King James Version
2 Kings 19:17 in the King James Version says “Of a truth, LORD, the kings of Assyria have destroyed the nations and their lands,” — study this verse from 2 Kings chapter 19 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Of a truth, LORD, the kings of Assyria have destroyed the nations and their lands,”
2 Kings 19:17 · KJV
And Hezekiah prayed before the LORD, and said, O LORD God of Israel, which dwellest between the cherubims, thou art the God, even thou alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth; thou hast made heaven and earth.
LORD, bow down thine ear, and hear: open, LORD, thine eyes, and see: and hear the words of Sennacherib, which hath sent him to reproach the living God.
Of a truth, LORD, the kings of Assyria have destroyed the nations and their lands,
And have cast their gods into the fire: for they were no gods, but the work of men's hands, wood and stone: therefore they have destroyed them. cast: Heb. given
Now therefore, O LORD our God, I beseech thee, save thou us out of his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that thou art the LORD God, even thou only.
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“have destroyed”
H2717to parch (through drought) i.e., (by analogy,) to desolate, destroy, kill
“of Assyria”
H804ashshur, the second son of shem; also his descendants and the country occupied by them (i.e., assyria), its region and its empire
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“the nations”
H1471a foreign nation; hence, a gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
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