2 Kings 19:34

34 '1For I will defend this city to save it for My own sake and 2for My servant David's sake.' "

2 Kings 19:34 Meaning and Commentary

2 Kings 19:34

(See Gill on 2 Kings 19:1)

2 Kings 19:34 In-Context

32 'Therefore thus says the LORD concerning the king of Assyria, "He will not come to this city or shoot an arrow there; and he will not come before it with a shield or throw up a siege ramp against it.
33 "By the way that he came, by the same he will return, and he shall not come to this city,"' declares the LORD .
34 'For I will defend this city to save it for My own sake and for My servant David's sake.' "
35 Then it happened that night that the angel of the LORD went out and struck 185,000 in the camp of the Assyrians; and when men rose early in the morning, behold, all of them were dead .
36 So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed and returned home, and lived at Nineveh.

Cross References 2

  • 1. 2 Kings 20:6; Isaiah 31:5
  • 2. 1 Kings 11:12, 13
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