2 Kings 19:14-28
Summary for 2Kgs 19:14-19: 19:14-19 a Hezekiah received Sennacherib’s blasphemous letter and immediately took it to theinto the house of the Lord’s Temple. His prayer to God was a lament of praise (19:15 b) and petition (19:16-19 c).Summary for 2Kgs 19:16-19: 19:16-19 d Sennacherib’s successes were irrelevant because—unlike the gods of these nations, who were not gods at all—Yahweh was the living God.
Summary for 2Kgs 19:21-28: 19:21-28 e The phrase virgin daughter is often used regarding civic identity (Isa 23:12 f; 37:22 g; 47:1 h; Jer 18:13 i). Here, the metaphor implies that as a young maiden is rescued from her attacker, so God will rescue Jerusalem. The Lord’s answer was delivered as a “taunt song,” a common literary form in the ancient Near East that rejoiced over an enemy’s humiliation (cp. Isa 14:3-20 j).
Summary for 2Kgs 19:23-24: 19:23-24 k highest mountains ... of Lebanon: In his annals, Sennacherib told of scaling high mountain passes and felling Lebanon’s great trees. Sennacherib felt invincible, but he was a mere man, no match for the omniscient Lord of the universe (1 Chr 28:9 l).
Summary for 2Kgs 19:25-26: 19:25-26 m I am making it happen: All of Sennacherib’s great accomplishments were what God had planned for him.
Summary for 2Kgs 19:27-28: 19:27-28 n I know you well: See Pss 44:21 o; 94:11 p.
• hook ... bit: The Assyrian annals mention similar mistreatment of prisoners; the Lord would do to Sennacherib what he and his predecessors had done to those they subjugated.
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