What Does 2 Chronicles 32:17 Mean?

“also letters”

properly, writing (the art or a document); by implication, a book

“He wrote”

to grave, by implication, to write (describe, inscribe, prescribe, subscribe)

“to rail”

to pull off, i.e., (by implication) to expose (as by stripping); specifically, to betroth (as if a surrender); figuratively, to carp at, i.e., defame;

“on the LORD”

(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god

“As the gods”

gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme god; occasionally applied by way of

“of Israel”

he will rule as god; jisral, a symbolical name of jacob; also (typically) of his posterity

“against him saying”

to say (used with great latitude)

above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications

“against him saying”

to say (used with great latitude)

“As the gods”

gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme god; occasionally applied by way of

“of the nations”

a foreign nation; hence, a gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts

“of other lands”

the earth (at large, or partitively a land)

who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc

not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles

“deliver”

to snatch away, whether in a good or a bad sense

“his people”

a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock

“out of mine hand”

a hand (the open one [indicating power, means, direction, etc.], in distinction from h3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great v

properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner

not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles

“deliver”

to snatch away, whether in a good or a bad sense

“As the gods”

gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme god; occasionally applied by way of

“of Hezekiah”

jechizkijah, the name of five israelites

“his people”

a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock

“out of mine hand”

a hand (the open one [indicating power, means, direction, etc.], in distinction from h3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great v