2 Kings 19:7

Look, I will take control of his mind; ¹  he will receive ²  a report and return to his own land. I will cut him down ³  with a sword in his own land.”’”

2Ki 7:6; 2Ki 19:35-37; 2Ki 19:36,37; 2Ch 32:21; Job 4:9; Job 15:21; Ps 11:6; Ps 18:14,15; Ps 50:3; Isa 10:16-18; Isa 11:4; Jer 49:14; Jer 51:1; Jer 51:46; Ob 1:1

¹ tn Heb “I will put in him a spirit.” The precise sense of רוּחַ (ruakh), “spirit,” is uncertain in this context. It may refer to a spiritual being who will take control of his mind (see 1 Kgs 22:19), or it could refer to a disposition of concern and fear. In either case the Lord’s sovereignty over the king is apparent.

² tn Heb “hear.”

³ tn Heb “cause him to fall,” that is, “kill him.”