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Selected Verse: 2 Kings 19:23 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| 2Ki 19:23 |
Strong Concordance |
By [03027] thy messengers [04397] thou hast reproached [02778] the Lord [0136], and hast said [0559], With the multitude [07230] of my chariots [07393] [07393] I am come up [05927] to the height [04791] of the mountains [02022], to the sides [03411] of Lebanon [03844], and will cut down [03772] the tall [06967] cedar trees [0730] thereof, and the choice [04004] fir trees [01265] thereof: and I will enter [0935] into the lodgings [04411] of his borders [07093], and into the forest [03293] of his Carmel [03760]. |
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King James |
By thy messengers thou hast reproached the Lord, and hast said, With the multitude of my chariots I am come up to the height of the mountains, to the sides of Lebanon, and will cut down the tall cedar trees thereof, and the choice fir trees thereof: and I will enter into the lodgings of his borders, and into the forest of his Carmel. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
And hast said - Isaiah clothes in words the thoughts of Sennacherib's heart - thoughts of the most extreme self-confidence. Compare Isa 10:7-14, where, probably at an earlier date, the same overweening pride is ascribed to this king.
With the multitude of my chariots - There are two readings here, which give, however, nearly the same sense. The more difficult and more poetical of the two is to be preferred. Literally, translated it runs - "With chariots upon chariots am I come up, etc."
To the sides of Lebanon - , "Lebanon," with its "cedars" and its "fir-trees," is to be understood here both literally and figuratively. Literally, the hewing of timber in Lebanon was an ordinary feature of an Assyrian expedition into Syria. Figuratively, the mountain represents all the more inaccessible parts of Palestine, and the destruction of its firs and cedars denotes the complete devastation of the entire country from one end to the other.
The lodgings of his borders - literally, "the lodge of its (Lebanon's) end;" either an actual habitation situated on the highest point of the mountain-range, or a poetical periphrasis for the highest point itself.
The forest of his Carmel - Or, "the forest of its garden" - i. e., "its forest which is like a garden," etc. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Mountains - I have brought up my very chariots to those mountains which were thought inaccessible by my army. Lebanon - An high hill, famous for cedars and fir - trees. Cut down - I will cut down the trees that hinder my march, and plane the way for my numerous army and chariots. Lodgings - Those cities (which he calls lodgings in way of contempt) which are in his utmost borders. I am come into the land of Canaan at one border, Lebanon, and I resolve to march on to the other border, and so destroy the whole country, from one border to the other. Carmel - The forest of mount Carmel, which may seem to be another inaccessible place, like Lebanon. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
The tall cedar trees - the choice fir trees - Probably meaning the princes and nobles of the country.
The forest of his Carmel - Better in the margin: the forest and his fruitful field. |
7 Howbeit he meaneth [01819] not so, neither doth his heart [03824] think [02803] so; but it is in his heart [03824] to destroy [08045] and cut off [03772] nations [01471] not a few [04592].
8 For he saith [0559], Are not my princes [08269] altogether [03162] kings [04428]?
9 Is not Calno [03641] as Carchemish [03751]? is not Hamath [02574] as Arpad [0774]? is not Samaria [08111] as Damascus [01834]?
10 As my hand [03027] hath found [04672] the kingdoms [04467] of the idols [0457], and whose graven images [06456] did excel them of Jerusalem [03389] and of Samaria [08111];
11 Shall I not, as I have done [06213] unto Samaria [08111] and her idols [0457], so do [06213] to Jerusalem [03389] and her idols [06091]?
12 Wherefore it shall come to pass, that when the Lord [0136] hath performed [01214] his whole work [04639] upon mount [02022] Zion [06726] and on Jerusalem [03389], I will punish [06485] the fruit [06529] of the stout [01433] heart [03824] of the king [04428] of Assyria [0804], and the glory [08597] of his high [07312] looks [05869].
13 For he saith [0559], By the strength [03581] of my hand [03027] I have done [06213] it, and by my wisdom [02451]; for I am prudent [0995]: and I have removed [05493] the bounds [01367] of the people [05971], and have robbed [08154] their treasures [06259] [06264], and I have put down [03381] the inhabitants [03427] like a valiant [047] [03524] man:
14 And my hand [03027] hath found [04672] as a nest [07064] the riches [02428] of the people [05971]: and as one gathereth [0622] eggs [01000] that are left [05800], have I gathered [0622] all the earth [0776]; and there was none that moved [05074] the wing [03671], or opened [06475] the mouth [06310], or peeped [06850].