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2 Kings 19:12 KJV
2 Kings · chapter 19 · verse 12
Have the gods of the nations delivered them which my fathers have destroyed; as Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the children of Eden which were in Thelasar?2 Kings 19:12 · King James Version
2 Kings 19:12 in context
10Thus shall ye speak to Hezekiah king of Judah, saying, Let not thy God in whom thou trustest deceive thee, saying, Jerusalem shall not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria.
11Behold, thou hast heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands, by destroying them utterly: and shalt thou be delivered?
12Have the gods of the nations delivered them which my fathers have destroyed; as Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the children of Eden which were in Thelasar?
13Where is the king of Hamath, and the king of Arpad, and the king of the city of Sepharvaim, of Hena, and Ivah?
14And Hezekiah received the letter of the hand of the messengers, and read it: and Hezekiah went up into the house of the LORD, and spread it before the LORD.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- deliverednâtsalto snatch away, whether in a good or a bad senseH5337 →
- destroyedshâchathto decayH7843 →
- childrenbêna son , in the widest sense , etc.)H1121 →
- nationsgôwya foreign nationH1471 →
- fathersʼâbfather, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote applicationH1 →
- RezephRetsephRetseph, a place in AssyrianH7530 →
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Rabshakeh, having delivered his message and received no answer (whether he took this silence for a consent or a slight does not appear), left his army before Jerusalem, under the command of the other generals, and went himself to attend the king his master for further orders.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 8-19