2 Kings 19:18

and have cast their gods into the fire: because they are no gods, but the works of men’s hands, wood and stone; and they have destroyed them.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

And have cast their gods into the fire: for they were no gods, but the work of men’s hands, wood and stone: therefore they have destroyed them.

In Context

17For truly, Lord, the kings of Assyria have wasted the nations,

19And now, O Lord our God, deliver us out of his hand, and all the kingdoms of the earth shall know that thou alone art the Lord God.

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Cross References

2 Samuel 5:21And they leave there their gods, and David and his men with him took them.

Psalms 115:4I will take the cup of salvation, 1 And call upon the name of the Lord. 1

Isaiah 44:9But they that framed false gods did not then hearken; and they that graved images are all vain, performing their own desires, which shall not profit them, but they shall be ashamed

Jeremiah 10:3For the customs of the nations are vain; it is a tree cut out of the forest, the work of the carpenter, or a molten image.

Jeremiah 16:20Will a man make gods for himself, whereas these are no gods?

Matthew Henry on 2 Kings 19:9-20

Sennacherib Sends to Hezekiah. ( b. c. 710.) 8 So Rab-shakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria warring against Libnah: for he had heard that he was departed from Lachish. 9 And when he heard say of Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, Behold, he is come out to fight against thee: he sent messengers again unto Hezekiah, saying, 10 Thus shall ye speak to Hezekiah king of Judah, saying, Let not thy God in whom thou trustest deceive thee, saying, Jerusalem shall not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria. 11… Read the whole commentary →

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