2 Kings 19:11-12

11 'Behold, you have heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all the lands, destroying them completely. So will you be spared?

12 '¹Did the gods of those nations which my fathers destroyed deliver them, even ²Gozan and ³Haran and Rezeph and ⁴the sons of Eden who were in Telassar?

2 Kings 19:11-12 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. 2 Kings 18:33
• 2. 2 Kings 17:6
• 3. Genesis 11:31
• 4. Isaiah 37:12

Footnotes

• [a]. Lit "delivered"
• [b]. Lit "the"