2 Kings 19:18

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.

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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

17Of a truth, LORD, the kings of Assyria have destroyed the nations and their lands,

19Now therefore, O LORD our God, I beseech thee, save thou us from his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that thou art the LORD God, even thou only.

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Cross References

2 Samuel 5:21And there they left their images, and David and his men burned them.

Psalms 115:4Their idols are silver and gold; the work of men's hands.

Isaiah 44:9They that make a graven image are all of them vanity; and their delectable things shall not profit; and they are their own witnesses; they see not, nor know; that they may be ashamed.

Jeremiah 10:3For the customs of the people are vain: for one cutteth a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman, with the ax.

Jeremiah 16:20Shall a man make gods to himself, and they 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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