2 Kings 19:16-19

16 Give ear, LORD, and hear; open your eyes, LORD, and see; listen to the words Sennacherib has sent to ridicule the living God.

17 “It is true, LORD, that the Assyrian kings have laid waste these nations and their lands.

18 They have thrown their gods into the fire and destroyed them, for they were not gods but only wood and stone, fashioned by human hands.

19 Now, LORD our God, deliver us from his hand, so that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that you alone, LORD, are God.”

2 Kings 19:16-19 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.

Cross References

• 1. Psalms 31:2; Psalms 71:2; Psalms 88:2; Psalms 102:2
• 2. S 1 Kings 8:29
• 3. S Exodus 3:16; ver 4; 2 Chronicles 6:40
• 4. Isaiah 44:9-11; Jeremiah 10:3-10
• 5. Deuteronomy 4:28; Psalms 115:4; Acts 17:29
• 6. 1 Samuel 12:10; Job 6:23; Psalms 3:7; Psalms 71:4
• 7. S 1 Kings 8:43; 1 Chronicles 16:8
• 8. S Joshua 4:24; S 1 Samuel 17:46; Psalms 83:18