Questions in 2 Kings

15:36

As for the other events of Jotham’s reign, and what he did, are they not written in the book of the annals of the kings of Judah?

16:19

As for the other events of the reign of Ahaz, and what he did, are they not written in the book of the annals of the kings of Judah?

18:19

The field commander said to them, “Tell Hezekiah:

  “‘This is what the great king, the king of Assyria, says: On what are you basing this confidence  of yours?

18:20

You say you have the counsel and the might for war—but you speak only empty words. On whom are you depending, that you rebel against me?

18:22

But if you say to me, “We are depending on the Lord our God”—isn’t he the one whose high places and altars Hezekiah removed, saying to Judah and Jerusalem, “You must worship before this altar in Jerusalem”?

18:24

How can you repulse one officer  of the least of my master’s officials, even though you are depending on Egypt for chariots and horsemen?

18:25

Furthermore, have I come to attack and destroy this place without word from the Lord?  The Lord himself told me to march against this country and destroy it.’”

18:27

But the commander replied, “Was it only to your master and you that my master sent me to say these things, and not to the people sitting on the wall—who, like you, will have to eat their own excrement and drink their own urine?”

18:33

Has the god  of any nation ever delivered his land from the hand of the king of Assyria?

18:34

Where are the gods of Hamath  and Arpad?  Where are the gods of Sepharvaim, Hena and Ivvah? Have they rescued Samaria from my hand?

[Message No: 7968]