2 Chronicles 32:17

Sennacherib also wrote letters in order to mock Yahweh, the God of Israel, and to speak against him. He said, “As the gods of the nations of the lands have not rescued their people out of my hand, so the God of Hezekiah will not rescue his people out of my hand.”

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He wrote also letters to rail on the LORD God of Israel, and to speak against him, saying, As the gods of the nations of other lands have not delivered their people out of mine hand, so shall not the God of Hezekiah deliver his people out of mine hand.

In Context

16Sennacherib's servants spoke even more against Yahweh God and against his servant Hezekiah.

18They cried out in the language of the Jews to the people of Jerusalem who were on the wall, to frighten them and trouble them, in order that they might capture the city.

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Cross References

1 Samuel 17:36Your servant has killed both a lion and a bear. This uncircumcised Philistine will be like one of them, since he has challenged the armies of the living God.”

2 Kings 19:11See, you have heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands by destroying them completely. So will you be rescued?

2 Kings 19:14Hezekiah received this letter from the messengers and read it. Then he went up to the house of Yahweh and spread it before him.

2 Kings 19:28Because of your raging against me, 2 and because your arrogance has reached my ears, 1 I will put my hook in your nose, 2 and my bit in your mouth; 1 I will turn you back 2 the way you came.”

Isaiah 10:15Will the ax boast about itself against the one who wields it? 1 Will the saw praise itself more than the one who cuts with it? 1 It is as if a rod could lift up those who raise it, or as if a wooden club could lift up a person. 1

Isaiah 37:23Whom have you defied and insulted? Against whom have you exalted your voice 1 and lifted up your eyes in pride? Against the Holy One of Israel. 1

Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 32:10-24

The Destruction of the Assyrians. ( b. c. 713.) 9 After this did Sennacherib king of Assyria send his servants to Jerusalem, (but he himself laid siege against Lachish, and all his power with him,) unto Hezekiah king of Judah, and unto all Judah that were at Jerusalem, saying, 10 Thus saith Sennacherib king of Assyria, Whereon do ye trust, that ye abide in the siege in Jerusalem? 11 Doth not Hezekiah persuade you to give over yourselves to die by famine and by thirst, saying, The Lord our God shall deliver us out… Read the whole commentary →

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