God’s Word Translation
2 Kings 18:29
29This is what the king says: Don’t let Hezekiah deceive you. He can’t rescue you from me.
2 Kings 18:29 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Thus saith the king, Let not Hezekiah deceive you: for he shall not be able to deliver you out of his hand:
- New International Version (NIV)This is what the king says: Do not let Hezekiah deceive you. He cannot deliver you from my hand.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Thus says the king: 'Do not let Hezekiah deceive you, for he will not be able to deliver you out of my hand.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Thus says the king: ‘Do not let Hezekiah deceive you, for he shall not be able to deliver you from his hand;
Context of 2 Kings 18:29
27But the field commander asked them, “Did my master send me to tell these things only to you and your master? Didn’t he send me to the men sitting on the wall who will have to eat their own excrement and drink their own urine with you?” 28Then the field commander stood and shouted loudly in the Judean language, “Listen to the great king, the king of Assyria. This is what the king says: Don’t let Hezekiah deceive you. He can’t rescue you from me. 30Don’t let Hezekiah get you to trust the Lord by saying, ‘The Lord will certainly rescue us, and this city will not be put under the control of the king of Assyria.’ 31Don’t listen to Hezekiah, because this is what the king of Assyria says: Make peace with me! Come out and give yourselves up to me! Everyone will eat from his own grapevine and fig tree and drink from his own cistern.
Read all of 2 Kings 182 Kings 18:29 word by word
כֹּ֚ה אָמַ֣ר הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ אַל־יַשִּׁ֥יא לָכֶ֖ם חִזְקִיָּ֑הוּ כִּי־לֹ֣א יוּכַ֔ל לְהַצִּ֥יל אֶתְכֶ֖ם מִיָּדֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Thus saithאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
- the kingמֶ֫לֶךְmelek · kingH4428
- Let not Hezekiahחִזְקִיָּהוּchizqîyâh chizqîyâhû yechizqîyâh yechizqîyâhû · HezekiahH2396
- deceiveנָשָׁאnâshâ' · to deceiveH5377
- you: for he shall not be ableיָכֹלyâkôl yâkôl · be ableH3201
- to deliverנָצַלnâtsal · to rescueH5337
- you out of his handיָדyâd · hand: powerH3027
Cross-references for 2 Kings 18:29
- Psalms 73:8They ridicule. They speak maliciously. They speak arrogantly about oppression.
- 2 Chronicles 32:11Isn’t Hezekiah misleading you and abandoning you to die from hunger and thirst when he says, ‘The Lord our God will rescue us from the king of Assyria?’
- Daniel 3:15When you hear the sound of the rams’ horns, flutes, lyres, harps, and three-stringed harps playing at the same time with all other kinds of instruments, will you bow down and worship the gold statue I made? If you don’t worship it, you will immediately be thrown into a blazing furnace. What god can save you from my power then?”
- Daniel 6:16So the king gave the order, and Daniel was brought to him and thrown into the lions’ den. The king told Daniel, “May your God, whom you always worship, save you!”
- John 19:10So Pilate said to Jesus, “Aren’t you going to answer me? Don’t you know that I have the authority to free you or to crucify you?”
- 2 Thessalonians 2:4He opposes every so-called god or anything that is worshiped and places himself above them, sitting in God’s temple and claiming to be God.
Commentaries on 2 Kings 18:29
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 29There were two grounds, and two only, on which Hezekiah could rest his refusal to surrender, (1) ability to resist by his own natural military strength and that of his allies; and (2) expectation based upon the language of Isaiah Isaiah 30:31; Isaiah 31:4-9, of supernatural assistance from Yahweh. The Rab-shakeh argues that both grounds of confidence are equally fallacious.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 17-37Verses 17-37 Rabshakeh tries to convince the Jews, that it was to no purpose for them to stand it out. What confidence is this wherein thou trustest? It were well if sinners would submit to the force of this argument, in seeking peace with God. It is, therefore, our wisdom to yield to him, because it is in vain to contend with him: what confidence is that which those trust in who stand out against him? A great deal of art there is in this speech of…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 28-30The chief of staff ignored Hezekiah's delegation's request and shouted in Hebrew, trying to scare the people of Jerusalem.Read the comment
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Commentaries on 2 Kings 18
- 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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