2 Kings 19:4

It may be the LORD thy God will hear all the words of Rabshakeh, whom the king of Assyria his master hath sent to reproach the living God; and will reprove the words which the LORD thy God hath heard: wherefore lift up thy prayer for the remnant that are left.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
be	אוּלַ֡י 'u.Lai	H194	if not · adverb
LORD	יְהוָ֨ה Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · proper noun, a title
God	אֱלֹהֶ֜יךָ 'e.lo.Hei.kha	H430	gods in the ordinary sense · noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular
hear	יִשְׁמַע֩ yish.Ma'	H8085	to hear intelligently (often with implication of attent… · verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
words	דִּבְרֵ֣י div.Rei	H1697	a word · noun, common masculine plural construct
Rab-shakeh	רַב rav-	H7262	Rabshakeh · noun, masculine singular absolute
king	מֶֽלֶךְ Me.lekh-	H4428	a king · noun, common masculine singular construct
Assyria	אַשּׁ֤וּר 'a.Shur	H804	Ashshur · proper noun, a place name
master	אֲדֹנָיו֙ 'a.do.Nav	H113	sovereign · noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
sent	שְׁלָח֨וֹ she.la.Cho	H7971	to send away · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
reproach	לְחָרֵף֙ le.cha.Ref	H2778	to pull off · preposition + verb, piel infinitive construct
living	חַ֔י Chai	H2416	alive · adjective, masculine singular absolute
God	אֱלֹהִ֣ים 'E.lo.Him	H430	gods in the ordinary sense · noun, common masculine plural absolute
reprove	וְהוֹכִ֙יחַ֙ ve.ho.Khi.ach	H3198	to be right (i.e. correct) · conjunction + verb, hiphil sequential perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
words	בַּדְּבָרִ֔ים ba.de.va.Rim	H1697	a word · preposition with the article + noun, common masculine plural absolute
LORD	יְהוָ֣ה Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · proper noun, a title
God	אֱלֹהֶ֑יךָ 'e.lo.Hei.kha	H430	gods in the ordinary sense · noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular
heard	שָׁמַ֖ע sha.Ma'	H8085	to hear intelligently (often with implication of attent… · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
up	וְנָשָׂ֣אתָ ve.na.Sa.ta	H5375	to lift · conjunction + verb, qal sequential perfect, 2nd person masculine singular
prayer	תְפִלָּ֔ה te.fi.Lah	H8605	intercession · noun, common feminine singular absolute
remnant	הַשְּׁאֵרִ֖ית ha.she.'e.Rit	H7611	a remainder or residual (surviving · definite article + noun, common feminine singular absolute
left	הַנִּמְצָאָֽה ha.nim.tza.'Ah	H4672	properly · definite article + verb, niphal active participle, feminine singular absolute

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Cross-references

2 Samuel 16:12 It may be that the LORD will look on mine affliction, and that the LORD will requite me good for his cursing this day.
Joshua 14:12 Now therefore give me this mountain, whereof the LORD spake in that day; for thou heardest in that day how the Anakims were there, and that…
Ezekiel 36:37 Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will yet for this be enquired of by the house of Israel, to do it for them; I will increase them with men like a…
Romans 9:27 Esaias also crieth concerning Israel, Though the number of the children of Israel be as the sand of the sea, a remnant shall be saved:
James 5:16-17 Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availet…
Genesis 22:14 And Abraham called the name of that place Jehovah-jireh: as it is said to this day, In the mount of the LORD it shall be seen.
Deuteronomy 32:36 For the LORD shall judge his people, and repent himself for his servants, when he seeth that their power is gone, and there is none shut up,…
1 Samuel 14:6 And Jonathan said to the young man that bare his armour, Come, and let us go over unto the garrison of these uncircumcised: it may be that t…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Kings 19:1-7

The contents of Rabshakeh's speech being brought to Hezekiah, one would have expected (and it is likely Rabshakeh did expect) that he would call a council of war and it would be debated whether it was best to capitulate or no. Before the siege, he had taken counsel with his princes and his mighty men, Ch2 32:3. But that would not do now; his greatest relief is that he has a God to go to, and what passed between him and his God on this occasion we have here an account of. I. Hezekiah discovered a deep concern at the dishonour done to God by Rabshakeh's blasphemy. When he heard it, though at second hand, he rent his clothes and covered himself with sackcloth, Kg2 19:1. Good men were wont to do…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Kings 19:4

the living God--"The living God" is a most significant expression taken in connection with the senseless deities that Rab-shakeh boasted were unable to resist his master's victorious arms.

Adam Clarke on 2 Kings 19:4

The remnant that are left - That is, the Jews; the ten tribes having been already carried away captive by the kings of Assyria.

John Gill on 2 Kings 19:1

And it came to pass, when King Hezekiah heard it,.... The report of Rabshakeh's speech, recorded in the preceding chapter: that he rent his clothes, and covered himself with sackcloth; rent his clothes because of the blasphemy in the speech; and he put on sackcloth, in token of mourning, for the calamities he feared were coming on him and his people: and he went into the house of the Lord; the temple, to pray unto him. The message he sent to Isaiah, with his answer, and the threatening letter of the king of Assyria, Hezekiah's prayer upon it, and the encouraging answer he had from the Lord, with the account of the destruction of the Assyrian army, and the death of Sennacherib, are the same…

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Dictionary and topics

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…
Blasphemy · Exemplified: Sennacherib — Exemplified: Sennacherib
Diplomacy · harangue — harangue
Jerusalem · Calamities of, mentioned: Besieged but not taken by Sennacherib — Calamities of, mentioned: Besieged but not taken by Sennacherib
Rab-Shakeh (Rabshakeh) · to Hezekiah and the surren — to Hezekiah and the surren
Reviling And Reproaching · Saints: Pray under — Saints: Pray under

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 Kings 19:4

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Matthew Henry on 2 Kings 19:1-7

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Kings 19:4

Adam Clarke on 2 Kings 19:4

John Gill on 2 Kings 19:1

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2 Kings 19:4

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Kings 19:1-7

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Kings 19:4

Adam Clarke on 2 Kings 19:4

John Gill on 2 Kings 19:1

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on 2 Kings 19:4

Tyndale Open Study Notes on 2 Kings 19:4

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