Isaiah 37:9

Isaiah 37:9 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And he heard say concerning Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, He is come forth to make war with thee. And when he heard it, he sent messengers to Hezekiah, saying,
• New International Version (NIV)Now Sennacherib received a report that Tirhakah, the king of Cush, was marching out to fight against him. When he heard it, he sent messengers to Hezekiah with this word:
• English Standard Version (ESV)Now the king heard concerning Tirhakah king of Cush, "He has set out to fight against you." And when he heard it, he sent messengers to Hezekiah, saying,
• New King James Version (NKJV)And the king heard concerning Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, “He has come out to make war with you.” So when he heard it, he sent messengers to Hezekiah, saying,

Context of Isaiah 37:9

7Listen carefully, I will put a spirit in him so that he will hear a rumor and return to his own land. And I will make him fall by the sword in his own land.” ’ ” 8So the Rabshakeh returned and found the king of Assyria fighting against Libnah [a fortified city of Judah], for he had heard that the king had left Lachish. And Sennacherib king of Assyria, heard them say concerning Tirhakah king of Cush (Ethiopia), “He has come out to fight against you.” And when he heard it, he sent messengers to Hezekiah, saying, 10“You shall say to Hezekiah king of Judah, ‘Do not let your God in whom you trust deceive you, saying, “Jerusalem will not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.” 11Listen carefully, you have heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands, utterly destroying them. So will you be rescued?

Isaiah 37:9 word by word

וַיִּשְׁמַ֗ע עַל־תִּרְהָ֤קָה מֶֽלֶךְ־כּוּשׁ֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר יָצָ֖א לְהִלָּחֵ֣ם אִתָּ֑ךְ וַיִּשְׁמַע֙ וַיִּשְׁלַ֣ח מַלְאָכִ֔ים אֶל־חִזְקִיָּ֖הוּ לֵאמֹֽר׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And he heardשָׁמַעshâma‛ · to hear: hearH8085
• sayאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• concerning Tirhakahתִּרְהָקָהtirhâqâh · TirhakahH8640
• kingמֶ֫לֶךְmelek · kingH4428
• of Ethiopiaכּוּשׁkûsh · CushH3568
• He is come forthיָצָאyâtsâ' · to come out: comeH3318
• to make warלָחַםlâcham · to fightH3898
• he sentשָׁלַחshâlach · to send: departH7971
• messengersמַלְאָךְmal'âk · messengerH4397
• to Hezekiahחִזְקִיָּהוּchizqîyâh chizqîyâhû yechizqîyâh yechizqîyâhû · HezekiahH2396

Cross-references for Isaiah 37:9

• 1 Samuel 23:27But a messenger came to Saul, saying, “Hurry and come, because the Philistines have attacked the land.”
• Genesis 2:13The name of the second river is Gihon; it flows around the entire land of Cush [in Mesopotamia].
• 2 Kings 17:30The men of Babylon made Succoth-benoth, the men of Cuth made Nergal, the men of Hamath made Ashima,
• 2 Kings 17:25Now when they began to live there, they did not fear the Lord; therefore the Lord sent lions among them which killed some of them.

Commentaries on Isaiah 37:9

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 9He heard say concerning Tirhakah king of Ethiopia - When he heard that Tirhakah king of Ethiopia had come out against him, then he sent that blasphemous manifesto which is contained in Isaiah 37:10-13, to terrify Hezekiah into submission. How much was this like, in words and spirit, to the manifesto sent to the Parisians by the late Duke of Brunswick, from the plains of Champaigne, in 1792, which was the forerunner of the mighty torrents of human blood…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 9And he heard say - The report or rumour referred to in Isaiah 37:7. In what way he heard this is not intimated. It is probable that the preparations which Tirhakah had made, were well known to the surrounding regions, and that he was already on his march against Sennacherib. Tirhakah - This king, who, by Eusebius and by most ancient writers, is called ̀ Tarakos was a celebrated conqueror, and had subdued Egypt to himself. He reigned over Egypt eighteen…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 9King Tirhakah of Ethiopia was then the ruler of Egypt.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 99. Tirhakah--(See on Is 17:12; Is 18:6). Egypt was in part governed by three successive Ethiopian monarchs, for forty or fifty years: Sabacho, Sevechus, and Tirhakah. Sevechus retired from Lower Egypt owing to the resistance of the priests, whereupon Sethos, a prince-priest, obtained supreme power with Tanis (Zoan in Scripture), or Memphis, as his capital. The Ethiopians retained Upper Egypt under Tirhakah, with Thebes as the capital. Tirhakah's fame as a…Read the comment

Topics related to Isaiah 37:9

• Letters
• Libnah
• Tirhakah

In the dictionaries

• Ethiopia
• Hezekiah
• Ethiopia, Ethiopian
• Rabmag
• Tirhakah
• Bible, the
• Chronicles, Books of
• Chronology of the Old Testament
• Hezekiah (2)
• Isaiah

Commentaries on Isaiah 37

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings