God’s Word Translation
2 Chronicles 32:16
16Sennacherib’s officers said more against the Lord God and his servant Hezekiah.
2 Chronicles 32:16 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And his servants spake yet more against the Lord God, and against his servant Hezekiah.
- New International Version (NIV)Sennacherib’s officers spoke further against the Lord God and against his servant Hezekiah.
- English Standard Version (ESV)And his servants said still more against the Lord God and against his servant Hezekiah.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Furthermore, his servants spoke against the Lord God and against His servant Hezekiah.
Context of 2 Chronicles 32:16
14Were the gods of these nations able to rescue their people from my control? My predecessors claimed and destroyed those nations. Is your God able to rescue you from my control? 15Don’t let Hezekiah deceive you or persuade you like this. Don’t believe him. No god of any nation or kingdom could save his people from me or my ancestors. Certainly, your God will not rescue you from me!” Sennacherib’s officers said more against the Lord God and his servant Hezekiah. 17Sennacherib wrote letters cursing the Lord God of Israel. These letters said, “As the gods of the nations in other countries couldn’t rescue their people from me, Hezekiah’s God cannot rescue his people from me.” 18Sennacherib’s officers shouted loudly in the Judean language to the troops who were on the wall of Jerusalem. They tried to frighten and terrify the troops so that they could capture the city.
Read all of 2 Chronicles 322 Chronicles 32:16 word by word
וְעוֹד֙ דִּבְּר֣וּ עֲבָדָ֔יו עַל־יְהוָ֖ה הָאֱלֹהִ֑ים וְעַ֖ל יְחִזְקִיָּ֥הוּ עַבְדּֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear
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Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 32:16
- 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
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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
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