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2 Kings 19:17

Assyria
Prayer

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.

Truly, O LORD, the kings of Assyria have laid waste these nations and their lands.

18 They have cast their gods into the fire and destroyed them, for they were not gods, but only wood and stone—the work of human hands.

19 And now, O LORD our God, please save us from his hand, so that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that You alone, O LORD, are God.”

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BSB
Truly, O LORD, the kings of Assyria have laid waste these nations and their lands.
KJV
Of a truth, LORD, the kings of Assyria have destroyed the nations and their lands,
WEB
Truly, LORD, the kings of Assyria have laid waste the nations and their lands,
ASV
Of a truth, Jehovah, the kings of Assyria have laid waste the nations and their lands,
DARBY
Of a truth, Jehovah, the kings of Assyria have laid waste the nations and their lands,
BLB
Truly, O YHWH, the kings of Assyria have laid waste the nations and their lands,
ÅB
Det er sant, Herre, at kongene i Assyria har ødelagt folkene og deres land,
OTB
Sannelig, Herre, kongene av Assyria har ødelagt nasjonene og deres land,
B1930
Det er sant, Herre, at kongene i Assyria har ødelagt folkene og deres land,

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Acts 4:27

    In fact, this is the very city where Herod and Pontius Pilate conspired with the Gentiles and the people of Israel against Your holy servant Jesus, whom You anointed.

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  • 2 Kings 17:24

    Then the king of Assyria brought people from Babylon, Cuthah, Avva, Hamath, and Sepharvaim and settled them in the towns of Samaria to replace the Israelites. They took possession of Samaria and lived in its towns.

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  • Isaiah 7:17–18

    The LORD will bring on you and on your people and on the house of your father a time unlike any since the day Ephraim separated from Judah—He will bring the king of Assyria.”

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  • Jeremiah 26:15

    But know for certain that if you put me to death, you will bring innocent blood upon yourselves, upon this city, and upon its residents; for truly the LORD has sent me to speak all these words in your hearing.”

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  • Luke 22:59

    About an hour later, another man insisted, “Certainly this man was with Him, for he too is a Galilean.”

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  • Daniel 2:47

    The king said to Daniel, “Your God is truly the God of gods and Lord of kings, the Revealer of Mysteries, since you were able to reveal this mystery.”

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  • 2 Kings 16:9

    So the king of Assyria responded to him, marched up to Damascus, and captured it. He took its people to Kir as captives and put Rezin to death.

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  • 1 Chronicles 5:26

    So the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul king of Assyria (that is, Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria) to take the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh into exile. And he brought them to Halah, Habor, Hara, and the river of Gozan, where they remain to this day.

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