2 Kings 19:34

34 For I will defend this city, to save it, for my own sake and for my slave David’s sake.

2 Kings 19:34 Meaning and Commentary

2 Kings 19:34

(See Gill on 2 Kings 19:1)

2 Kings 19:34 In-Context

32 Therefore, thus saith the LORD concerning the king of Assyria, He shall not come into this city nor shoot an arrow there nor come before it with shield nor cast a bank against it.

33 By the way that he came, by the same shall he return, and he shall not enter into this city, saith the LORD.

34 For I will defend this city, to save it, for my own sake and for my slave David’s sake.

35 And it came to pass that night that the angel of the LORD went out and smote in the camp of the Assyrians one hundred and eighty-five thousand men; and when they arose early in the morning, behold, the corpses of the dead.

36 So Sennacherib, king of Assyria, departed and went and returned and dwelt at Nineveh.