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2 Chronicles 32:10

SennacheribAssyria
DoubtFear

8 With him is only the arm of flesh, but with us is the LORD our God to help us and to fight our battles.” So the people were strengthened by the words of Hezekiah king of Judah.

9 Later, as Sennacherib king of Assyria and all his forces besieged Lachish, he sent his servants to Jerusalem with a message for King Hezekiah of Judah and all the people of Judah who were in Jerusalem:

“This is what Sennacherib king of Assyria says: What is the basis of your confidence, that you remain in Jerusalem under siege?

11 Is not Hezekiah misleading you to give you over to death by famine and thirst when he says, ‘The LORD our God will deliver us from the hand of the king of Assyria?’

12 Did not Hezekiah himself remove His high places and His altars and say to Judah and Jerusalem, ‘You must worship before one altar, and on it you shall burn sacrifices’?

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BSB
“This is what Sennacherib king of Assyria says: What is the basis of your confidence, that you remain in Jerusalem under siege?
KJV
Thus saith Sennacherib king of Assyria, Whereon do ye trust, that ye abide in the siege in Jerusalem?
WEB
Sennacherib king of Assyria says, “In whom do you trust, that you remain under siege in Jerusalem?
ASV
Thus saith Sennacherib king of Assyria, Whereon do ye trust, that ye abide the siege in Jerusalem?
DARBY
Thus says Sennacherib king of Assyria: On what do ye rely that ye abide in the siege in Jerusalem?
BLB
“Thus says Sennacherib king of Assyria: Upon what do you⁺ trust, that you remain under siege in Jerusalem?
ÅB
Så sier Sankerib, kongen i Assyria: Hva er det dere setter deres lit til, siden dere blir sittende innestengt i Jerusalem!
OTB
"Dette er hva Sankerib, kongen av Assyria, sier: 'Hva stoler dere på, siden dere blir værende i Jerusalem under beleiring?
B1930
Så sier Sankerib, kongen i Assyria: Hvad er det I setter eders lit til, siden I blir sittende innestengt i Jerusalem!

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Cross references

  • 2 Kings 18:19

    The Rabshakeh said to them, “Tell Hezekiah that this is what the great king, the king of Assyria, says: What is the basis of this confidence of yours?

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  • Isaiah 36:4

    The Rabshakeh said to them, “Tell Hezekiah that this is what the great king, the king of Assyria, says: What is the basis of this confidence of yours?

    Read in context