2 Chronicles 32:13

Know ye not what I and my fathers have done unto all the people of other lands? were the gods of the nations of those lands any ways able to deliver their lands out of mine hand?

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
Know	תֵדְע֗וּ te.de.'U	H3045	to know (properly · verb, qal imperfect, 2nd person masculine plural
fathers	וַאֲבוֹתַ֔י va.'a.vo.Tai	H1	father · conjunction + noun, common feminine plural construct + pronominal suffix
done	עָשִׂ֙יתִי֙ 'a.Si.ti	H6213	to do or make · verb, qal perfect, 1st person common singular
people	עַמֵּ֣י 'a.Mei	H5971	a people (as a congregated unit) · noun, common masculine plural construct
lands	הָאֲרָצ֑וֹת ha.'a.ra.Tzot	H776	the earth (at large · definite article + noun, common feminine plural absolute
gods	אֱלֹהֵי֙ 'e.lo.Hei	H430	gods in the ordinary sense · noun, common masculine plural construct
nations	גּוֹיֵ֣ go.Ye	H1471	a foreign nation · noun, common masculine plural construct
lands	הָאֲרָצ֔וֹת ha.'a.ra.Tzot	H776	the earth (at large · definite article + noun, common feminine plural absolute
ways	הֲיָכ֣וֹל ha.ya.Khol	H3201	to be able · interrogative particle + verb, qal infinitive absolute
able	יָֽכְל֗וּ ya.khe.Lu	H3201	to be able · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person common plural
deliver	לְהַצִּ֥יל le.ha.Tzil	H5337	to snatch away · preposition + verb, hiphil infinitive construct
lands	אַרְצָ֖ם 'ar.Tzam	H776	the earth (at large · noun, common feminine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine plural
hand	מִיָּדִֽי mi.ya.Di	H3027	a hand (the open one (indicating power · preposition + noun, common both genders singular construct + pronominal suffix

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

2 Kings 18:33-35 Hath any of the gods of the nations delivered at all his land out of the hand of the king of Assyria?
2 Kings 15:29 In the days of Pekah king of Israel came Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, and took Ijon, and Abel-beth-maachah, and Janoah, and Kedesh, and…
2 Kings 17:5-6 Then the king of Assyria came up throughout all the land, and went up to Samaria, and besieged it three years.
2 Kings 19:11-13 Behold, thou hast heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands, by destroying them utterly: and shalt thou be delivered?
2 Kings 19:17-19 Of a truth, LORD, the kings of Assyria have destroyed the nations and their lands,
2 Chronicles 32:19 And they spake against the God of Jerusalem, as against the gods of the people of the earth, which were the work of the hands of man.
Psalms 115:3-8 But our God is in the heavens: he hath done whatsoever he hath pleased.
Isaiah 10:9-10 Is not Calno as Carchemish? is not Hamath as Arpad? is not Samaria as Damascus?

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 32:9-23

This story of the rage and blasphemy of Sennacherib, Hezekiah's prayer, and the deliverance of Jerusalem by the destruction of the Assyrian army, we had more at large in the book of Kings, 2 Kings 18 and 19. It is contracted here, yet large enough to show these three things: - I. The impiety and malice of the church's enemies. Sennacherib has his hands full in besieging Lachish (Ch2 32:9), but hears that Hezekiah is fortifying Jerusalem and encouraging his people to stand it out; and therefore, before he come in person to besiege it, he sends messengers to make speeches, and he himself writes letters to frighten Hezekiah and his people into a surrender of the city. See, 1. His great malice…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Chronicles 32:9

(See on 2Ki. 18:17-35; also 2Ki. 19:8-34).

Adam Clarke on 2 Chronicles 32:10

Thus saith Sennacherib - See all these circumstances largely explained 2 Kings 18:17-36 (note).

John Gill on 2 Chronicles 32:12

Hath not the same Hezekiah taken away his high places,.... For the sense of this and the three following verses, see the notes on Isaiah 36:17; see Gill on Isaiah 36:18, Isaiah 36:19, Isaiah 36:20

Tyndale Open Study Notes on 2 Chronicles 32:10-19

The Assyrian king’s threats clarified the critical issues for the people of Jerusalem. The real question was whether or not to trust in God. The enemy king suggested that Hezekiah could not be trusted (32:11-12) because he had offended the Lord by tearing down God’s shrines and altars. However, just the opposite was true. This reform was Hezekiah’s greatest act of faithfulness to the Lord. The question came down to whether God could be trusted against the power of Assyria (32:11-15).

Dictionary and topics

Sennacherib — Sin (the god) sends many brothers, son of Sargon, whom he succeeded on the throne of Assyria (B.C. 705), in the 23rd year of Hezekiah. “Like the Persian Xerxes, he was weak and vainglorious, cowardly…
Presumption · Exemplified: Sennacherib — Exemplified: Sennacherib
Self-Exaltation · .Sennacherib — .Sennacherib
Sennacherib · and returns to Assyria — and returns to Assyria
Siege · .By Sennacherib — .By Sennacherib

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 32:9-23

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Chronicles 32:9

Adam Clarke on 2 Chronicles 32:10

John Gill on 2 Chronicles 32:12

Tyndale Open Study Notes on 2 Chronicles 32:10-19

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Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 32:9-23

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Chronicles 32:9

Adam Clarke on 2 Chronicles 32:10

John Gill on 2 Chronicles 32:12

Tyndale Open Study Notes on 2 Chronicles 32:10-19

Dictionary and topics

Rashi on 2 Chronicles 32:12