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2 Kings 19

2 Kings 19:24

Sennacherib’s Fall Prophesied · 2 Kings 19:20–34
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Translations

Modern
I have dug wells and drunk foreign waters. With the soles of my feet I have dried up all the streams of Egypt.”
Traditional
I have digged and drunk strange waters, and with the sole of my feet have I dried up all the rivers of besieged places.
Literal
I have dug and I have drunk strange waters, and I have dried up with the soles of my feet all the brooks of Egypt.”
Latin
…ego succidi. Et bibi aquas alienas, et siccavi vestigiis pedum meorum omnes aquas clausas.

Original

Hebrew
English
I have dug wells and drunk foreign waters. With the soles of my feet I have dried up all the streams of Egypt.”

Notes

2 Kings 19:23–24

the 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).

2 Kings 19:21–28

The phrase Virgin Daughter is often used to describe a city or nation (Isaiah 23:12; 37:22; 47:1; Jeremiah 18:13). Here, it means that just as a young woman is saved from danger, God will save Jerusalem. The Lord's response came as a "taunt song," a common ancient Near Eastern literary form that celebrated an enemy's defeat (see Isaiah 14:3–20).

Events

Parallels

Isaiah 37:21–35

Places

Egypt: Ancient nation; Israelites enslaved there; plagues and Exodus

Glossary

Assyria, Assyrians Hezekiah Kings, Books of First and Second Psalms, Book of Tirhakah Warfare

Topics

Assyria: As a Power, Was: Proud and Haughty Assyria: Sennacherib King of Reproved for Pride and Blasphemy Cities were Frequently: Besieged Hezekiah: King of Judah: Prophecies Concerning Jerusalem: Besieged by Sennacherib Jerusalem: Calamities of, Mentioned: Besieged but not Taken by Sennacherib Prophecy: Miscellaneous, Fulfilled: Destruction of Sennacherib's Army, and his Death Sieges: Those Engaged in Cut off all Supplies