English Standard Version
2 Kings 19:23
23By your messengers you have mocked the Lord, and you have said, 'With my many chariots I have gone up the heights of the mountains, to the far recesses of Lebanon; I felled its tallest cedars, its choicest cypresses; I entered its farthest lodging place, its most fruitful forest.
2 Kings 19:23 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)By thy messengers thou hast reproached the Lord, and hast said, With the multitude of my chariots I am come up to the height of the mountains, to the sides of Lebanon, and will cut down the tall cedar trees thereof, and the choice fir trees thereof: and I will enter into the lodgings of his borders, and into the forest of his Carmel.
- New International Version (NIV)By your messengers you have ridiculed the Lord. And you have said, “With my many chariots I have ascended the heights of the mountains, the utmost heights of Lebanon. I have cut down its tallest cedars, the choicest of its junipers. I have reached its remotest parts, the finest of its forests.
- New King James Version (NKJV)By your messengers you have reproached the Lord, And said: “By the multitude of my chariots I have come up to the height of the mountains, To the limits of Lebanon; I will cut down its tall cedars And its choice cypress trees; I will enter the extremity of its borders, To its fruitful forest.
- New Living Translation (NLT)By your messengers you have defied the Lord. You have said, ‘With my many chariots I have conquered the highest mountains— yes, the remotest peaks of Lebanon. I have cut down its tallest cedars and its finest cypress trees. I have reached its farthest corners and explored its deepest forests.
Context of 2 Kings 19:23
21This is the word that the Lord has spoken concerning him: "She despises you, she scorns you— the virgin daughter of Zion; she wags her head behind you— the daughter of Jerusalem. 22"Whom have you mocked and reviled? Against whom have you raised your voice and lifted your eyes to the heights? Against the Holy One of Israel! By your messengers you have mocked the Lord, and you have said, 'With my many chariots I have gone up the heights of the mountains, to the far recesses of Lebanon; I felled its tallest cedars, its choicest cypresses; I entered its farthest lodging place, its most fruitful forest. 24I dug wells and drank foreign waters, and I dried up with the sole of my foot all the streams of Egypt.' 25"Have you not heard that I determined it long ago? I planned from days of old what now I bring to pass, that you should turn fortified cities into heaps of ruins,
Read all of 2 Kings 192 Kings 19:23 word by word
בְּיַ֣ד מַלְאָכֶיךָ֮ חֵרַ֣פְתָּ׀ אֲדֹנָי֒ וַתֹּ֗אמֶר בְּרֹ֥ב רִכְבִּ֛י אֲנִ֥י עָלִ֛יתִי מְר֥וֹם הָרִ֖ים יַרְכְּתֵ֣י לְבָנ֑וֹן וְאֶכְרֹ֞ת קוֹמַ֤ת אֲרָזָיו֙ מִבְח֣וֹר בְּרֹשָׁ֔יו וְאָב֙וֹאָה֙ מְל֣וֹן קִצּ֔וֹ יַ֖עַר כַּרְמִלּֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Byיָדyâd · hand: byH3027
- thy messengersמַלְאָךְmal'âk · messengerH4397
- thou hast reproachedחָרַףchâraph · to tauntH2778
- the Lordאֲדֹנָי'ădônây · LordH136
- and hast saidאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
- With the multitudeרֹבrôb · abundanceH7230
- of my chariotsרֶ֫כֶבrekeb · chariotH7393
- I am come upעָלָה‛âlâh · to ascend: riseH5927
- to the heightמָרוֹםmârôm · heightH4791
- of the mountainsהַרhar · mountain: mountH2022
- to the sidesיַרְכָהyerêkâh · flankH3411
- of Lebanonלְבָנוֹןlebânôn · LebanonH3844
- and will cut downכָּרַתkârath · to cut: cutH3772
- the tallקוֹמָהqômâh · heightH6967
- cedar treesאֶ֫רֶז'erez · cedarH730
- the choiceמִבְחוֹרmibchôr · choiceH4004
- fir treesבְּרוֹשׁberôsh · cypressH1265
- thereof: and I will enterבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
- into the lodgingsמָלוֹןmâlôn · lodgingH4411
- of his bordersקֵץqêts · endH7093
- the forestיַ֫עַרya‛ar · woodH3293
- of his Carmelכַּרְמֶלkarmel · CarmelH3760
Cross-references for 2 Kings 19:23
- 2 Kings 18:17And the king of Assyria sent the Tartan, the Rab-saris, and the Rabshakeh with a great army from Lachish to King Hezekiah at Jerusalem. And they went up and came to Jerusalem. When they arrived, they came and stood by the conduit of the upper pool, which is on the highway to the Washer's Field.
- 2 Chronicles 32:17And 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."
- 2 Kings 18:23Come now, make a wager with my master the king of Assyria: I will give you two thousand horses, if you are able on your part to set riders on them.
- Psalms 20:7Some trust in chariots and some in horses, but we trust in the name of the Lord our God.
- Isaiah 10:7But he does not so intend, and his heart does not so think; but it is in his heart to destroy, and to cut off nations not a few;
- Isaiah 37:24By your servants you have mocked the Lord, and you have said, With my many chariots I have gone up the heights of the mountains, to the far recesses of Lebanon, to cut down its tallest cedars, its choicest cypresses, to come to its remotest height, its most fruitful forest.
- Ezekiel 31:3Behold, Assyria was a cedar in Lebanon, with beautiful branches and forest shade, and of towering height, its top among the clouds.
Commentaries on 2 Kings 19:23
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 23The tall cedar trees - the choice fir trees - Probably meaning the princes and nobles of the country. The forest of his Carmel - Better in the margin: the forest and his fruitful field.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 23And hast said - Isaiah clothes in words the thoughts of Sennacherib‘s heart - thoughts of the most extreme self-confidence. Compare Isaiah 10:7-14, where, probably at an earlier date, the same overweening pride is ascribed to this king. With the multitude of my chariots - There are two readings here, which give, however, nearly the same sense. The more difficult and more poetical of the two is to be preferred. Literally, translated it runs - “With…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 20-34Verses 20-34 All Sennacherib's motions were under the Divine cognizance. God himself undertakes to defend the city; and that person, that place, cannot but be safe, which he undertakes to protect. The invasion of the Assyrians probably had prevented the land from being sown that year. The next is supposed to have been the sabbatical year, but the Lord engaged that the produce of the land should be sufficient for their support during those two years. As…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 23-24the heights of the mountains … of Lebanon: In his records, Sennacherib described climbing high mountain passes and cutting down Lebanon's great trees. Sennacherib felt unbeatable, but he was just a man, no match for the all-knowing Lord of the universe (1 Chronicles 28:9).Read the comment
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Commentaries on 2 Kings 19
- 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
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