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2 Chronicles 32:9 KJV
2 Chronicles · chapter 32 · verse 9
After this did Sennacherib king of Assyria send his servants to Jerusalem, (but he himself laid siege against Lachish, and all his power with him,) unto Hezekiah king of Judah, and unto all Judah that were at Jerusalem, saying,2 Chronicles 32:9 · King James Version
2 Chronicles 32:9 in context
7Be strong and courageous, be not afraid nor dismayed for the king of Assyria, nor for all the multitude that is with him: for there be more with us than with him:
8With him is an arm of flesh; but with us is the LORD our God to help us, and to fight our battles. And the people rested themselves upon the words of Hezekiah king of Judah.
9After this did Sennacherib king of Assyria send his servants to Jerusalem, (but he himself laid siege against Lachish, and all his power with him,) unto Hezekiah king of Judah, and unto all Judah that were at Jerusalem, saying,
10Thus saith Sennacherib king of Assyria, Whereon do ye trust, that ye abide in the siege in Jerusalem?
11Doth not Hezekiah persuade you to give over yourselves to die by famine and by thirst, saying, The LORD our God shall deliver us out of the hand of the king of Assyria?
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- SennacheribÇanchêrîybSancherib, an Assyrian kingH5576 →
- JerusalemYᵉrûwshâlaimJerushalaim or Jerushalem, the capital city of PalestineH3389 →
- servantsʻebeda servantH5650 →
- HezekiahYᵉchizqîyâhJechizkijah, the name of five IsraelitesH3169 →
- AssyriaʼAshshûwrAshshur, the second son of ShemH804 →
- LachishLâkîyshLakish, a place in PalestineH3923 →
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This story of the rage and blasphemy of Sennacherib, Hezekiah's prayer, and the deliverance of Jerusalem by the destruction of the Assyrian army, we had more at large in the book of Kings, 2 Kings 18 and 19. It is contracted here, yet large enough to show these three things: - I.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 9-23