; Daniel 9:18
5. ver. 4
6. 2 Chronicles 32:19; Psalms 115:4
7. Joshua 4:24; Psalms 83:18
8. [See ver. 15 above]
9. [2 Kings 20:5]

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