So this is what the LORD says about the king of Assyria: 'He will not enter this city or shoot an arrow into it. He will not come before it with a shield or build up a siege ramp against it. So this is what the LORD says about the king of Assyria:The LORD speaks with absolute authority over Sennacherib, whose armies had conquered much of Judah and appeared unstoppable. The fate of Jerusalem would not be determined by Assyrian strength, military strategy, or Hezekiah’s resources, but by the God who rules kings and nations. Isa 37:22 this is the word that the LORD has spoken against him:…
Isa 10:12 So when the Lord has completed all His work…
Nam 1:14 The LORD has issued a command concerning you, O Nineveh:…
‘He will not enter this city Sennacherib would not take Jerusalem or triumph over the city where the LORD had placed His name. Though Judah deserved judgment for its sin, God would preserve Jerusalem for His own glory and for the sake of His covenant with David. Psa 48:4-5 For behold, the kings assembled; they all advanced together.…
Psa 46:5 God is within her; she will not be moved.…
Zec 2:5 For I will be a wall of fire around it, declares the LORD,…
or shoot an arrow into it. The Assyrian army would not even begin the assault normally expected in a siege. The LORD’s protection extended to every stage of the enemy’s intended attack, demonstrating that no power can advance beyond the boundary God permits. Isa 37:33 So this is what the LORD says about the king of Assyria:…
Jer 50:14 Line up in formation around Babylon, all you who draw the bow!…
Psa 11:2 For behold, the wicked bend their bows.…
He will not come before it with a shield Assyrian soldiers would not approach Jerusalem’s walls in battle formation. The army that had intimidated nations would be turned away without engaging the city in the combat it had prepared to wage. Isa 22:6 Elam takes up a quiver, with chariots and horsemen…
Jer 46:3-4 “Deploy your shields, small and large; advance for battle!…
Nam 2:3 The shields of his mighty men are red; the valiant warriors…
or build up a siege ramp against it. Jerusalem would not undergo the prolonged siege that had brought devastation to other fortified cities, including Lachish. That night the angel of the LORD struck down 185,000 Assyrian soldiers, and Sennacherib returned to Nineveh in disgrace. The deliverance revealed that the LORD Himself defended His people when human strength could not save them. Jer 6:6 For this is what the LORD of Hosts says:…
Ezk 4:2 Then lay siege against it: Construct a siege wall,…
2Ki 25:1 Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon marched against Jerusalem…
Persons / Places / Events 1. The LORDThe sovereign God of Israel, who speaks through the prophet Isaiah to deliver a message of assurance and protection. 2. King of AssyriaRefers to Sennacherib, the Assyrian king who threatened Jerusalem during the reign of King Hezekiah. 3. JerusalemThe capital city of Judah, under threat from the Assyrian army but promised divine protection. 4. Prophet IsaiahThe prophet through whom God delivers His message of deliverance to King Hezekiah and the people of Jerusalem. 5. King HezekiahThe king of Judah who seeks God's intervention against the Assyrian threat. Teaching Points God's Sovereignty and ProtectionGod is in control of all nations and their leaders. His plans cannot be thwarted by human power or military might. The Power of PrayerHezekiah's response to the threat was to seek God in prayer. This teaches us the importance of turning to God in times of crisis. Faith in God's PromisesBelievers are called to trust in God's promises, even when circumstances seem dire. God's word is reliable and true. Divine InterventionGod intervenes in the affairs of nations and individuals. His intervention is often beyond human understanding and expectation. The Role of ProphetsProphets like Isaiah played a crucial role in communicating God's will and providing guidance and assurance to His people. Bible Study Questions 1. How does the assurance given in 2 Kings 19:32 reflect God's character and His relationship with His people? 2. In what ways can we apply Hezekiah's response to crisis in our own lives today? 3. How does the promise of protection in this verse encourage us to trust in God's sovereignty over current world events? 4. What role does prayer play in seeking God's intervention in our personal and communal challenges? 5. How can we discern and rely on God's promises in the face of overwhelming circumstances, as demonstrated in this passage? Connections to Other Scriptures Isaiah 37:33This verse parallels 2 Kings 19:32, as it records the same prophecy, emphasizing God's promise of protection. Psalm 46This psalm reflects the theme of God as a refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble, which aligns with God's promise to protect Jerusalem. 2 Chronicles 32:20-22Chronicles the same event, highlighting Hezekiah's prayer and God's deliverance, reinforcing the power of prayer and divine intervention. 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 Arms, Arrow, Asshur, Assyria, Bank, Build, Cast, Cause, Earthwork, Enter, Mound, Mount, Pour, Ramp, Says, Shield, Shoot, Siege, Throw, Thus, TownDictionary of Bible Themes 2 Kings 19:32 5206 archers
5527 shield 2 Kings 19:20-37 1429 prophecy, OT fulfilment 2 Kings 19:32-34 5292 defence, divine 2 Kings 19:32-36 7470 temple, significance 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 19:32 NIV2 Kings 19:32 NLT2 Kings 19:32 ESV2 Kings 19:32 NASB2 Kings 19:32 KJV
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