2 Chronicles 32:12

12 '1Has not the same Hezekiah taken away His high places and His altars, and said to Judah and Jerusalem, "You shall worship before one altar, and on it you shall burn incense "?

2 Chronicles 32:12 Meaning and Commentary

Ver. 12-15. Hath not the same Hezekiah taken away his high places
For the sense of this and the three following verses, see the notes on (See Gill on Isaiah 36:17) (See Gill on Isaiah 36:18) (See Gill on Isaiah 36:19) (See Gill on Isaiah 36:20)

2 Chronicles 32:12 In-Context

10 "Thus says Sennacherib king of Assyria, 'On what are you trusting that you are remaining in Jerusalem under siege?
11 'Is not Hezekiah misleading you to give yourselves over to die by hunger and by thirst, saying, "The LORD our God will deliver us from the hand of the king of Assyria "?
12 'Has not the same Hezekiah taken away His high places and His altars, and said to Judah and Jerusalem, "You shall worship before one altar, and on it you shall burn incense "?
13 'Do you not know what I and my fathers have done to all the peoples of the lands? Were the gods of the nations of the lands able at all to deliver their land from my hand?
14 'Who was there among all the gods of those nations which my fathers utterly destroyed who could deliver his people out of my hand, that your God should be able to deliver you from my hand?

Cross References 1

  • 1. 2 Chronicles 31:1

Footnotes 2

  • [a]. Lit "Jerusalem, saying,"
  • [b]. Lit "offer up in smoke"
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