2 Chronicles 32:8

With him is an arm of flesh; but with us is the LORD our God to help us, and to fight our battles. And the people rested themselves upon the words of Hezekiah king of Judah.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
arm	זְר֣וֹעַ ze.Ro.a'	H2220	the arm (as stretched out) · noun, common feminine singular construct
flesh	בָּשָׂ֔ר ba.Sar	H1320	flesh (from its freshness) · noun, common masculine singular absolute
LORD	יְהוָ֤ה Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · proper noun, a title
God	אֱלֹהֵ֙ינוּ֙ 'e.lo.Hei.nu	H430	gods in the ordinary sense · noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix
help	לְעָזְרֵ֔נוּ le.'a.ze.Re.nu	H5826	to surround · preposition + verb, qal infinitive construct + pronominal suffix
fight	וּלְהִלָּחֵ֖ם u.le.hi.la.Chem	H3898	to feed on · conjunction + preposition + verb, niphal infinitive construct
battles	מִלְחֲמֹתֵ֑נוּ mil.cha.mo.Te.nu	H4421	a battle (i.e. the engagement) · noun, common feminine plural construct + pronominal suffix
people	הָעָ֔ם ha.'Am	H5971	a people (as a congregated unit) · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
rested	וַיִּסָּמְכ֣וּ vai.yi.sa.me.Khu	H5564	to prop (literally or figuratively) · conjunction + verb, niphal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural
words	דִּבְרֵ֖י div.Rei	H1697	a word · noun, common masculine plural construct
Hezekiah	יְחִזְקִיָּה Yᵉchizqîyâh	H3169	Jechizkijah
king	מֶֽלֶךְ Me.lekh-	H4428	a king · noun, common masculine singular construct
Judah	יְהוּדָֽה ye.hu.Dah	H3063	Jehudah (or Judah) · proper noun, a place name

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

Jeremiah 17:5 Thus saith the LORD; Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the LORD.
2 Chronicles 20:17 Ye shall not need to fight in this battle: set yourselves, stand ye still, and see the salvation of the LORD with you, O Judah and Jerusalem…
Acts 18:10 For I am with thee, and no man shall set on thee to hurt thee: for I have much people in this city.
2 Timothy 4:17 Notwithstanding the Lord stood with me, and strengthened me; that by me the preaching might be fully known, and that all the Gentiles might…
2 Chronicles 20:15 And he said, Hearken ye, all Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem, and thou king Jehoshaphat, Thus saith the LORD unto you, Be not afraid…
Isaiah 41:10 Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee…
Psalms 46:11 The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.
1 John 4:4 Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 32:1-8

Here is, I. The formidable design of Sennacherib against Hezekiah's kingdom, and the vigorous attempt he made upon it. This Sennacherib was now, as Nebuchadnezzar was afterwards, the terror and scourge and great oppressor of that part of the world. He aimed to raise a boundless monarchy for himself upon the ruins of all his neighbours. His predecessor Shalmaneser had lately made himself master of the kingdom of Israel, and carried the ten tribes captives. Sennacherib thought, in like manner, to win Judah for himself. Pride and ambition put men upon grasping at universal dominion. It is observable that, just about this time, Rome, a city which afterwards came to reign more than any other had…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Chronicles 32:6

he . . . gathered them together . . . in the street--that is, the large open space at the gate of Eastern cities. Having equipped his soldiers with a full suit of military accoutrements, he addressed them in an animated strain, dwelling on the motives they had to inspire courage and confidence of success, especially on their consciousness of the favor and helping power of God.

Adam Clarke on 2 Chronicles 32:7

There be more with us than with him - We have more power than they have. (These words he quotes from the prophet Elisha, Kg2 6:16). This was soon proved to be true by the slaughter made by the angel of the Lord in the Assyrian camp.

John Gill on 2 Chronicles 32:8

With him is an arm of flesh,.... Only weak, frail, mortal men, not at all to be feared; nothing in comparison of the Lord: but with us is the Lord our God, to help us, and to fight our battles; who is the Lord God Almighty, who has the host of heaven at his command, and with whom all the inhabitants of the earth are as nothing; the Targum is,"the Word of the Lord our God is for us to help us, and fight our battles:" and the people rested themselves upon the words of Hezekiah king of Judah; not upon his bare words, but on what was contained in them, on the strength and power of the Lord God he assured them was on their side; they believed what he said to be true, and trusted in the Lord tha…

Dictionary and topics

Flesh — In the Old Testament denotes (1) a particular part of the body of man and animals (Gen. 2:21; 41:2; Ps. 102:5, marg.); (2) the whole body (Ps. 16:9); (3) all living things having flesh, and…
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…
Courage · The Israelites — The Israelites
Faith · ENJOINE — ENJOINE
Sennacherib · and returns to Assyria — and returns to Assyria
Siege · .By Sennacherib — .By Sennacherib
Sieges · Cities invested by: Inhabitants of, exhorted to be courageous — Cities invested by: Inhabitants of, exhorted to be courageous

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).

2 Chronicles 32:8

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 32:1-8

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Chronicles 32:6

Adam Clarke on 2 Chronicles 32:7

John Gill on 2 Chronicles 32:8

Dictionary and topics

2 Chronicles 32:8

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 32:1-8

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Chronicles 32:6

Adam Clarke on 2 Chronicles 32:7

John Gill on 2 Chronicles 32:8

Dictionary and topics

Tyndale Open Study Notes on 2 Chronicles 32:3-5

Rashi on 2 Chronicles 32:5