2 Kings 19:26

Therefore their inhabitants were of small power, they were dismayed and confounded; they were as the grass of the field, and as the green herb, as the grass on the house tops, and as corn blasted before it be grown up.

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Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
inhabitants	וְיֹֽשְׁבֵיהֶן֙ ve.yo.she.vei.Hen	H3427	properly · conjunction + verb, qal active participle, masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person feminine plural
small	קִצְרֵי kitz.rei-	H7116	short (whether in size · adjective, masculine plural construct
power	יָ֔ד Yad	H3027	a hand (the open one (indicating power · noun, common both genders singular absolute
dismayed	חַ֖תּוּ Cha.tu	H2865	properly · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person common plural
confounded	וַיֵּבֹ֑שׁוּ vai.ye.Vo.shu	H954	properly · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural
grass	עֵ֤שֶׂב 'E.sev	H6212	grass (or any tender shoot) · noun, common masculine singular construct
field	שָׂדֶה֙ sa.Deh	H7704	a field (as flat) · noun, common masculine singular absolute
green	וִ֣ירַק Vi.rak	H3419	properly · conjunction + noun, common masculine singular construct
herb	דֶּ֔שֶׁא De.she'	H1877	a sprout · noun, common masculine singular absolute
grass	חֲצִ֣יר cha.Tzir	H2682	grass · noun, common masculine singular construct
housetops	גַּגּ֔וֹת ga.goyt	H1406	a roof · noun, common feminine plural absolute
blasted	וּשְׁדֵפָ֖ה u.she.de.Fah	H7711	blight · conjunction + noun, common feminine singular absolute
before	לִפְנֵ֥י lif.Nei	H6440	the face (as the part that turns) · preposition + noun, common masculine plural construct
up	קָמָֽה ka.Mah	H7054	something that rises · noun, common feminine singular absolute

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

Numbers 11:23 And the LORD said unto Moses, Is the LORD’s hand waxed short? thou shalt see now whether my word shall come to pass unto thee or not.
Numbers 14:9 Only rebel not ye against the LORD, neither fear ye the people of the land; for they are bread for us: their defence is departed from them,…
Psalms 48:4-7 For, lo, the kings were assembled, they passed by together.
Psalms 92:7 When the wicked spring as the grass, and when all the workers of iniquity do flourish; it is that they shall be destroyed for ever:
Psalms 102:11 My days are like a shadow that declineth; and I am withered like grass.
Psalms 127:1 Except the LORD build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the LORD keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain.
Psalms 129:6-8 Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, which withereth afore it groweth up:
Isaiah 40:6-8 The voice said, Cry. And he said, What shall I cry? All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field:

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Kings 19:20-34

We have here the gracious copious answer which God gave to Hezekiah's prayer. The message which he sent him by the same hand (Kg2 19:6, Kg2 19:7), one would think, was an answer sufficient to his prayer; but, that he might have strong consolation, he was encouraged by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, Heb 6:18. In general, God assured him that his prayer was heard, his prayer against Sennacherib, Kg2 19:20. Note, The case of those that have the prayers of God's people against them is miserable. For, if the oppressed cry to God against the oppressor, he will hear, Exo 22:23. God hears and answers, hears with the saving strength of his right hand, Psa 20:6. This…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Kings 19:20

Then Isaiah . . . sent--A revelation having been made to Isaiah, the prophet announced to the king that his prayer was heard. The prophetic message consisted of three different portions:--First, Sennacherib is apostrophized (Kg2 19:21-28) in a highly poetical strain, admirably descriptive of the turgid vanity, haughty pretensions, and presumptuous impiety of the Assyrian despot. Secondly, Hezekiah is addressed (Kg2 19:29-31), and a sign is given him of the promised deliverance--namely, that for two years the presence of the enemy would interrupt the peaceful pursuits of husbandry, but in the third year the people would be in circumstances to till their fields and vineyards and reap the fruit…

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Adam Clarke on 2 Kings 19:25

Hast thou not heard - Here Jehovah speaks, and shows this boasting king that what he had done was done by the Divine appointment, and that of his own counsel and might he could have done nothing. It was because God had appointed them to this civil destruction that he had overcome them; and it was not through his might; for God had made their inhabitants of small power, so that he only got the victory over men whom God had confounded, dismayed, and enervated, Kg2 19:26.

John Gill

Dictionary and topics

Grass — (1.) Heb. hatsir, ripe grass fit for mowing (1 Kings 18:5; Job 40:15; Ps. 104:14). As the herbage rapidly fades under the scorching sun, it is used as an image of the brevity of human life (Isa.…
Herb — (1.) Heb. ‘eseb, any green plant; herbage (Gen. 1:11, 12, 29, 30; 2:5; 3:18, etc.); comprehending vegetables and all green herbage (Amos 7:1, 2). (2.) Yarak, green; any green thing; foliage of trees…
Leek — (Heb. hatsir; the Allium porrum), rendered “grass” in 1 Kings 18:5, 2 Kings 19:26, Job 40:15, etc.; “herb” in Job 8:12; “hay” in Prov. 27:25, and Isa. 15:6; “leeks” only in Num. 11:5. This Hebrew…
Prayer — Is converse with God; the intercourse of the soul with God, not in contemplation or meditation, but in direct address to him. Prayer may be oral or mental, occasional or constant, ejaculatory or…
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…
Agency · IN EXECUTING — IN EXECUTING
Assyria · Sennacherib king of: Reproved for pride and blasphemy — Sennacherib king of: Reproved for pride and blasphemy
Grass · Illustrative: (On tops of houses,) of the wicked — Illustrative: (On tops of houses,) of the wicked
Herbs, & C · Called the green herbs — Called the green herbs
Hezekiah · .Prophecies concerning — .Prophecies concerning
Jerusalem · Calamities of, mentioned: Besieged but not taken by Sennacherib — Calamities of, mentioned: Besieged but not taken by Sennacherib

2 Kings 19:26

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Kings 19:20-34

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Kings 19:20

Adam Clarke on 2 Kings 19:25

John Gill

Dictionary and topics

2 Kings 19:26

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Kings 19:20-34

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Kings 19:20

Adam Clarke on 2 Kings 19:25

John Gill

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on 2 Kings 19:20-34

Tyndale Open Study Notes on 2 Kings 19:25-26

Rashi on 2 Kings 19:26