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2 Chronicles 32:19

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Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

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

Dictionaries:

- 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®
They spoke against the God of Jerusalem like they had spoken against the gods of the peoples of the earth, which were made by human hands.
Hebrew Names Version
They spoke of the God of Yerushalayim, as of the gods of the peoples of the eretz, which are the work of men's hands.
King James Version
And they spake against the God of Jerusalem, as against the gods of the people of the earth, which were the work of the hands of man.
English Standard Version
And they spoke of the God of Jerusalem as they spoke of the gods of the peoples of the earth, which are the work of men's hands.
New Century Version
They spoke about the God of Jerusalem as though he were like the gods the people of the world worshiped, which are made by human hands.
New English Translation
They talked about the God of Jerusalem as if he were one of the man-made gods of the nations of the earth.
Amplified Bible
They spoke of the God of Jerusalem as [they spoke of] the gods of the peoples of the earth, [which are only] the work of the hands of men.
New American Standard Bible
They spoke of the God of Jerusalem as they did against the gods of the peoples of the earth, the work of human hands.
World English Bible
They spoke of the God of Jerusalem, as of the gods of the peoples of the earth, which are the work of men's hands.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Thus they spake against the God of Ierusalem, as against the gods of the people of the earth, euen the workes of mans hands,
Legacy Standard Bible
And they spoke of the God of Jerusalem as of the gods of the peoples of the earth, the work of men's hands.
Berean Standard Bible
They spoke against the God of Jerusalem as they had spoken against the gods of the peoples of the earth-the work of human hands.
Contemporary English Version
The officials talked about the Lord God as if he were nothing but an ordinary god or an idol that someone had made.
Complete Jewish Bible
They spoke about the God of Yerushalayim in the same way as about the gods of the other peoples of the earth, which are merely human artifacts.
Darby Translation
And they spoke of the God of Jerusalem as of the gods of the peoples of the earth, the work of man's hand.
Easy-to-Read Version
Then they insulted the God of Jerusalem just as they had insulted all the gods of the people from other nations—even though those gods are only things people made with their hands.
George Lamsa Translation
And they spoke in the name of the gods of the people of the earth and also in the name of the God of Jerusalem, imploring him to reward them according to the work of their hands.
Good News Translation
They talked about the God of Jerusalem in the same way that they talked about the gods of the other peoples, idols made by human hands.
Lexham English Bible
And they spoke about the God of Jerusalem as about the gods of the peoples of the earth, the works of the hands of humankind.
Literal Translation
And they spoke against the God of Jerusalem as against the gods of the peoples of the land, the work of the hands of man.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And they spake agaynst the God off Ierusalem, euen as agaynst the goddes off the nacions vpon earth, which were but the workes of mens hondes.
American Standard Version
And they spake of the God of Jerusalem, as of the gods of the peoples of the earth, which are the work of men's hands.
Bible in Basic English
Talking of the God of Jerusalem as if he was like the gods of the peoples of the earth, the work of men's hands.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And they spake against the God of Hierusalem, as against the gods of the nations of the earth, [whiche were] the workes of the handes of men.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And they spoke of the God of Jerusalem, as of the gods of the peoples of the earth, which are the work of men's hands.
King James Version (1611)
And they spake against the God of Ierusalem, as against the gods of the people of the earth which were the worke of the hands of man.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And he spoke against the God of Jerusalem, even as against the gods of the nations of the earth, the works of the hands of men.
English Revised Version
And they spake of the God of Jerusalem, as of the gods of the peoples of the earth, which are the work of men’s hands.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And he spake ayens God of Israel, as ayens the goddis of the puplis of erthe, the werkis of mennus hondis.
Update Bible Version
And they spoke of the God of Jerusalem, as of the gods of the peoples of the earth, which are the work of man's hands.
Webster's Bible Translation
And they spoke against the God of Jerusalem, as against the gods of the people of the earth, the work of the hands of man.
New King James Version
And they spoke against the God of Jerusalem, as against the gods of the people of the earth--the work of men's hands.
New Living Translation
These officers talked about the God of Jerusalem as though he were one of the pagan gods, made by human hands.
New Life Bible
They talked about the God of Jerusalem as if He were one of the gods of the people of the earth, which were made by the hands of men.
New Revised Standard
They spoke of the God of Jerusalem as if he were like the gods of the peoples of the earth, which are the work of human hands.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And they spake against the God of Jerusalem, - as against the gods of the peoples of the earth, the work of the hands of men.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And they spake against the God of Jerusalem, as against the gods of the people of the earth, which were the work of the hands of man.
Revised Standard Version
And they spoke of the God of Jerusalem as they spoke of the gods of the peoples of the earth, which are the work of men's hands.
Young's Literal Translation
and they speak against the God of Jerusalem as against the gods of the peoples of the land -- work of the hands of man.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
They spoke of the God of Jerusalem as of the gods of the peoples of the earth, the work of men's hands.

Contextual Overview

9Later on, Sennacherib, who had set up camp a few miles away at Lachish, sent messengers to Jerusalem, addressing Judah through Hezekiah: "A proclamation of Sennacherib king of Assyria: You poor people—do you think you're safe in that so-called fortress of Jerusalem? You're sitting ducks. Do you think Hezekiah will save you? Don't be stupid—Hezekiah has fed you a pack of lies. When he says, ‘ God will save us from the power of the king of Assyria,' he's lying—you're all going to end up dead. Wasn't it Hezekiah who cleared out all the neighborhood worship shrines and told you, ‘There is only one legitimate place to worship'? Do you have any idea what I and my ancestors have done to all the countries around here? Has there been a single god anywhere strong enough to stand up against me? Can you name one god among all the nations that either I or my ancestors have ravaged that so much as lifted a finger against me? So what makes you think you'll make out any better with your god? Don't let Hezekiah fool you; don't let him get by with his barefaced lies; don't trust him. No god of any country or kingdom ever has been one bit of help against me or my ancestors—what kind of odds does that give your god?" 16 The messengers felt free to throw in their personal comments, putting down both God and God's servant Hezekiah. 17 Sennacherib continued to send letters insulting the God of Israel: "The gods of the nations were powerless to help their people; the god of Hezekiah is no better, probably worse." 18The messengers would come up to the wall of Jerusalem and shout up to the people standing on the wall, shouting their propaganda in Hebrew, trying to scare them into demoralized submission. They contemptuously lumped the God of Jerusalem in with the handmade gods of other peoples. 20King Hezekiah, joined by the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz, responded by praying, calling up to heaven. God answered by sending an angel who wiped out everyone in the Assyrian camp, both warriors and officers. Sennacherib was forced to return home in disgrace, tail between his legs. When he went into the temple of his god, his own sons killed him. 22 God saved Hezekiah and the citizens of Jerusalem from Sennacherib king of Assyria and everyone else. And he continued to take good care of them. People streamed into Jerusalem bringing offerings for the worship of God and expensive presents to Hezekiah king of Judah. All the surrounding nations were impressed—Hezekiah's stock soared.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

spake: 2 Chronicles 32:13-17, 1 Samuel 17:36, Job 15:25, Job 15:26, Psalms 10:13, Psalms 10:14, Psalms 73:8-11, Psalms 139:19, Psalms 139:20

the God: 2 Chronicles 6:6, Psalms 76:1, Psalms 76:2, Psalms 78:68, Psalms 87:1-3, Psalms 132:13, Psalms 132:14, Isaiah 14:32, Hebrews 12:22

the work: Deuteronomy 4:28, Deuteronomy 27:15, 2 Kings 19:18, Psalms 135:15-18, Isaiah 2:8, Isaiah 37:19, Isaiah 44:16-20, Jeremiah 1:16, Jeremiah 10:3, Jeremiah 10:9, Jeremiah 32:30, Hosea 8:5, Hosea 8:6

Reciprocal: Exodus 5:2 - Who 1 Kings 18:37 - Hear me 2 Kings 18:33 - Hath any 2 Kings 19:37 - Nisroch 2 Chronicles 33:4 - In Jerusalem Ezra 7:19 - the God of Jerusalem Psalms 78:19 - Yea Isaiah 10:10 - the kingdoms Isaiah 36:20 - that the Lord Isaiah 37:38 - his god Ezekiel 35:13 - with Nahum 2:13 - the voice 1 Thessalonians 5:3 - then

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And they spake against the God of Jerusalem,.... The only living and true God, whom the inhabitants of Jerusalem professed to be their God, and who was worshipped by them in the temple there:

as against the gods of the people of the earth, which were the work of the hands of man; they made no difference between the one and the other, but spoke as freely and as contemptibly of the one as of the other, see Isaiah 36:19.

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.


 
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