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2 Chronicles 32:10

"King Sennacherib of Assyria says, ‘On what do you trust, that you are staying in Jerusalem with my army around you?

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?
Geneva Bible (1587)
Thus saith Saneherib the King of Asshur, Wherein doe ye trust, that ye will remaine in Ierusalem, during the siege?
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 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 Then King Sennacherib of Assyria, whose army was gathered around Lachish with him, sent word by his servants to Jerusalem to King Hezekiah and to all the people of Judah who were in Jerusalem. He said, 10 "King Sennacherib of Assyria says, ‘On what do you trust, that you are staying in Jerusalem with my army around you? 11 Is not Hezekiah leading you the wrong way to let you die by hunger and thirst, saying, "The Lord our God will save us from the king of Assyria"? 12 Has not this same Hezekiah taken away His high places and His altars, and said to Judah and Jerusalem, "You will worship in front of one altar and burn special perfume on it"? 13 Do you not know what I and my fathers have done to all the peoples of other lands? Were the gods of the other nations able to save their lands from me? 14 Who among all the gods could save his people from me in all those nations which my fathers destroyed? Would your God be able to save you from me? 15 So now do not let Hezekiah lie to you or lead you in the wrong way like this. Do not believe him. For no god of any nation was able to save his people from me or from my fathers. How much less will your God save you from me!'" 16 Sennacherib's men said still more against the Lord God and against His servant Hezekiah. 17 The Assyrian king also wrote letters to say things against the Lord God of Israel, saying, "As the gods of the other nations of the lands have not saved their people from me, so the God of Hezekiah will not save His people from me." 18 They called this out with a loud voice in the language of Judah to the people of Jerusalem who were on the wall. They did this to bring fear upon them, so that they might take the city.

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
Abraham said, "Now see, I have taken upon myself to speak to the Lord, I who am only dust and ashes.
Genesis 28:15
See, I am with you. I will care for you everywhere you go. And I will bring you again to this land. For I will not leave you until I have done all the things I promised you."
Genesis 30:43
Jacob became very rich. He had large flocks and camels and donkeys, and men and women servants.
Genesis 32:5
I have cattle and donkeys and flocks and men and women servants. And I have sent to tell my lord, hoping to find favor in your eyes.'"
Genesis 32:6
The men that carried the news returned to Jacob and said, "We came to your brother Esau. He is coming to meet you, and four hundred men are with him."
Genesis 32:7
Then Jacob was afraid and troubled. And he divided the people who were with him, and the flocks and cattle and camels, into two groups.
Genesis 32:8
For he said, "If Esau comes to the one group and destroys it, then the other group will get away."
Genesis 32:9
Then Jacob said, "O God of my father Abraham and God of my father Isaac, O Lord, Who said to me, ‘Return to your country and to those of your family, and I will bring good to you.'
Genesis 32:10
I have not earned any of the loving-kindness and faith which You have shown to your servant. For I had crossed this Jordan with only my walking stick. And now I have become two large groups.
Genesis 32:11
Save me, I pray, from the hand of my brother, from the power of Esau. For I am afraid of him. I am afraid he will come and kill us all, the mothers with 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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