2 Kings 19:4

2 Kings 19:4 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)It may be the Lord thy God will hear all the words of Rab–shakeh, whom the king of Assyria his master hath sent to reproach the living God; and will reprove the words which the Lord thy God hath heard: wherefore lift up thy prayer for the remnant that are left.
• New International Version (NIV)It may be that the Lord your God will hear all the words of the field commander, whom his master, the king of Assyria, has sent to ridicule the living God, and that he will rebuke him for the words the Lord your God has heard. Therefore pray for the remnant that still survives.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)It may be that the Lord your God heard all the words of the Rabshakeh, whom his master the king of Assyria has sent to mock the living God, and will rebuke the words that the Lord your God has heard; therefore lift up your prayer for the remnant that is left."
• New King James Version (NKJV)It may be that the Lord your God will hear all the words of the Rabshakeh, whom his master the king of Assyria has sent to reproach the living God, and will rebuke the words which the Lord your God has heard. Therefore lift up your prayer for the remnant that is left.’ ”

Context of 2 Kings 19:4

2And he sent Eliakim, which was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and the elders of the priests, covered with sackcloth, to Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz. 3And they said unto him, Thus saith Hezekiah, This day is a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and blasphemy: for the children are come to the birth, and there is not strength to bring forth. It may be Yhwh thy God will hear all the words of Rab–shakeh, whom the king of Assyria his master hath sent to reproach the living God; and will reprove the words which Yhwh thy God hath heard: wherefore lift up thy prayer for the remnant that are left. 5So the servants of king Hezekiah came to Isaiah. 6And Isaiah said unto them, Thus shall ye say to your master, Thus saith Yhwh, Be not afraid of the words which thou hast heard, with which the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed me.

2 Kings 19:4 word by word

אוּלַ֡י יִשְׁמַע֩ יְהוָ֨ה אֱלֹהֶ֜יךָ אֵ֣ת׀ כָּל־דִּבְרֵ֣י רַב־שָׁקֵ֗ה אֲשֶׁר֩ שְׁלָח֨וֹ מֶֽלֶךְ־אַשּׁ֤וּר׀ אֲדֹנָיו֙ לְחָרֵף֙ אֱלֹהִ֣ים חַ֔י וְהוֹכִ֙יחַ֙ בַּדְּבָרִ֔ים אֲשֶׁ֥ר שָׁמַ֖ע יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֑יךָ וְנָשָׂ֣אתָ תְפִלָּ֔ה בְּעַ֥ד הַשְּׁאֵרִ֖ית הַנִּמְצָאָֽה׃Read the interlinear

• It may beאוּלַי'ûlay 'ûlay · perhapsH194
• Yhwhיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• thy Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430
• will hearשָׁמַעshâma‛ · to hear: hearH8085
• all the wordsדָּבָרdâbâr · wordH1697
• of Rab–shakehרַבְשָׁקֵהrabshâqêh · RabshakehH7262
• whom the kingמֶ֫לֶךְmelek · kingH4428
• of Assyriaאַשּׁוּר'ashshûr 'ashshûr · AssyriaH804
• his masterאָדוֹן'âdôn 'âdôn · lordH113
• hath sentשָׁלַחshâlach · to send: departH7971
• to reproachחָרַףchâraph · to tauntH2778
• the livingחַיchay · aliveH2416
• and will reproveיָכַחyâkach · to rebukeH3198
• wherefore lift upנָשָׂאnâώâ' nâsâh · to lift: loudH5375
• prayerתְּפִלָּהtephillâh · prayerH8605
• for the remnantשְׁאֵרִיתshe'êrîyth · remnantH7611
• that are leftמָצָאmâtsâ' · to findH4672

Cross-references for 2 Kings 19:4

• Genesis 22:14And Abraham called the name of that place Jehovah–jireh, Yhwh Will Provide: as it is said to this day, In the mount of Yhwh it shall be seen.
• Deuteronomy 32:36For Yhwh shall judge his people, and repent himself for his servants, when he seeth that their power is gone, and there is none shut up, or left.
• Joshua 14:12Now therefore give me this mountain, whereof Yhwh spake in that day; for thou heardest in that day how the Anakims were there, and that the cities were great and fenced: if so be Yhwh will be with me, then I shall be able to drive them out, as Yhwh said.
• 1 Samuel 14:6And Jonathan said to the young man that bare his armour, Come, and let us go over unto the garrison of these uncircumcised: it may be that Yhwh will work for us: for there is no restraint to Yhwh to save by many or by few.
• 2 Samuel 16:12It may be that Yhwh will look on mine affliction, and that Yhwh will requite me good for his cursing this day.
• 2 Kings 18:17And the king of Assyria sent Tartan and Rabsaris and Rab–shakeh from Lachish to king Hezekiah with a great host against Jerusalem. And they went up and came to Jerusalem. And when they were come up, they came and stood by the conduit of the upper pool, which is in the highway of the fuller’s field.
• 2 Kings 19:22Whom hast thou reproached and blasphemed? and against whom hast thou exalted thy voice, and lifted up thine eyes on high? even against the Holy One of Israel.
• 1 Samuel 17:45Then said David to the Philistine, Thou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a shield: but I come to thee in the name of Yhwh of Armies, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast defied.
• Psalms 50:21These things hast thou done, and I kept silence; thou thoughtest that I was altogether such an one as thyself: but I will reprove thee, and set them in order before thine eyes.
• Psalms 74:18Remember this, that the enemy hath reproached, O Yhwh, and that the foolish people have blasphemed thy name.
• 2 Chronicles 32:20And for this cause Hezekiah the king, and the prophet Isaiah the son of Amoz, prayed and cried to heaven.
• Psalms 50:15And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.
• Jeremiah 33:3Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not.
• Ezekiel 36:37Thus saith the Lord Yhwh; I will yet for this be enquired of by the house of Israel, to do it for them; I will increase them with men like a flock.
• Romans 9:27Isaiah also crieth concerning Israel, Though the number of the children of Israel be as the sand of the sea, a remnant shall be saved:
• James 5:16Confess your trespasses one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.

Commentaries on 2 Kings 19:4

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 4The remnant that are left - That is, the Jews; the ten tribes having been already carried away captive by the kings of Assyria.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4Will hear - i. e., “will show that he has heard - will notice and punish.” The living God - See 1 Samuel 17:26 note. And will reprove the words - Rather, “will reprove him for the words.” The remnant - i. e., for the kingdom of Judah, the only remnant of God‘s people that was now left, after Galilee and Gilead and Samaria had all been carried away captive.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4Hezekiah was not denying his own relationship with the Lord by calling him your God; instead, he was recognizing God's special call on Isaiah.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 44. the living God--"The living God" is a most significant expression taken in connection with the senseless deities that Rab-shakeh boasted were unable to resist his master's victorious arms. 2Ki 19:6, 7. Comforted by Isaiah.Read the comment

Topics related to 2 Kings 19:4

• Diplomacy
• Intercession
• Rab-Shakeh (Rabshakeh)

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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