2 Kings 19:35

19:35 That very night the Lord’s messenger went out and killed 185,000 men in the Assyrian camp. When they¹ got up early the next morning, there were all the corpses.²

2 Kings 19:17-18

19:17 It is true, Lord, that the kings of Assyria have destroyed the nations and their lands. 19:18 They have burned the gods of the nations,³ for they are not really gods, but only the product of human hands manufactured from wood and stone. That is why the Assyrians could destroy them.⁴

2 Kings 19:11

19:11 Certainly you have heard how the kings of Assyria have annihilated all lands.⁵ Do you really think you will be rescued?⁶

2 Kings 16:9

16:9 The king of Assyria responded favorably to his request;⁷ he⁸ attacked Damascus and captured it. He deported the people⁹ to Kir and executed Rezin.

2 Kings 18:10

18:10 After three years he captured it (in the sixth year of Hezekiah’s reign); in the ninth year of King Hoshea’s reign over Israel Samaria was captured.

2 Kings 18:19

18:19 The chief adviser said to them, “Tell Hezekiah: ‘This is what the great king, the king of Assyria, says: “What is your source of confidence?¹⁰

2 Kings 19:8

19:8 When the chief adviser heard the king of Assyria had departed from Lachish, he left and went to Libnah, where the king was campaigning.¹¹

2 Kings 16:8

16:8 Then Ahaz took the silver and gold that were¹² in the Lord’s temple and in the treasuries of the royal palace and sent it as tribute¹³ to the king of Assyria.

2 Kings 17:24

The King of Assyria Populates Israel with Foreigners

17:24 The king of Assyria brought foreigners¹⁴ from Babylon, Cuthah, Avva, Hamath, and Sepharvaim and settled them in the cities of Samaria¹⁵ in place of the Israelites. They took possession of Samaria and lived in its cities.

2 Kings 18:16

18:16 At that time King Hezekiah of Judah stripped the metal overlays from the doors of the Lord’s temple and from the posts which he had plated¹⁶ and gave them to the king of Assyria.

2 Kings 18:30

18:30 Don’t let Hezekiah talk you into trusting in the Lord when he says, “The Lord will certainly rescue us; this city will not be handed over to the king of Assyria.”

2 Kings 18:37

18:37 Eliakim son of Hilkiah, the palace supervisor, accompanied by Shebna the scribe and Joah son of Asaph, the secretary, went to Hezekiah with their clothes torn¹⁷ and reported to him what the chief adviser had said.

2 Kings 19:6

19:6 Isaiah said to them, “Tell your master this: ‘This is what the Lord says: “Don’t be afraid because of the things you have heard – these insults the king of Assyria’s servants have hurled against me.¹⁸

2 Kings 18:17

18:17 The king of Assyria sent his commanding general, the chief eunuch, and the chief adviser¹⁹ from Lachish to King Hezekiah in Jerusalem,²⁰ along with a large army. They went up and arrived at Jerusalem. They went²¹ and stood at the conduit of the upper pool which is located on the road to the field where they wash and dry cloth.²²

2 Kings 19:4

19:4 Perhaps the Lord your God will hear all these things the chief adviser has spoken on behalf of his master, the king of Assyria, who sent him to taunt the living God.²³ When the Lord your God hears, perhaps he will punish him for the things he has said.²⁴ So pray for this remnant that remains.’”²⁵

¹tn This refers to the Israelites and/or the rest of the Assyrian army.

²tn Heb “look, all of them were dead bodies.”

³tn Heb “and they put their gods in the fire.”

⁴tn Heb “so they destroyed them.”

⁵tn Heb “Look, you have heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all the lands, annihilating them.”

⁶tn Heb “and will you be rescued?” The rhetorical question expects the answer, “No, of course not!”

⁷tn Heb “listened to him.”

⁸tn Heb “the king of Assyria.”

⁹tn Heb “it.”

⁹tn Heb “What is this object of trust in which you are trusting?”

¹¹tn Heb “and the chief adviser returned and he found the king of Assyria fighting against Libnah, for he heard that he had departed from Lachish.”

¹³tn Heb “that was found.”

¹⁴tn Or “bribe money.”

¹⁵tn The object is supplied in the translation.

¹⁶sn In vv. 24-29 Samaria stands for the entire northern kingdom of Israel.

¹⁷tn Heb “At that time Hezekiah stripped the doors of the Lord’s temple, and the posts which Hezekiah king of Judah had plated.”

¹⁹sn As a sign of grief and mourning.

²¹tn Heb “by which the servants of the king of Assyria have insulted me.”

²³sn For a discussion of these titles see M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 229-30.

²⁴map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.

²⁵tn Heb “and they went up and came.”

²⁶tn Heb “the field of the washer.”

²⁵tn Heb “all the words of the chief adviser whom his master, the king of Assyria, sent to taunt the living God.”

²⁶tn Heb “and rebuke the words which the Lord your God hears.”

²⁷tn Heb “and lift up a prayer on behalf of the remnant that is found.”