Add parallel Print Page Options

32 So this is what the Lord has said about the king of Assyria:
“He will not enter this city,
nor will he shoot an arrow here.[a]
He will not attack it with his shield-carrying warriors,[b]
nor will he build siege works against it.
33 He will go back the way he came.
He will not enter this city,” says the Lord.

34 “‘I will shield this city and rescue it for the sake of my reputation and because of my promise to David my servant.’”[c]

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 19:32 tn Heb “there.”
  2. 2 Kings 19:32 tn Heb “[with] a shield.” By metonymy the “shield” stands for the soldier who carries it.
  3. 2 Kings 19:34 tn Heb “for my sake and for the sake of David my servant.”