King James Version
2 Kings 19:9 in the King James Version says “And when he heard say of Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, Behold, he is come out to fight against thee: he sent messengers aga...” — study this verse from 2 Kings chapter 19 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And when he heard say of Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, Behold, he is come out to fight against thee: he sent messengers again unto Hezekiah, saying,”
2 Kings 19:9 · KJV
Behold, I will send a blast upon him, and he shall hear a rumour, and shall return to his own land; and I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land.
So Rabshakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria warring against Libnah: for he had heard that he was departed from Lachish.
And when he heard say of Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, Behold, he is come out to fight against thee: he sent messengers again unto Hezekiah, saying,
Thus shall ye speak to Hezekiah king of Judah, saying, Let not thy God in whom thou trustest deceive thee, saying, Jerusalem shall not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria.
Behold, thou hast heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands, by destroying them utterly: and shalt thou be delivered?
KJV Study — Public Domain
“And when he heard”
H8085to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
“Behold he is come out”
H3318to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim
properly, nearness (used only as a preposition or an adverb), near; hence, generally, with, by, at, among, etc
“again”
H7725to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point);
“against thee he sent”
H7971to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications)
“messengers”
H4397a messenger; specifically, of god, i.e., an angel (also a prophet, priest or teacher)
“unto Hezekiah”
H2396chizkijah, a king of judah, also the name of two other israelites
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