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I have dug and drunk strange waters, and with the sole of my feet will I dry up all the rivers of Egypt.
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A Boast Against Nature
Commentators explain this verse as King Sennacherib's arrogant boast. He claims power over all natural barriers, saying he can find water in barren deserts ("digged... strange waters") and that his army is so vast it will "dry up" the impassable rivers and canals of Egypt ("Mâçôr") simply by marching across them. It's a claim of absolute military dominance.
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2 Kings
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Have digged and drunk... and dried up — The meaning seems to be: “Mountains do not stop me; I cross them even in my chariots. Deserts do not…
19th Century
Anglican
I have digged and drunk strange waters. —Scarcity of water has until now been no obstacle to my advance. In foreign and h…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
(See Gill on 2 Kings 19:1)
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All Sennacherib's movements were under Divine cognizance. God Himself undertakes to defend the city; and that person, that place, which He undertak…
