Behold, you have heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands, by destroying them utterly. Will you be delivered? Have the gods of the nations delivered them, which my fathers have destroyed, Gozan, Haran, Rezeph, and the children of Eden who were in Telassar? Where is the king of Hamath, the king of Arpad, and the king of the city of Sepharvaim, of Hena, and Ivvah?” ’ ”
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So Rabshakeh returned and found the king of Assyria warring against Libnah; for he had heard that he had departed from Lachish. When he heard it said of Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, “Behold, he has come out to fight against you, he sent messengers again to Hezekiah, saying, ‘Tell Hezekiah king of Judah this: “Don’t let your God in whom you trust deceive you, saying, Jerusalem will not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria. Behold, you have heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands, by destroying them utterly. Will you be delivered? Have the gods of the nations delivered them, which my fathers have destroyed, Gozan, Haran, Rezeph, and the children of Eden who were in Telassar? Where is the king of Hamath, the king of Arpad, and the king of the city of Sepharvaim, of Hena, and Ivvah?” ’ ”
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Behold, you have heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands, by destroying them utterly. Will you be delivered?
Have the gods of the nations delivered them, which my fathers have destroyed, Gozan, Haran, Rezeph, and the children of Eden who were in Telassar?
Where is the king of Hamath, the king of Arpad, and the king of the city of Sepharvaim, of Hena, and Ivvah?” ’ ”
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Behold, thou hast heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands, by destroying them utterly: and shalt thou be delivered?
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?
Where is the king of Hamath, and the king of Arpad, and the king of the city of Sepharvaim, of Hena, and Ivah?
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Behold, thou hast heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands, by destroying them utterly; and shalt thou be delivered?
Have the gods of the nations delivered them, which my fathers have destroyed, Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the children of Eden that were in Telassar?
Where is the king of Hamath, and the king of Arpad, and the king of the city of Sepharvaim, of Hena, and Ivvah?'
Cross-references (22)
- 2 Kings 17:6 (v12) In the ninth year of Hoshea the king of Assyria took Samaria, and carried Israel away to Assyria, and placed them in Halah, and on the…
- 2 Kings 18:34 (v13) Where are the gods of Hamath, and of Arpad? Where are the gods of Sepharvaim, of Hena, and Ivvah? Have they delivered Samaria out of my…
- Genesis 11:31 (v12) Terah took Abram his son, Lot the son of Haran, his son’s son, and Sarai his daughter-in-law, his son Abram’s wife. They went from Ur of…
- Ezekiel 27:23 (v12) “ ‘ “Haran, Canneh, and Eden, the traders of Sheba, Asshur and Chilmad, were your traders.
- Isaiah 37:12 (v12) Have the gods of the nations delivered them, which my fathers have destroyed, Gozan, Haran, Rezeph, and the children of Eden who were in…
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- Genesis 2:8 (v12) Yahweh God planted a garden eastward, in Eden, and there he put the man whom he had formed.
- Genesis 29:4 (v12) Jacob said to them, “My relatives, where are you from?” They said, “We are from Haran.”
- Numbers 13:21 (v13) So they went up, and spied out the land from the wilderness of Zin to Rehob, to the entrance of Hamath.
- Numbers 34:8 (v13) From Mount Hor you shall mark out to the entrance of Hamath; and the border shall pass by Zedad.
- 2 Kings 17:5-11 (v11) Then the king of Assyria came up throughout all the land, went up to Samaria, and besieged it three years. In the ninth year of Hoshea the…
- 2 Kings 17:24 (v13) The king of Assyria brought men from Babylon, from Cuthah, from Avva, and from Hamath and Sepharvaim, and placed them in the cities of…
- 2 Kings 18:33-34 (v12) Has any of the gods of the nations ever delivered his land out of the hand of the king of Assyria? Where are the gods of Hamath, and of…
- 2 Kings 19:17-18 (v11) Truly, Yahweh, the kings of Assyria have laid waste the nations and their lands, and have cast their gods into the fire; for they were no…
- 1 Chronicles 5:26 (v12) So the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul king of Assyria, and the spirit of Tilgath Pilneser king of Assyria, and he carried them…
- 2 Chronicles 32:13-14 (v11) Don’t you know what I and my fathers have done to all the peoples of the lands? Were the gods of the nations of the lands in any way able…
- Isaiah 10:8-11 (v11) For he says, “Aren’t all of my princes kings? Isn’t Calno like Carchemish? Isn’t Hamath like Arpad? Isn’t Samaria like Damascus?” As my…
- Isaiah 11:11 (v13) It will happen in that day that the Lord will set his hand again the second time to recover the remnant that is left of his people from…
- Isaiah 37:13-20 (v13) Where is the king of Hamath, and the king of Arpad, and the king of the city of Sepharvaim, of Hena, and Ivvah?’ ” Hezekiah received the…
- Jeremiah 39:5 (v13) But the army of the Chaldeans pursued them, and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho. When they had taken him, they brought him up to…
- Jeremiah 49:23 (v13) Of Damascus: “Hamath is confounded, and Arpad; for they have heard evil news. They have melted away. There is sorrow on the sea. It can’t…
- Zechariah 9:2 (v13) and Hamath, also, which borders on it; Tyre and Sidon, because they are very wise.
- Acts 7:4 (v12) Then he came out of the land of the Chaldaeans and lived in Haran. From there, when his father was dead, God moved him into this land,…
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain On vv11–13 2Ki 19:11 Behold, thou hast heard what the kings…
2Ki 19:11 Behold, thou hast heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands, by destroying them utterly: and shalt thou be delivered?
Ver. 11. Behold, thau hast heard.] See 2Ki 18:33-35.
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To all lands, by destroying them utterly.] Not all, nor utterly neither; but the tongue, that little member, boasteth great things. {Jas 3:5} He talketh here like some Pyrgopolynices or Therapontigonoplatagidorias in Plautus. {a}
{a} In Curcul.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain On vv11–13 No, certainly, never expect it: such questions oft imply…
No, certainly, never expect it: such questions oft imply a denial, as Gen 18:17.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain On v13 2Ki 19:13. Where is the king of Hamath, &c.…
2Ki 19:13. Where is the king of Hamath, &c. — He may mean the gods of these places, calling them their kings, because the people looked upon them as their protectors and governors, which kings are or should be to their subjects: or rather, he means their kings, properly so called. And so, as before he compared their gods with the God of Jerusalem, so now he compares their kings with King Hezekiah; and by both comparisons intends to persuade Hezekiah and his people that neither he, their king, nor their God, was able to save them out of his hand.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain On vv11–13 All lands - This boast is in strict accordance…
All lands - This boast is in strict accordance with the general tenor of the Assyrian inscriptions. Hyperbole is the general language of the East; but in this instance it was not so extreme as in some others. The Assyrians under Sargon and Sennacherib had enjoyed an uninterrupted series of military successes: they had succeeded in establishing their pre-eminence from the Median desert to the banks of the Nile, and from the shores of Lake Van to those of the Persian Gulf.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain On v12 Gozan, in Less Armenia; Haran and Reseph in Palmerene…
Gozan, in Less Armenia; Haran and Reseph in Palmerene Syria. Thelassar, or Syria. They were nations not very remote. See chap. xviii. 34. (Calmet)
George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).
Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain On vv12–13 12. Gozan — The district on the upper Habor.…
12. Gozan — The district on the upper Habor. See note on 2Ki_17:6.
Haran — Also in Mesopotamia, but lying some distance northwest of Gozan. Here Abraham abode for a time after leaving Ur of the Chaldees, (Gen_11:31,) and here a Roman army under Crassus was defeated by the Parthians. It is called Carrae, by the classical writers, and Charran in Act_7:4. It is doubtless identical with the modern Haran, which is situated on the river Belik, one of the branches of the upper Euphrates. Rezeph is still a common name in the East, and applied to a number of cities. Most interpreters incline to identify this Rezeph with a place in eastern Syria which Ptolemy calls Resapha. It is about a day’s journey west of the Euphrates.
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Children of Eden which were in Thelasar — This last name should be written Telassar, and may signify the hill of Asshur; so called, perhaps, from some shrine which the Assyrians had there erected to Asshur. Eden would seem to be a district of which Telassar was a chief city, but no trace of either has been found.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain On vv11–13 11. by destroying them utterly] The verb implies ‘dooming’,…
11. by destroying them utterly] The verb implies ‘dooming’, ‘devoting as if to a curse’. Hence the LXX. represents it by ἀναθεματίσαι.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain On vv11–13 (11) All lands, by destroying them utterly.—All the countries,…
(11) All lands, by destroying them utterly.—All the countries, by putting them under the ban, i.e., solemnly devoting all that lived in them to extermination.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain On vv11–13 Behold, thou hast heard what the kings of Assyria…
Behold, thou hast heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands, by destroying them utterly. (see the comment on 2Ki_18:33) The fact was indisputable (secret. 17). The question remained Would this triumphant career of success necessarily continue?
And shalt thou be delivered? A perfect induction is impossible in practical matters. Anything short of a perfect induction is short of a proof.
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 On v12 General Information:
General Information:
King Sennacharib's message to King Hezekiah continues.
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Have the gods of the nations rescued them, the nations ... Assar?
This question assumes Hezekiah knows the answer and provides emphasis. AT: "The gods of the nations certainly did not rescue them, the nations ... Assar!" (See: Rhetorical Question)
my fathers
"the previous kings of Assyria" or "the armies of the previous kings of Assyria"
Gozan ... Haran ... Rezeph ... Eden ... Tel Assar ... Hamath ... Arpad ... Sepharvaim ... Hena ... Ivvah
These are all place names. (See: How to Translate Names)
translationWords
false god
nation
ancestor
Haran
Hamath
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