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The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 19:19

New therefore, O Lord our God. Hezekiah draws the strongest possible contrast between Jehovah and the idols. Sennacherib had placed them upon a par ( 2 Kings 18:33-35 ; 2 Kings 19:10-13 ). Hezekiah insists that the idols are "no gods," are "nothing"—at any rate are mere blocks of wood and stone, shaped by human hands. But Jehovah is "the God of all the kingdoms of the earth" ( 2 Kings 19:15 ), the Maker of heaven and earth ( 2 Kings 19:15 ), the one and only God ( 2 Kings 19:19 ... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Kings 19:11

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. read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Kings 19:12

Haran - Harran, the Carrhae of the Greeks and Romans Genesis 11:31, was among the earliest conquests of the Assyrians; being subject to them from the 12th century. Its conquest would have naturally followed that of Gozan (Gauzanitis, 2 Kings 17:6), which lay between it and Assyria proper.Rezeph - Probably the Rozappa of the Assyrian inscriptions, a city in the neighborhood of Haran.The children of Eden - Or, “the Beni-Eden,” who appear from the Assyrian inscriptions to have inhabited the... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Kings 19:13

Compare the marginal reference 2 Kings 17:24. 2 Kings 19:12 refers to former Assyrian successes, 2 Kings 19:13 to comparatively recent ones. read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Kings 19:14

Hezekiah received the letter - The inscriptions show that scribes accompanied the Assyrian armies, with the materials of their craft, so that such a dispatch might be easily drawn up. As Hezekiah himself “read” it, we may presume that it was in the Hebrew tongue. read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Kings 19:15

Which dwellest between the cherubims - The reference is to the shechinah, or miraculous glory, which from time to time appeared above the mercy-seat from between the two cherubims, whose wings overshadowed the ark of the covenant (1 Kings 6:23-27; compare Exodus 25:22; Leviticus 16:2, etc.).Thou art the God, even thou alone - This is the protest of the pure theist against the intense polytheism of Sennacherib’s letter, which assumes that gods are only gods of particular nations, and that... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Kings 19:18

Have cast their gods into the fire - In general the Assyrians carried off the images of the gods from the temples of the conquered nations, and deposited them in their own shrines, as at once trophies of victory and proof of the superiority of the Assyrian deities over those of their enemies. But sometimes the gods are said to have been “destroyed” or “burnt with fire;” which was probably done when the idols were of rude workmanship or coarse material; and when it was inconvenient to encumber... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Kings 19:19

If the mighty army of the great Assyrian king were successfully defied by a petty monarch like Hezekiah, it would force the surrounding nations to confess that the escape was owing to the protecting hand of Yahweh. They would thus be taught, in spite of themselves, that He, and He alone, was the true God. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Kings 19:10-11

2 Kings 19:10-11. Thus shall ye speak to Hezekiah That is, these things shall ye communicate; for they did not signify them by word of mouth, but in writing. Let not thy God, in whom thou trustest, deceive thee Rab- shakeh had said to the people, Let not Hezekiah deceive you. Sennacherib writes to Hezekiah, Let not thy God deceive thee. Those who have the God of Jacob for their help, and whose hope is in the Lord their God, need not fear being deceived by him, as the heathen were by... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Kings 19:13

2 Kings 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,... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 19:19

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Kings 19:11

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Kings 19:12

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Kings 19:13

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Kings 19:14

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Kings 19:15

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Kings 19:18

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Kings 19:19

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Kings 19:10-11

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Kings 19:13

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