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Geneva Bible

2 Chronicles 32:10

Thus saith Saneherib the King of Asshur, Wherein doe ye trust, that ye will remaine in Ierusalem, during the siege?

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Self-Exaltation;   Sennacherib;   Siege;   Thompson Chain Reference - Hezekiah;   Sieges;  

Dictionaries:

- Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Deliver;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Sennacherib;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Chronicles, I;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Sennacherib ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Hezekiah;   Jerusalem;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Kingdom of Judah;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Hezekiah;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
“This is what King Sennacherib of Assyria says: ‘What are you relying on that you remain in Jerusalem under siege?
Hebrew Names Version
Thus says Sancheriv king of Ashshur, Whereon do you trust, that you abide the siege in Yerushalayim?
King James Version
Thus saith Sennacherib king of Assyria, Whereon do ye trust, that ye abide in the siege in Jerusalem?
English Standard Version
"Thus says Sennacherib king of Assyria, ‘On what are you trusting, that you endure the siege in Jerusalem?
New Century Version
Sennacherib king of Assyria says this: "You have nothing to trust in to help you. It is no use for you to stay in Jerusalem under attack.
New English Translation
"This is what King Sennacherib of Assyria says: ‘Why are you so confident that you remain in Jerusalem while it is under siege?
Amplified Bible
"Thus says Sennacherib king of Assyria, 'In what do you trust that you are remaining in Jerusalem under siege?
New American Standard Bible
"This is what Sennacherib king of Assyria says: 'On what are you trusting that you are staying in Jerusalem under siege?
World English Bible
Thus says Sennacherib king of Assyria, Whereon do you trust, that you abide the siege in Jerusalem?
Legacy Standard Bible
"Thus says Sennacherib king of Assyria, ‘On what are you trusting that you are remaining in Jerusalem under siege?
Berean Standard Bible
"This is what Sennacherib king of Assyria says: What is the basis of your confidence, that you remain in Jerusalem under siege?
Contemporary English Version
I am King Sennacherib of Assyria, and I have Jerusalem surrounded. Do you think you can survive my attack?
Complete Jewish Bible
"This is what Sancheriv king of Ashur says: ‘What gives you the confidence that you can endure a siege against Yerushalayim?
Darby Translation
Thus says Sennacherib king of Assyria: On what do ye rely that ye abide in the siege in Jerusalem?
Easy-to-Read Version
They said, "King Sennacherib of Assyria says this: ‘What do you trust in that makes you stay under attack in Jerusalem?
George Lamsa Translation
Thus says Sennacherib king of Assyria: On whom are you trusting, that you remain in Jerusalem during the siege?
Good News Translation
"I, Sennacherib, Emperor of Assyria, ask what gives you people the confidence to remain in Jerusalem under siege.
Lexham English Bible
"Thus says Sennacherib the king of Assyria: ‘On what are you relying that you are dwelling in siege works in Jerusalem?
Literal Translation
So says Sennacherib the king of Assyria, On what are you trusting that you sit under siege in Jerusalem?
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Thus sayeth Sennacherib ye kynge of Assur: Wherin put ye youre trust ye that dwell in the beseged Ierusalem?
American Standard Version
Thus saith Sennacherib king of Assyria, Whereon do ye trust, that ye abide the siege in Jerusalem?
Bible in Basic English
Sennacherib, king of Assyria, says, In what are you placing your hope, waiting here in the walled town of Jerusalem?
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Thus saith Sennacherib king of the Assyrians: wherin do ye trust O ye that dwell in Hierusalem which is besieged?
JPS Old Testament (1917)
'Thus saith Sennacherib king of Assyria: Whereon do ye trust, that ye abide the siege in Jerusalem?
King James Version (1611)
Thus sayth Semacherib king of Assyria, Whereon doe ye trust, that yee abide in the siege in Ierusalem?
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Thus says Sennacherim king of the Assyrians, On what do ye trust, that ye will remain in the siege in Jerusalem?
English Revised Version
Thus saith Sennacherib king of Assyria, Whereon do ye trust, that ye abide the siege in Jerusalem?
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and seide, Sennacherib, the kyng of Assiriens, seith these thingis, In whom han ye trist, and sitten bisegid in Jerusalem?
Update Bible Version
Thus says Sennacherib king of Assyria, Whereon do you trust, that you abide the siege in Jerusalem?
Webster's Bible Translation
Thus saith Sennacherib king of Assyria, On what do ye trust, that ye abide in the siege in Jerusalem?
New King James Version
"Thus says Sennacherib king of Assyria: "In what do you trust, that you remain under siege in Jerusalem?
New Living Translation
"This is what King Sennacherib of Assyria says: What are you trusting in that makes you think you can survive my siege of Jerusalem?
New Life Bible
"King Sennacherib of Assyria says, ‘On what do you trust, that you are staying in Jerusalem with my army around you?
New Revised Standard
"Thus says King Sennacherib of Assyria: On what are you relying, that you undergo the siege of Jerusalem?
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Thus, saith Sennacherib, king of Assyria,-Upon what, are, ye, trusting, that ye are awaiting the siege in Jerusalem?
Douay-Rheims Bible
Thus saith Sennacherib king of Assyria, Whereon do ye trust, that ye abide in the siege in Jerusalem?
Revised Standard Version
"Thus says Sennach'erib king of Assyria, 'On what are you relying, that you stand siege in Jerusalem?
Young's Literal Translation
`Thus said Sennacherib king of Asshur, On what are ye trusting and abiding in the bulwark, in Jerusalem?
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Thus says Sennacherib king of Assyria, 'On what are you trusting that you are remaining in Jerusalem under siege?

Contextual Overview

9 After this, did Saneherib King of Asshur send his seruants to Ierusalem (while he was against Lachish, and all his dominion with him) vnto Hezekiah King of Iudah and vnto all Iudah that were at Ierusalem, saying, 10 Thus saith Saneherib the King of Asshur, Wherein doe ye trust, that ye will remaine in Ierusalem, during the siege? 11 Doeth not Hezekiah entice you to giue ouer your selues vnto death by famine and by thirst, saying, The Lorde our God shall deliuer vs out of the hande of the King of Asshur? 12 Hath not the same Hezekiah taken away his hie places and his altars, and commaunded Iudah and Ierusalem, saying, Ye shall worshippe before one altar, and burne incense vpon it? 13 Knowe ye not what I and my fathers haue done vnto all the people of other countreyes? were the gods of the nations of other landes able to deliuer their land out of mine hande? 14 Who is he of al the gods of those natios (that my fathers haue destroied) that could deliuer his people out of mine hande? that your God should be able to deliuer you out of mine hand? 15 Nowe therefore let not Hezekiah deceiue you, nor seduce you after this sort, neither beleeue ye him: for none of all the gods of any nation or kingdome was able to deliuer his people out of mine hande and out of the hande of my fathers: howe much lesse shall your gods deliuer you out of mine hande? 16 And his seruants spake yet more against the Lorde God, and against his seruant Hezekiah. 17 He wrote also letters, blaspheming the Lorde God of Israel and speaking against him, saying, As the gods of the nations of other countreies could not deliuer their people out of mine hand, so shall not the God of Hezekiah deliuer his people out of mine hande. 18 Then they cryed with a loude voyce in the Iewes speach vnto the people of Ierusalem that were on the wall, to feare them and to astonish them, that they might take the citie.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Thus saith: 2 Kings 18:19, Isaiah 36:4

siege: Heb. strong-hold

Cross-References

Genesis 18:27
Then Abraham answered and said, Behold nowe, I haue begun to speake vnto my Lord, and I am but dust and ashes.
Genesis 28:15
And lo, I am with thee, and wil keepe thee whithersoeuer thou goest, and will bring thee againe into this lande: for I will not forsake thee vntill I haue performed that, that I haue promised thee.
Genesis 30:43
So the man encreased exceedingly, and had many flockes, and maide seruantes, and men seruants, and camels and asses.
Genesis 32:5
I haue beeues also and Asses, sheepe, & men seruantes, and women seruantes, and haue sent to shew my lord, that I may find grace in thy sight.
Genesis 32:6
So ye messengers came againe to Iaakob, saying, We came vnto thy brother Esau, and hee also commeth against thee and foure hundreth men with him.
Genesis 32:7
Then Iaakob was greatly afraid, and was sore troubled, and deuided the people that was with him, and the sheepe, and the beeues, and the camels into two companies.
Genesis 32:8
For he said, If Esau come to ye one copanie and smite it, the other companie shall escape.
Genesis 32:9
Moreouer Iaakob said, O God of my father Abraham, & God of my father Izhak: Lord, which saydest vnto me, Returne vnto thy coutrey and to thy kinred, and I will do thee good,
Genesis 32:10
I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies, and al the trueth, which thou hast shewed vnto thy seruant: for with my staffe came I ouer this Iorden, & now haue I gotte two bads.
Genesis 32:11
I pray thee, Deliuer me from the hande of my brother, from the hande of Esau: for I feare him, least he will come and smite me, and the mother vpon the children.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Thus saith Sennacherib king of Assyria, whereon do ye trust,.... On what power in heaven or on earth?

that ye abide in the siege in Jerusalem? hold out against the siege of it, and do not deliver it up.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The author of Chronicles compresses into 13 verses the history which occupies in Kings a chapter and a half (2 Kings 18:17-19; where see the notes).

2 Chronicles 32:10

In the siege - Perhaps “in straitness” (compare Jeremiah 19:9). Jerusalem is thought by some to have been not so much besieged at this time, as distressed and straitened for supplies, because the Assyrians were masters of the open country.

2 Chronicles 32:13

fathers - i. e. “predecessors.” Sennacherib really belonged to a dynasty that had only furnished one king before himself.

2 Chronicles 32:22

Guided them ... - A slight alteration of the existing text gives the sense - “gave them rest round about;” a common expression in Chronicles 2 Chronicles 15:15; 2 Chronicles 20:30.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 2 Chronicles 32:10. Thus saith Sennacherib — See all these circumstances largely explained 2 Kings 18:17-36.


 
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