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His servants spoke yet more against Yahweh God, and against his servant Hezekiah.
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A Summary of Blasphemy
Commentators explain that the phrase "spake yet more" indicates the author of Chronicles is summarizing a longer series of blasphemous speeches. The full, detailed accounts can be found in 2 Kings 18 and Isaiah 36. The Chronicler's goal is to capture the essence of the attack: a direct verbal assault not just on King Hezekiah, but, as one scholar notes, specifically "against Jehovah the (true) God."
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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
And his servants spoke yet more against the Lord God, and against his servant Hezekiah . ] Than what is here recorded, as…
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