2 Kings 18:19
Old Testament • 13 words with Strong's data
"And Rabshakeh said unto them, Speak ye now to Hezekiah, Thus saith the great king, the king of Assyria, What confidence is this wherein thou trustest?"
Word-by-Word Analysis
רַבְשָׁקֵה
Rabshâqêh
Rabshakeh, a Babylonian official
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
דָבַר
dâbar
perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
חִזְקִיָּה
Chizqîyâh
Chizkijah, a king of Judah, also the name of two other Israelites
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
גָּדוֹל
gâdôwl
great (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent
אַשּׁוּר
ʼAshshûwr
Ashshur, the second son of Shem; also his descendants and the country occupied by them (i.e. Assyria), its region and its empire
מִבְטָח
mibṭâch
properly, a refuge, i.e. (objective) security, or (subjective) assurance
אֲשֶׁר
ʼăsher
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.
אָמַן
ʼâman
properly, to build up or support; to foster as a parent or nurse; figuratively to render (or be) firm or faithful, to trust or believe, to be permanen...
Key Terms in This Verse
אָמַן ʼâman
properly, to build up or support; to foster as a parent or nurse; figuratively to render (or be) firm or faithful, to trust or believe, to be permanent or quiet; morally to be true or certain;
Study H539 →מִבְטָח mibṭâch
properly, a refuge, i.e. (objective) security, or (subjective) assurance
Study H4009 →אַשּׁוּר ʼAshshûwr
Ashshur, the second son of Shem; also his descendants and the country occupied by them (i.e. Assyria), its region and its empire
Study H804 →חִזְקִיָּה Chizqîyâh
Chizkijah, a king of Judah, also the name of two other Israelites
Study H2396 →אֲשֶׁר ʼăsher
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.
Study H834 →דָבַר dâbar
perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
Study H1696 →Cross References
And Rabshakeh said unto them, Say ye now to Hezekiah, Thus saith the great king, the king of Assyria, What confidence is this wherein thou trustest?
Thus shall ye speak to Hezekiah king of Judah, saying, Let not thy God in whom thou trustest deceive thee, saying, Jerusalem shall not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria.
O ye sons of men, how long will ye turn my glory into shame? how long will ye love vanity, and seek after leasing? Selah.
But if ye say unto me, We trust in the LORD our God: is not that he, whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah hath taken away, and hath said to Judah and Jerusalem, Ye shall worship before this alt...
Thus shall ye speak to Hezekiah king of Judah, saying, Let not thy God, in whom thou trustest, deceive thee, saying, Jerusalem shall not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.
Where is the king of Hamath, and the king of Arphad, and the king of the city of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivah?
But if thou say to me, We trust in the LORD our God: is it not he, whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah hath taken away, and said to Judah and to Jerusalem, Ye shall worship before this altar?
The king spake, and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the house of the kingdom by the might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty?
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