2 Chronicles 32:19

2 Chronicles 32:19 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)They spoke about the God of Jerusalem as they did about the gods of the other peoples of the world—the work of human hands.
• New King James Version (NKJV)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 (NLT)These officers talked about the God of Jerusalem as though he were one of the pagan gods, made by human hands.

Context of 2 Chronicles 32:19

17And he wrote letters to cast contempt on the Lord, the God of Israel, and to speak against him, saying, "Like the gods of the nations of the lands who have not delivered their people from my hands, so the God of Hezekiah will not deliver his people from my hand." 18And they shouted it with a loud voice in the language of Judah to the people of Jerusalem who were on the wall, to frighten and terrify them, in order that they might take the city. 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. 20Then Hezekiah the king and Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, prayed because of this and cried to heaven. 21And the Lord sent an angel, who cut off all the mighty warriors and commanders and officers in the camp of the king of Assyria. So he returned with shame of face to his own land. And when he came into the house of his god, some of his own sons struck him down there with the sword.

2 Chronicles 32:19 word by word

וַֽיְדַבְּר֔וּ אֶל־אֱלֹהֵ֖י יְרוּשָׁלִָ֑ם כְּעַ֗ל אֱלֹהֵי֙ עַמֵּ֣י הָאָ֔רֶץ מַעֲשֵׂ֖ה יְדֵ֥י הָאָדָֽם׃ סRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And they spakeדָבַרdâbar · to speak: speakH1696
• againstעַל‛al · uponH5921
• the Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430
• of Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִַ֫ם, יְרוּשְׁלֵםyerûshâlaim yerûshâlayim · JerusalemH3389
• of the peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
• of the earthאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• the workמַעֲשֶׂהma‛ăώeh · deed: workH4639
• of the handsיָדyâd · handH3027
• of manאָדָם'âdâm · manH120

Cross-references for 2 Chronicles 32:19

• 2 Chronicles 32:13Do you not know what I and my fathers have done to all the peoples of other lands? Were the gods of the nations of those lands at all able to deliver their lands out of my hand?
• 1 Samuel 17:36Your servant has struck down both lions and bears, and this uncircumcised Philistine shall be like one of them, for he has defied the armies of the living God."
• Job 15:25Because he has stretched out his hand against God and defies the Almighty,
• Psalms 10:13Why does the wicked renounce God and say in his heart, "You will not call to account"?
• Psalms 73:8They scoff and speak with malice; loftily they threaten oppression.
• Psalms 139:19Oh that you would slay the wicked, O God! O men of blood, depart from me!
• 2 Chronicles 6:6but I have chosen Jerusalem that my name may be there, and I have chosen David to be over my people Israel.'
• Psalms 76:1In Judah God is known; his name is great in Israel.
• Psalms 78:68but he chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion, which he loves.
• Psalms 87:1On the holy mount stands the city he founded;
• Psalms 132:13For the Lord has chosen Zion; he has desired it for his dwelling place:
• Isaiah 14:32What will one answer the messengers of the nation? "The Lord has founded Zion, and in her the afflicted of his people find refuge."
• Hebrews 12:22But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to innumerable angels in festal gathering,
• Deuteronomy 4:28And there you will serve gods of wood and stone, the work of human hands, that neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell.
• Deuteronomy 27:15"'Cursed be the man who makes a carved or cast metal image, an abomination to the Lord, a thing made by the hands of a craftsman, and sets it up in secret.' And all the people shall answer and say, 'Amen.'
• 2 Kings 19:18and have cast their gods into the fire, for they were not gods, but the work of men's hands, wood and stone. Therefore they were destroyed.

Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 32:19

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 9-22Verses 9-22 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…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 10-19The Assyrian king's threats highlighted the main issues for the people of Jerusalem. The real question was whether to trust in God. The enemy king claimed Hezekiah could not be trusted (2 Chronicles 32:11–12) because he had angered the Lord by removing God's shrines and altars. However, the opposite was true. This reform was Hezekiah's greatest act of loyalty to the Lord. The question was whether God could be trusted against Assyria's power (2 Chronicles…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 9-209-20. (See on 2Ki 18:17-35; also 2Ki 19:8-34).Read the comment

Topics related to 2 Chronicles 32:19

• Blasphemy
• Infidelity
• Self-Exaltation
• Sennacherib
• Siege

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• God
• Jerusalem
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• Hezekiah
• Sennacherib
• Hezekiah (2)
• Names, Proper

Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 32

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