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Don`t you know what I and my fathers have done to all the peoples of the lands? Were the gods of the nations of the lands in any wise able to deliver their land out of my hand?
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The Logic of the Enemy
Sennacherib's taunt was a logical argument based on historical precedent. Commentators explain that Assyrian kings had a proven track record of conquering nations and their gods. Historical records, like other Assyrian inscriptions, confirm this practice, showing that his argument was designed to be psychologically powerful and seemingly irrefutable from a human perspective.
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2 Chronicles
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The author of Chronicles compresses into 13 verses the history that occupies a chapter and a half in the book of Kings ([Reference 2 Kings 18:17–19…
19th Century
Anglican
A brief summary of what is related in 2 Kings 18:17–19:37.
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
(See Gill on 2 Chronicles 32:12)
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