New English Translation
2 Kings 19:23
23Through your messengers you taunted the sovereign master, ‘With my many chariots I climbed up the high mountains, the slopes of Lebanon. I cut down its tall cedars, and its best evergreens. I invaded its most remote regions, its thickest woods.
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.
- English Standard Version (ESV)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.
- 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.
Context of 2 Kings 19:23
21This is what the Lord says about him: “The virgin daughter Zion despises you, she makes fun of you; Daughter Jerusalem shakes her head after you. 22Whom have you taunted and hurled insults at? At whom have you shouted, and looked so arrogantly? At the Holy One of Israel! Through your messengers you taunted the sovereign master, ‘With my many chariots I climbed up the high mountains, the slopes of Lebanon. I cut down its tall cedars, and its best evergreens. I invaded its most remote regions, its thickest woods. 24I dug wells and drank water in foreign lands. With the soles of my feet I dried up all the rivers of Egypt.’ 25Certainly you must have heard! Long ago I worked it out, In ancient times I planned it; and now I am bringing it to pass. The plan is this: Fortified cities will crash 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 18:17The king of Assyria sent his commanding general, the chief eunuch, and the chief adviser from Lachish to King Hezekiah in Jerusalem, along with a large army. They went up and arrived at Jerusalem. They went and stood at the conduit of the upper pool which is located on the road to the field where they wash and dry cloth.
- 2 Chronicles 32:17He wrote letters mocking the Lord God of Israel and insulting him with these words: “The gods of the surrounding nations could not rescue their people from my power. Neither can Hezekiah’s god rescue his people from my power.”
- 2 Kings 18:23Now make a deal with my master the king of Assyria, and I will give you two thousand horses, provided you can find enough riders for them.
- Psalms 20:7Some trust in chariots and others in horses, but we depend on the Lord our God.
- Isaiah 10:7But he does not agree with this, his mind does not reason this way, for his goal is to destroy, and to eliminate many nations.
- Isaiah 37:24Through your messengers you taunted the sovereign master, ‘With my many chariots I climbed up the high mountains, the slopes of Lebanon. I cut down its tall cedars and its best evergreens. I invaded its most remote regions, its thickest woods.
- Ezekiel 31:3Consider Assyria, a cedar in Lebanon, with beautiful branches, like a forest giving shade, and extremely tall; its top reached into 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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