2 Kings 19:11
9 And when he heard say of Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, Behold, he is come out to fight against thee: he sent messengers again unto Hezekiah, saying,
10 Thus 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.
Behold, thou hast heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands, by destroying them utterly: and shalt thou be delivered?
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?
13 Where is the king of Hamath, and the king of Arpad, and the king of the city of Sepharvaim, of Hena, and Ivah?
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Surely you have heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all the other countries, devoting them to destruction. Will you then be spared?
- KJV
- Behold, thou hast heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands, by destroying them utterly: and shalt thou be delivered?
- WEB
- Behold, you have heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands, by destroying them utterly. Will you be delivered?
- ASV
- Behold, thou hast heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands, by destroying them utterly: and shalt thou be delivered?
- DARBY
- Behold, thou hast heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all countries, destroying them utterly; and shalt thou be delivered?
- BLB
- Behold, you have heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all the lands, devoting them to destruction. And shall you be delivered?
- ÅB
- Du har hørt hva kongene i Assyria har gjort med alle landene, at de har ødelagt dem, og du skulle bli reddet?
- OTB
- Se, du har hørt hva kongene av Assyria har gjort med alle landene, og ødelagt dem fullstendig. Så vil du bli frelst?
- B1930
- Du har hørt hvad kongene i Assyria har gjort med alle landene, at de har ødelagt dem, og du skulde bli reddet?
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Isaiah 10:8–11
For he saith, Are not my princes altogether kings?
Read in context2 Chronicles 32:13–14
Know ye not what I and my fathers have done unto all the people of other lands? were the gods of the nations of those lands any ways able to deliver their lands out of mine hand?
Read in context2 Kings 19:17–18
Of a truth, LORD, the kings of Assyria have destroyed the nations and their lands,
Read in context2 Kings 17:5–11
Then the king of Assyria came up throughout all the land, and went up to Samaria, and besieged it three years.
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