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.
• English Standard Version (ESV)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.
• 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

17The king also wrote letters ridiculing the Lord, the God of Israel, and saying this against him: “Just as the gods of the peoples of the other lands did not rescue their people from my hand, so the god of Hezekiah will not rescue his people from my hand.” 18Then they called out in Hebrew to the people of Jerusalem who were on the wall, to terrify them and make them afraid in order to capture the city. 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. 20King Hezekiah and the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz cried out in prayer to heaven about this. 21And the Lord sent an angel, who annihilated all the fighting men and the commanders and officers in the camp of the Assyrian king. So he withdrew to his own land in disgrace. And when he went into the temple of his god, some of his sons, his own flesh and blood, cut him down 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 32:13“Do you not know what I and my predecessors have done to all the peoples of the other lands? Were the gods of those nations ever able to deliver their land from my hand?
• 1 Samuel 17:36Your servant has killed both the lion and the bear; this uncircumcised Philistine will be like one of them, because he has defied the armies of the living God.
• Job 15:25because he shakes his fist at God and vaunts himself against the Almighty,
• Psalms 10:13Why does the wicked man revile God? Why does he say to himself, “He won’t call me to account”?
• Psalms 73:8They scoff, and speak with malice; with arrogance they threaten oppression.
• Psalms 139:19If only you, God, would slay the wicked! Away from me, you who are bloodthirsty!
• 2 Chronicles 6:6But now I have chosen Jerusalem for my Name to be there, and I have chosen David to rule my people Israel.’
• Psalms 76:1God is renowned in Judah; in Israel his name is great.
• Psalms 78:68but he chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion, which he loved.
• Psalms 87:1He has founded his city on the holy mountain.
• Psalms 132:13For the Lord has chosen Zion, he has desired it for his dwelling, saying,
• Isaiah 14:32What answer shall be given to the envoys of that nation? “The Lord has established Zion, and in her his afflicted people will find refuge.”
• Hebrews 12:22But you have come to Mount Zion, to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem. You have come to thousands upon thousands of angels in joyful assembly,
• Deuteronomy 4:28There you will worship man-made gods of wood and stone, which cannot see or hear or eat or smell.
• Deuteronomy 27:15“Cursed is anyone who makes an idol—a thing detestable to the Lord, the work of skilled hands—and sets it up in secret.” Then all the people shall say, “Amen!”
• 2 Kings 19:18They have thrown their gods into the fire and destroyed them, for they were not gods but only wood and stone, fashioned by human hands.

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

In the dictionaries

• God
• Jerusalem
• god, false god, goddess, idol, idolater, idolatrous, idolatry
• 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