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By your messengers you have defied the Lord, and have said, With the multitude of my chariots am I come up to the height of the mountains, to the innermost parts of Lebanon; and I will cut down the tall cedars of it, and the choice fir-trees of it; and I will enter into his farthest lodging-place, the forest of his fruitful field.
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The Voice of Pride
Commentators explain that this verse reveals the inner thoughts of the Assyrian king, Sennacherib. His boast of conquering impassable mountains with his chariots is not just military bragging; it's a declaration of his own supposed supreme power, a direct challenge to the Lord's sovereignty.
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Albert Barnes
On 2 Kings 19:23
18th Century
Theologian
And you have said - Isaiah puts into words the thoughts of Sennacherib’s heart—thoughts of the most extreme self-confidence. (Compare Isaiah…
Charles Ellicott
On 2 Kings 19:23
19th Century
Bishop
The multitude. —This is the reading of the Hebrew margin, of many MSS., Isaiah, and all the versions. The Hebrew text has “with th…
John Gill
On 2 Kings 19:23
17th Century
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(See Gill on 2 Kings 19:1)
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Matthew Henry
On 2 Kings 19:20–34
17th Century
Minister
All Sennacherib's movements were under Divine cognizance. God Himself undertakes to defend the city; and that person, that place, which He undertak…