2 Kings 19:17
Of a truth, O Yahweh,—the kings of Assyria have devoted to destruction the nations and their lands;
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
Of a truth, LORD, the kings of Assyria have destroyed the nations and their lands,
In Context
Cross References
2 Kings 9:8so shall perish all the house of Ahab,—and I will cut off to Ahab the meanest, both him that is shut up and him that is left at large, in Israel.
2 Kings 17:6In the ninth year of Hoshea, did the king of Assyria capture Samaria, and carried Israel away captive to Assyria,—and settled them in Halah, and in Habor by the river of Gozan, and the mountains of Media.
2 Kings 18:33Have, the gods of the nations, at all delivered, any one of them, his country, out of the hand of the king of Assyria?
Job 9:2Of a truth, I know that so it is, But how can a mortal be just with GOD?
Isaiah 7:17Yahweh will bring upon thee and upon thy people, and upon the house of thy father, days which have not come, from the day when Ephraim departed from Judah,—even the king of Assyria.
Jeremiah 26:15Only, ye must, know, that If, ye, do put me, to death, verily innocent blood, are ye laying upon yourselves, and against this city, and against her inhabitants,—for of a truth, did Yahweh send me unto you, to speak in your ears, all these words.
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 →