2 Kings 19:14
12 Did the gods of the nations destroyed by my fathers rescue those nations—the gods of Gozan, Haran, and Rezeph, and of the people of Eden in Telassar?
13 Where are the kings of Hamath, Arpad, Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivvah?’”
So Hezekiah received the letter from the messengers, read it, and went up to the house of the LORD and spread it out before the LORD.
15 And Hezekiah prayed before the LORD: “O LORD, God of Israel, enthroned between the cherubim, You alone are God over all the kingdoms of the earth. You made the heavens and the earth.
16 Incline Your ear, O LORD, and hear; open Your eyes, O LORD, and see. Listen to the words that Sennacherib has sent to defy the living God.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- So Hezekiah received the letter from the messengers, read it, and went up to the house of the LORD and spread it out before the LORD.
- KJV
- And 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.
- WEB
- Hezekiah received the letter from the hand of the messengers and read it. Then Hezekiah went up to the LORD’s house, and spread it before the LORD.
- ASV
- And Hezekiah received the letter from the hand of the messengers, and read it; and Hezekiah went up unto the house of Jehovah, and spread it before Jehovah.
- DARBY
- And Hezekiah received the letter from the hand of the messengers, and read it; and Hezekiah went up into the house of Jehovah, and spread it before Jehovah.
- BLB
- And Hezekiah received the letter from the hand of the messengers, and he read it and went up to the house of YHWH. And Hezekiah spread it out before the face of YHWH.
- ÅB
- Da Hiskia hadde mottatt brevet av sendebudene og lest det, gikk han opp til Herrens hus, og der bredte Hiskia det ut for Herrens åsyn.
- OTB
- Hiskia mottok brevet fra budbringerne, leste det, og gikk opp til Herrens hus, og bredte det ut for Herrens ansikt.
- B1930
- Da Esekias hadde mottatt brevet av sendebudene og lest det, gikk han op til Herrens hus, og der bredte Esekias det ut for Herrens åsyn.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Isaiah 37:14
So Hezekiah received the letter from the messengers, read it, and went up to the house of the LORD and spread it out before the LORD.
Read in contextPsalms 123:1–4
I lift up my eyes to You, the One enthroned in heaven.
Read in contextPsalms 91:1–2
He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide in the shadow of the Almighty.
Read in contextEzra 9:5
At the evening offering, I got up from my humiliation with my tunic and cloak torn, and I fell on my knees, spread out my hands to the LORD my God,
Read in context1 Kings 8:28–30
Yet regard the prayer and plea of Your servant, O LORD my God, so that You may hear the cry and the prayer that Your servant is praying before You today.
Read in contextPsalms 74:10–11
How long, O God, will the enemy taunt You? Will the foe revile Your name forever?
Read in context