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2 Kings 19:16 KJV
2 Kings · chapter 19 · verse 16
LORD, bow down thine ear, and hear: open, LORD, thine eyes, and see: and hear the words of Sennacherib, which hath sent him to reproach the living God.2 Kings 19:16 · King James Version
2 Kings 19:16 in context
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.
15And Hezekiah prayed before the LORD, and said, O LORD God of Israel, which dwellest between the cherubims, thou art the God, even thou alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth; thou hast made heaven and earth.
16LORD, bow down thine ear, and hear: open, LORD, thine eyes, and see: and hear the words of Sennacherib, which hath sent him to reproach the living God.
17Of a truth, LORD, the kings of Assyria have destroyed the nations and their lands,
18And have cast their gods into the fire: for they were no gods, but the work of men’s hands, wood and stone: therefore they have destroyed them.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- SennacheribÇanchêrîybSancherib, an Assyrian kingH5576 →
- reproachchâraphto pull offH2778 →
- wordsdâbâra wordH1697 →
- LORDYᵉhôvâhJehovah, Jewish national name of GodH3068 →
- hearshâmaʻto hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etcH8085 →
- openpâqachto openH6491 →
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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