2 Kings 19:10-13

19:10 “Tell King Hezekiah of Judah this: ‘Don’t let your God in whom you trust mislead you when he says, “Jerusalem will not be handed over ¹  to the king of Assyria.” 19:11 Certainly you have heard how the kings of Assyria have annihilated all lands. ²  Do you really think you will be rescued? ³  19:12 Were the nations whom my ancestors destroyed – the nations of Gozan, Haran, Rezeph, and the people of Eden in Telassar – rescued by their gods? ⁴  19:13 Where are the king of Hamath, the king of Arpad, and the king of Lair, ⁵  Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivvah?’”

2 Kings 19:22

19:22 Whom have you taunted and hurled insults at?

At whom have you shouted, ⁶ 

and looked so arrogantly? ⁷ 

At the Holy One of Israel! ⁸ 

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¹ tn Heb “will not be given.”

² tn Heb “Look, you have heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all the lands, annihilating them.”

³ tn Heb “and will you be rescued?” The rhetorical question expects the answer, “No, of course not!”

⁴ tn Heb “Did the gods of the nations whom my fathers destroyed rescue them – Gozan and Haran, and Rezeph and the sons of Eden who are in Telassar?”

⁵ sn Lair is a city located in northeastern Babylon. See M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 235.

⁶ tn Heb “have you raised a voice.”

⁷ tn Heb “and lifted your eyes on high?”

⁸ sn This divine title pictures the Lord as the sovereign king who rules over his covenant people and exercises moral authority over them.