Did the gods of the nations destroyed by my fathers rescue those nations--the gods of Gozan, Haran, and Rezeph, and of the people of Eden in Telassar? Did the gods of the nations destroyed by my fathers rescue those nations—Sennacherib appealed to Assyria’s long record of conquest and treated the fall of nations as proof that their gods had failed. His boast ignored the living God, who rules over every kingdom and is not confined to a land, army, or shrine. Isa 36:19-20 Where are the gods of Hamath and Arpad? Where are the gods…
2Ki 18:33-35 Has the god of any nation ever delivered his land…
2Ch 32:13-15 Do you not know what I and my fathers have done…
the gods of Gozan, Haran, and Rezeph, Gozan lay near the Habur River, Haran was an important Mesopotamian city associated with Abraham’s family, and Rezeph was another city overcome by Assyria. Their idols could neither hear nor save, but the Lord had permitted Assyria’s victories for His own purposes. Isa 37:12 Did the gods of the nations destroyed by my fathers…
2Ki 17:6 In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria…
Gen 11:31-32 And Terah took his son Abram, his grandson Lot…
and of the people of Eden in Telassar? Eden here designates a Mesopotamian people or region, not the garden in Genesis. Telassar’s precise location is uncertain, yet its inclusion magnifies Assyria’s claim of universal power. Sennacherib assumed Jerusalem would share the fate of conquered cities, but Hezekiah’s God would show that no human empire can overthrow His covenant purposes. Ezk 27:23 Haran, Canneh, and Eden traded with you,…
Ezk 31:16-18 I made the nations quake at the sound of its downfall,…
Amo 1:5 I will break down the gates of Damascus;…
Persons / Places / Events 1. SennacheribThe king of Assyria, known for his military campaigns and conquests. He is the antagonist in this account, challenging the power of the God of Israel. 2. HezekiahThe king of Judah, who is faced with the threat from Sennacherib. He is known for his faithfulness to God and his efforts to reform the religious practices in Judah. 3. AssyriaA powerful empire during this period, known for its military strength and expansionist policies. It poses a significant threat to the smaller kingdom of Judah. 4. Gozan, Haran, Rezeph, and the Edenites in TelassarThese are regions and peoples mentioned as having been conquered by the Assyrians, illustrating their extensive reach and power. 5. God of IsraelThe central figure in the account, whose power and sovereignty are contrasted with the false gods of the nations conquered by Assyria. Teaching Points Trust in God's SovereigntyDespite overwhelming odds, Hezekiah's account reminds us to trust in God's ultimate control and power over all earthly powers. The Futility of IdolatryThe Assyrians' conquests of nations with false gods highlight the impotence of idols compared to the living God of Israel. Prayer as a Response to CrisisHezekiah's immediate turn to prayer in the face of Sennacherib's threats serves as a model for believers to seek God first in times of trouble. God's Faithfulness to His PeopleThe account underscores God's commitment to protect and deliver those who remain faithful to Him, as seen in His response to Hezekiah's plea. The Power of God's WordThe fulfillment of God's promises through the prophet Isaiah demonstrates the reliability and authority of God's word. Bible Study Questions 1. How does Hezekiah's response to Sennacherib's threats challenge us to respond to our own crises today? 2. In what ways does the account of Sennacherib's conquests illustrate the limitations of human power compared to God's sovereignty? 3. How can we apply Hezekiah's example of prayer and reliance on God in our personal and communal lives? 4. What lessons can we learn from the fate of the nations mentioned in 2 Kings 19:12 regarding the worship of false gods? 5. How does the account of 2 Kings 19 encourage us to trust in the promises of God found in Scripture, and how can we apply this trust in our daily lives? Connections to Other Scriptures Isaiah 37This chapter parallels 2 Kings 19 and provides additional context and details about the events, including Hezekiah's prayer and God's response through the prophet Isaiah. 2 Chronicles 32Offers another account of Sennacherib's invasion and Hezekiah's response, emphasizing the role of faith and divine intervention. Psalm 46Often associated with this period, it speaks of God's protection and power, encouraging trust in Him amidst threats and turmoil. People Adrammelech, Amoz, Assyrians, David, Eliakim, Esarhaddon, Haran, Hezekiah, Isaiah, Rabshakeh, Sennacherib, Sharezer, Shebna, TirhakahPlaces Ararat, Arpad, Assyria, Cush, Egypt, Gozan, Hamath, Haran, Hena, Ivvah, Jerusalem, Lachish, Lebanon, Libnah, Mount Zion, Nineveh, Rezeph, Sepharvaim, Telassar, Tigris-Euphrates Region, ZionTopics Assar, Deliver, Delivered, Destroyed, Destruction, Eden, Fathers, Forefathers, Gods, Gozan, Haran, Nations, Rezeph, Safe, Sons, Tel, Telassar, Tel-assar, Thelasar, ThelassarDictionary of Bible Themes 2 Kings 19:12 8748 false religion 2 Kings 19:9-12 5896 irreverence 2 Kings 19:11-13 5776 achievement Library 'He Uttered his Voice, the Earth Melted'
'Then Isaiah the son of Amos sent to Hezekiah, saying, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, That which thou hast prayed to Me against Sennacherib king of Assyria I have heard. 21. This is the word that the Lord hath spoken concerning him; The virgin, the daughter of Zion, hath despised thee, and laughed thee to scorn; the daughter of Jerusalem hath shaken her head at thee. 22. Whom hast thou reproached and blasphemed? and against whom hast thou exalted thy voice, and lifted up thine eyes on high? even …
Alexander Maclaren—Expositions of Holy ScriptureThe Invasion of the Assyrians
(Thirteenth Sunday after Trinity, Morning.) 2 Kings xix. 15-19. And Hezekiah prayed before the Lord, and said, O Lord God of Israel, which dwellest between the cherubims, thou art the Lord, even thou alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth; thou hast made heaven and earth. Lord, bow down thine ear, and hear: open, Lord, thine eyes, and see: and hear the words of Sennacherib, which hath sent him to reproach the living God. Of a truth, Lord, the kings of Assyria have destroyed the nations and their …
Charles Kingsley—Town and Country Sermons Whether Charity Requires that we Should Love Our Enemies?
Objection 1: It would seem that charity does not require us to love our enemies. For Augustine says (Enchiridion lxxiii) that "this great good," namely, the love of our enemies, is "not so universal in its application, as the object of our petition when we say: Forgive us our trespasses." Now no one is forgiven sin without he have charity, because, according to Prov. 10:12, "charity covereth all sins." Therefore charity does not require that we should love our enemies. Objection 2: Further, charity …
Saint Thomas Aquinas—Summa Theologica The Sinner Arraigned and Convicted.
1. Conviction of guilt necessary.--2. A charge of rebellion against God advanced.--3. Where it is shown--that all men are born under God's law.--4. That no man hath perfectly kept it.--5. An appeal to the reader's conscience on this head, that he hath not.--6. That to have broken it, is an evil inexpressibly great.--7. Illustrated by a more particular view of the aggravations of this guilt, arising--from knowledge.--8. From divine favors received.--9. From convictions of conscience overborne.--10. …
Philip Doddridge—The Rise and Progress of Religion in the Soul The Power of Assyria at Its Zenith; Esarhaddon and Assur-Bani-Pal
The Medes and Cimmerians: Lydia--The conquest of Egypt, of Arabia, and of Elam. As we have already seen, Sennacherib reigned for eight years after his triumph; eight years of tranquillity at home, and of peace with all his neighbours abroad. If we examine the contemporary monuments or the documents of a later period, and attempt to glean from them some details concerning the close of his career, we find that there is a complete absence of any record of national movement on the part of either Elam, …
G. Maspero—History Of Egypt, Chaldaea, Syria, Babylonia, and Assyria, V 8 The Golden Eagle is Cut to Pieces. Herod's Barbarity when He was Ready to Die. He Attempts to Kill Himself. He Commands Antipater to be Slain.
1. Now Herod's distemper became more and more severe to him, and this because these his disorders fell upon him in his old age, and when he was in a melancholy condition; for he was already seventy years of age, and had been brought by the calamities that happened to him about his children, whereby he had no pleasure in life, even when he was in health; the grief also that Antipater was still alive aggravated his disease, whom he resolved to put to death now not at random, but as soon as he should …
Flavius Josephus—The Wars of the Jews or History of the Destruction of Jerusalem A Discourse of the House and Forest of Lebanon
OF THE HOUSE OF THE FOREST OF LEBANON. ADVERTISEMENT BY THE EDITOR. That part of Palestine in which the celebrated mountains of Lebanon are situated, is the border country adjoining Syria, having Sidon for its seaport, and Land, nearly adjoining the city of Damascus, on the north. This metropolitan city of Syria, and capital of the kingdom of Damascus, was strongly fortified; and during the border conflicts it served as a cover to the Assyrian army. Bunyan, with great reason, supposes that, to keep …
John Bunyan—The Works of John Bunyan Volumes 1-3 It is Strange that These Delightful Promises Affect us Coldly...
It is strange that these delightful promises affect us coldly, or scarcely at all, so that the generality of men prefer to wander up and down, forsaking the fountain of living waters, and hewing out to themselves broken cisterns, rather than embrace the divine liberality voluntarily offered to them (Jer. 2:13). "The name of the Lord," says Solomon, "is a strong tower; the righteous runneth into it, and is safe." (Pr. 18:10) Joel, after predicting the fearful disaster which was at hand, subjoins the …
John Calvin—Of Prayer--A Perpetual Exercise of Faith Scriptural Types.
1. The material world is full of analogies adapted to the illustration of spiritual things. No teacher ever drew from this inexhaustible storehouse such a rich variety of examples as our Saviour. His disciples are the salt of the earth, the light of the world, and a city set on a hill. From the ravens which God feeds and the lilies which God clothes, he teaches the unreasonableness of worldly anxiety. The kingdom of heaven is like seed sown in different soils, like a field of wheat and tares …
E. P. Barrows—Companion to the Bible Letter xxviii (Circa A. D. 1130) to the Abbots Assembled at Soissons
To the Abbots Assembled at Soissons [45] Bernard urges the abbots zealously to perform the duty for which they had met. He recommends to them a great desire of spiritual progress, and begs them not to be delayed in their work if lukewarm and lax persons should perhaps murmur. To the Reverend Abbots met in the name of the Lord in Chapter at Soissons, brother Bernard, Abbot of Clairvaux, the servant of their Holiness, health and prayer that they may see, establish, and observe the things which are …
Saint Bernard of Clairvaux—Some Letters of Saint Bernard, Abbot of Clairvaux A Living Book
[Illustration: (drop cap T) Symbol of "Asshur", the principal Assyrian idol.] There is only one Book that never grows old. For thousands of years men have been writing books. Most books are forgotten soon after they are written; a few of the best and wisest are remembered for a time. But all at last grow old; new discoveries are made; new ideas arise; the old books are out of date; their usefulness is at an end. Students are the only people who still care to read them. The nations to which the …
Mildred Duff—The Bible in its Making The First Commandment
Thou shalt have no other gods before me.' Exod 20: 3. Why is the commandment in the second person singular, Thou? Why does not God say, You shall have no other gods? Because the commandment concerns every one, and God would have each one take it as spoken to him by name. Though we are forward to take privileges to ourselves, yet we are apt to shift off duties from ourselves to others; therefore the commandment is in the second person, Thou and Thou, that every one may know that it is spoken to him, …
Thomas Watson—The Ten Commandments The Prophet Amos.
GENERAL PRELIMINARY REMARKS. It will not be necessary to extend our preliminary remarks on the prophet Amos, since on the main point--viz., the circumstances under which he appeared as a prophet--the introduction to the prophecies of Hosea may be regarded as having been written for those of Amos also. For, according to the inscription, they belong to the same period at which Hosea's prophetic ministry began, viz., the latter part of the reign of Jeroboam II., and after Uzziah had ascended the …
Ernst Wilhelm Hengstenberg—Christology of the Old Testament Kings
The book[1] of Kings is strikingly unlike any modern historical narrative. Its comparative brevity, its curious perspective, and-with some brilliant exceptions--its relative monotony, are obvious to the most cursory perusal, and to understand these things is, in large measure, to understand the book. It covers a period of no less than four centuries. Beginning with the death of David and the accession of Solomon (1 Kings i., ii.) it traverses his reign with considerable fulness (1 Kings iii.-xi.), …
John Edgar McFadyen—Introduction to the Old Testament Links 2 Kings 19:12 NIV2 Kings 19:12 NLT2 Kings 19:12 ESV2 Kings 19:12 NASB2 Kings 19:12 KJV
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