2 Kings 18:29

29 "Thus says the king, '1Do not let Hezekiah deceive you, for he will not be able to deliver you from my hand;

2 Kings 18:29 Meaning and Commentary

2 Kings 18:29

(See Gill on 2 Kings 18:17)

2 Kings 18:29 In-Context

27 But Rabshakeh said to them, "Has my master sent me only to your master and to you to speak these words, and not to the men who sit on the wall, doomed to eat their own dung and drink their own urine with you?"
28 Then Rabshakeh stood and cried with a loud voice in Judean, saying , "Hear the word of the great king, the king of Assyria.
29 "Thus says the king, 'Do not let Hezekiah deceive you, for he will not be able to deliver you from my hand;
30 nor let Hezekiah make you trust in the LORD , saying, "The LORD will surely deliver us, and this city will not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria."
31 'Do not listen to Hezekiah, for thus says the king of Assyria, "Make your peace with me and come out to me, and eat each of his vine and each of his fig tree and drink each of the waters of his own cistern,

Cross References 1

  • 1. 2 Chronicles 32:15

Footnotes 1

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