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BSB Surely you have heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all the other countries, devoting them to destruction.[fn] Will you then be spared?
OEB No OEB 2KI book available
WEB Behold, you have heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands, by destroying them utterly. Will you be delivered?
WMB (Same as above)
NET Certainly you have heard how the kings of Assyria have annihilated all lands. Do you really think you will be rescued?
LSV Behold, you have heard that which the kings of Asshur have done to all the lands—to devote them; and are you delivered?
FBV Look! You've heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all the countries they've invaded[fn]— they destroyed them completely! Do you really think you'll be saved?
T4T You have certainly heard what the armies of the kings of Assyria have done to all the other countries. Our armies have completely destroyed them. So, ◄do you think that you will escape?/do not think that your god will save you!► [RHQ]
LEB Look, you have heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all the lands, by utterly destroying them, and shall you be delivered?
BBE No doubt the story has come to your ears of what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands, putting them to the curse; and will you be kept safe?
Moff No Moff 2KI book available
JPS Behold, thou hast heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands, by destroying them utterly; and shalt thou be delivered?
ASV Behold, thou hast heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands, by destroying them utterly: and shalt thou be delivered?
DRA Behold thou hast heard what the kings of the Assyrians have done to all countries, how they have laid them waste: and canst thou alone be delivered?
YLT Lo, thou hast heard that which the kings of Asshur have done to all the lands — to devote them; and thou art delivered!
Drby Behold, thou hast heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all countries, destroying them utterly; and shalt thou be delivered?
RV Behold, thou hast heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands, by destroying them utterly: and shalt thou be delivered?
Wbstr Behold, thou hast heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands, by destroying them utterly: and shalt thou be delivered?
KJB-1769 Behold, thou hast heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands, by destroying them utterly: and shalt thou be delivered?
(Behold, thou/you hast heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands, by destroying them utterly: and shalt thou/you be delivered?)
KJB-1611 Behold, thou hast heard what the kings of Assyria haue done to all lands, by destroying them vtterly: and shalt thou be deliuered?
(Modernised spelling is same as used by KJB-1769 above)
Bshps Beholde, thou hast hearde what the kinges of Assyria haue done to all landes, how they haue vtterly destroyed them: And shalt thou escape?
(Behold, thou/you hast heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all landes, how they have utterly destroyed them: And shalt thou/you escape?)
Gnva Beholde, thou hast heard what the Kings of Asshur haue done to all landes, how they haue destroyed them: and shalt thou be deliuered?
(Behold, thou/you hast heard what the Kings of Asshur have done to all landes, how they have destroyed them: and shalt thou/you be delivered?)
Cvdl Beholde, thou hast herde what the kynges of Assiria haue done vnto all londes, & how they daned them, & shalt thou be delyuered?
(Behold, thou/you hast herde what the kings of Assiria have done unto all londes, and how they daned them, and shalt thou/you be delivered?)
Wyc for thou thi silf herdist what thingis the kyngis of Assiriens diden in alle londis, hou thei wastiden tho; whether therfor thou aloone maist be delyuered?
(for thou/you thyself/yourself herdist what things the kings of Assiriens did in all londis, how they wastiden tho; whether therefore thou/you alone maist be delivered?)
Luth Siehe, du hast gehöret, was die Könige von Assyrien getan haben allen Landen und sie verbannet; und du solltest errettet werden?
(See, you have gehöret, was the kings/king from Assyrien did have all landn and they/she/them banisht; and you solltest errettet become?)
ClVg Tu enim ipse audisti quæ fecerunt reges Assyriorum universis terris, quomodo vastaverunt eas: num ergo solus poteris liberari?
(Tu because himself audisti which fecerunt reges Assyriorum universis terris, quomodo vastaverunt eas: num therefore solus you_will_be_able_to liberari?)
BrTr Behold, thou hast heard all that the kings of the Assyrians have done in all the lands, to [fn]waste them utterly: and shalt thou be delivered?
BrLXX Ἰδοὺ σὺ ἤκουσας πάντα ὅσα ἐποίησαν βασιλεῖς Ἀσσυρίων πάσαις ταῖς γαίαις τοῦ ἀναθεματίσαι αὐτάς· καὶ σὺ ῥυσθήσῃ;
(Idou su aʸkousas panta hosa epoiaʸsan basileis Assuriōn pasais tais gaiais tou anathematisai autas; kai su ɽusthaʸsaʸ;)
UTN uW Translation Notes:
(Occurrence 0) See, you have heard
(Some words not found in UHB: see/lo/see! you(ms) you(ms)_paid_attention DOM which/who they_had_acquired kings Assyria to/from=all/each/any/every the,lands by,destroying_~_completely,them and=you(ms) delivered )
“Notice, you have heard” or “You have certainly heard.” Here “see” was used to draw attention to what he was about to say next.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion
(Occurrence 0) So will you be rescued?
(Some words not found in UHB: see/lo/see! you(ms) you(ms)_paid_attention DOM which/who they_had_acquired kings Assyria to/from=all/each/any/every the,lands by,destroying_~_completely,them and=you(ms) delivered )
Sennacharib used this question to emphasize that God will not be able to rescue them. Alternate translation: “Your God will not rescue you!” or “You will not be able to escape either!”
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Isaiah 36-37; 2 Kings 18-19; 2 Chronicles 32
The harrowing experience of the attack on Judah by King Sennacherib of Assyria during Hezekiah’s reign is recorded by three different writers of Scripture and even by Sennacherib himself. Many scholars also suspect that this event formed the basis for Herodotus’s story regarding an army of mice eating the bow strings of the Assyrian army during their campaign against the Egyptians (Histories, 2.141). The origins of this event stretch back into the reign of Hezekiah’s father Ahaz, who enticed the Assyrians to attack Israel and Aram in exchange for making Judah a vassal of Assyria (2 Kings 16-17; 2 Chronicles 28; Isaiah 7-8; also see “The Final Days of the Northern Kingdom of Israel” map). Judah continued to be a vassal of Assyria through the early part of Hezekiah’s reign, but Hezekiah also quietly made extensive preparations to throw off the yoke of Assyria one day (2 Kings 18:1-12; 1 Chronicles 4:39-43; 2 Chronicles 29-31; also see “Hezekiah Strengthens Judah” map). Hezekiah also appears to have been hoping for support from Babylon and Egypt regarding his efforts to revolt against Assyria’s rule, but the prophet Isaiah warned Judah against placing their hopes in these foreign powers (Isaiah 30:1-5; 31:1-3; 39:1-8; 40:10-15; 2 Kings 20:12-19). After a few years spent quashing rebellion among the Babylonians, the Kassites, and the Medes in the east, Sennacherib turned his sights westward and began a campaign to subdue the various vassal nations that were refusing to submit to Assyria’s rule any longer. He first reconquered the Phoenician cities of Sidon and Tyre and then moved south to Philistia. He subdued Joppa, Beth-dagon, Bene-berak, and Azor and then moved to capture the cities of the Shephelah, which guarded the entrances to the valleys leading into the central hill country of Judah. While Sennacherib was attacking Lachish he sent his officers to demand Hezekiah’s surrender. This may be the Assyrian advance upon Jerusalem from the north described in Isaiah 10:28-32, but this is not certain (see “Assyria Advances on Jerusalem” map). Hezekiah sent officers back to Sennacherib with gold and silver taken from Temple and the royal treasury, but he would not surrender. The officers then traveled to Libnah to meet with Sennacherib, for he gone to fight there by that time. In the meantime King Tirhakah of Cush, who was ruling over Egypt at this time, came to attack Sennacherib, so Sennacherib sent his officials back to Hezekiah with a message that Jerusalem would be taken if he resisted. Hezekiah laid the letter from the officials before the Lord and prayed, and the Lord sent word through the prophet Isaiah that Jerusalem would not be taken. Then that very night the angel of the Lord killed 185,000 Assyrian soldiers (probably those with Sennacherib fighting the Egyptians), and Sennacherib went back to Assyria. There while he was worshiping in the temple of Nisroch, Sennacherib’s sons killed him and fled to Ararat (see “Ararat” map).