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2 Kings 19:13 Explained in Context
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Verse 13. 13Where is the king of Hamath, and the king of Arpad, and the king of the city of Sepharvaim, of Hena, and Ivah?
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Quick Meaning
This verse closes the thought unit with its stated result or transition: “Where is the king of Hamath, and the king of Arpad, and the king of the city of….” Its responsible meaning belongs to the complete movement “A renewed Assyrian message catalogs conquered gods.”
Read It With
- 2 Kings 19:8–13
Read 2 Kings 19:13 with 19:8–13. The selected wording supplies one closing in the thought unit with its stated result or transition; the surrounding verses supply the causes, responses, and outcome summarized here: The Rabshakeh rejoins his king, news of Tirhakah shifts the campaign, and messengers warn Hezekiah not to be deceived by trust in God.
Why This Verse Appears Here
Within “A renewed Assyrian message catalogs conquered gods,” 2 Kings 19:13 closes the thought unit with its stated result or transition through the wording “Where is the king of Hamath, and the king of Arpad, and the king of the city of….” Its placement is governed by this reviewed relationship: 2 Kings 19:1–7 establishes this prior movement: Hezekiah tears his clothes, sends elders to Isaiah, names a day of distress, and receives an oracle not to fear the blasphemous message. 2 Kings 19:8–13 continues the same royal, prophetic, household, military, reform, or exile movement; that evidenced relationship, rather than database adjacency alone, explains its placement.
Read 2 Kings 19:8–13 together
Why these verses belong together: 2 Kings 19:8–13 forms one scene or regnal notice: The Rabshakeh rejoins his king, news of Tirhakah shifts the campaign, and messengers warn Hezekiah not to be deceived by trust in God.
Verse 8. 8 So Rab-shakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria warring against Libnah: for he had heard that he was departed from Lachish.
Verse 9. 9 And when he heard say of Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, Behold, he is come out to fight against thee: he sent messengers again unto Hezekiah, saying,
Verse 10. 10 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.
Verse 11. 11 Behold, thou hast heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands, by destroying them utterly: and shalt thou be delivered?
Verse 12. 12 Have the gods of the nations delivered them which my fathers have destroyed; as Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the children of Eden which were in Thelasar?
Verse 13. 13 Where is the king of Hamath, and the king of Arpad, and the king of the city of Sepharvaim, of Hena, and Ivah?
What Remains True
Public power, prophetic authority, and worship remain accountable to truth, human responsibility, affected people, and the limits of the evidence rather than title or success alone. This unit tests that truth through the narrated movement: The Rabshakeh rejoins his king, news of Tirhakah shifts the campaign, and messengers warn Hezekiah not to be deceived by trust in God. In 2 Kings 19:13, the concrete line “Where is the king of Hamath, and the king of Arpad, and the king of the city of…” keeps that truth accountable to narrated evidence.
How It Can Shape Life
- The evidence to keep visible in this verse is “Where is the king of Hamath, and the king of Arpad, and the king of the city of….” Use entrusted authority transparently, protect people affected by the decision, record who is responsible, and submit claimed spiritual or political necessity to independent review. This response follows from the unit's own sequence: The Rabshakeh rejoins his king, news of Tirhakah shifts the campaign, and messengers warn Hezekiah not to be deceived by trust in God.
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
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Supports: Exact reader-facing KJV wording, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete verse coverage for this thought unit.
Exact location: 2 Kings 19:8–13, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: 2 Kings
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2
Supports: Hebrew wording, morphology, names, royal formulas, clause relationships, older-English controls, and translation limits.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v.2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/2Kgs.xml, Masoretic words and morphology for 19:8–13
Open source ↗translation and translator notes
NET Bible: 2 Kings with translators' notes
Biblical Studies Press
Biblical Studies Press, 2006
Supports: A unit-bounded translation comparison plus only the lexical, grammatical, textual, historical, or older-English notes actually printed for these verses; silence is not treated as evidence.
Exact location: NET Bible 2 Kings PDF, printed pp. 657–659, translation and translator notes for 19:8–13
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