2 Kings 19:4 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Bible Comments

God. Hebrew. Elohim. App-4.

all. Some codices, with Syriac, omit "all".

reproach. disparage, taunt, or flout.

lift up thy prayer. Hezekiah's "Songs of the degrees" witness to this prayer in his distress. See Psalms 120:1; Psalms 130:1; Psalms 130:2. App-67.

2 Kings 19:4

4 It may be the LORD thy God will hear all the words of Rabshakeh, whom the king of Assyria his master hath sent to reproach the living God; and will reprove the words which the LORD thy God hath heard: wherefore lift up thy prayer for the remnant that are left.b