Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

He wrote also letters to rail on the LORD God of Israel, and to speak against him, saying, As the gods of the nations of other lands have not delivered their people out of mine hand, so shall not the God of Hezekiah deliver his people out of mine hand.

As the gods

General references

Bible References

He wrote

2 Kings 19:9
The king had heard this about Tirhakah king of Cush: “Look, he has set out to fight against you.” So he again sent messengers to Hezekiah, saying,
Nehemiah 6:5
Sanballat sent me this same message a fifth time by his aide, who had an open letter in his hand.
Isaiah 37:14
Hezekiah took the letter from the messengers, read it, then went up to the Lord’s temple and spread it out before the Lord.

To rail

2 Kings 19:22
Who is it you mocked and blasphemed?
Against whom have you raised your voice
and lifted your eyes in pride?
Against the Holy One of Israel!
Isaiah 10:15
Does an ax exalt itself
above the one who chops with it?
Does a saw magnify itself
above the one who saws with it?
It would be like a staff waving the one who lifts it!
It would be like a rod lifting a man who isn’t wood!
Isaiah 37:23
Who is it you have mocked and blasphemed?
Who have you raised your voice against
and lifted your eyes in pride?
Against the Holy One of Israel!
Revelation 13:6
He began to speak blasphemies against God: to blaspheme His name and His dwelling—those who dwell in heaven.

As the gods

2 Kings 19:12
Did the gods of the nations that my predecessors destroyed rescue them—nations such as Gozan, Haran, Rezeph, and the Edenites in Telassar?

General references

2 Kings 19:10
“Say this to Hezekiah king of Judah: ‘Don’t let your God, whom you trust, deceive you by promising that Jerusalem will not be handed over to the king of Assyria.

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