2 Raja-raja 18:6
18:6 He was loyal to
1 the
Lord and did not abandon him.
2 He obeyed the commandments which the
Lord had given to
3 Moses.
2 Raja-raja 18:35
18:35 Who among all the gods of the lands has rescued their lands from my power? So how can the
Lord rescue Jerusalem from my power?’”
4
2 Raja-raja 19:22
19:22 Whom have you taunted and hurled insults at?
At whom have you shouted, 5
and looked so arrogantly? 6
At the Holy One of Israel! 7
1 tn Heb “he hugged.”
2 tn Heb “and did not turn aside from after him.”
3 tn Heb “had commanded.”
4 tn Heb “that the Lord might rescue Jerusalem from my hand?” The logic runs as follows: Since no god has ever been able to withstand the Assyrian onslaught, how can the people of Jerusalem possibly think the Lord will rescue them?
5 tn Heb “have you raised a voice.”
6 tn Heb “and lifted your eyes on high?”
7 sn This divine title pictures the Lord as the sovereign king who rules over his covenant people and exercises moral authority over them.