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2 Kings 19:21

2 KINGS—NOTE ON 2 Kings 19:21 The terms daughter of Zion and daughter of Jerusalem are frequently used in the OT to describe the city of Jerusalem and its inhabitants. Jerusalem is as defenseless as a virgin daughter, but because of the Lord’s protection she will not be violated by mighty Sennacherib. In fact, she wags her head at him, scoffing at his pride.

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See also 2 Kings 19:21 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse 2 Kings 19:21. _THE VIRGIN THE DAUGHTER OF ZION HATH DESPISED THEE,_ _AND LAUGHED THEE TO SCORN; THE DAUGHTER OF JERUSALEM HATH SHAKEN_ _HER HEAD AT THEE._] "So truly contemptible is thy power,...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    CONCERNING HIM - i. e., “concerning Sennacherib.” 2 Kings 19:21 are addressed to the great Assyrian monarch himself, and are God’s reply to his proud boastings. THE VIRGIN, THE DAUGHTER OF ZION, - Rat...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    2. HEZEKIAH AND ISAIAH AND THE DELIVERANCE CHAPTER 19 _ 1. Hezekiah's message to Isaiah (2 Kings 19:1)_ 2. Isaiah's answer. (2 Kings 19:6) 3. Sennacherib's message to Hezekiah (2 Kings 19:8;...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    2 KINGS 19:2. UNTO ISAIAH: from the Book of Isaiah we learn that the prophet had steadily opposed Hezekiah's intrigues against Assyria. SHELNA: Isaiah 22:15 *. 2 Kings 19:9. Ethiopia was the country S...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    AT THEE. AFTER THEE: i.e. after she hath seen thy back turned....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _The virgin the_[R.V. omits _the daughter of Zion hath despised thee_ The first part of the prophetic word is addressed to Sennacherib. Jerusalem is called -daughter of Sion" because her inhabitants m...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    _HEZEKIAH, MOURNING, SENDETH TO ISAIAH TO PRAY FOR HIM; HE COMFORTETH HIM: SENNACHERIB SENDETH A BLASPHEMOUS LETTER TO HEZEKIAH; HEZEKIAH'S PRAYER. AN ANGEL SLAYETH THE ASSYRIANS: SENNACHERIB IS SLAIN...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    C. SENNACHERIB'S SECOND SURRENDER DEMAND 19:8-34 By means of a personal letter to Hezekiah King Sennacherib intensified the pressure to secure the surrender of Jerusalem (2 Kings 19:8-13). This new de...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _THIS IS THE WORD THAT THE LORD HATH SPOKEN CONCERNING HIM; THE VIRGIN THE DAUGHTER OF ZION HATH DESPISED THEE, AND LAUGHED THEE TO SCORN; THE DAUGHTER OF JERUSALEM HATH SHAKEN HER HEAD AT THEE._ The...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    19:21 virgin-daughter (b-12) i.e. 'unconquered.' said of Sidon, Isaiah 23:12 ; Babylon, Isaiah 47:1 ; Egypt, Jeremiah 46:11 ....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    THE DAUGHTER OF ZION] For the personification of a city as a woman cp. Micah 4:10; Isaiah 23:10; Isaiah 23:12; Isaiah 47:1....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    THE DELIVERANCE OF JERUSALEM 2. Isaiah the prophet] This is the first mention of Isaiah in this book, but his own writings show that he had been an active teacher and statesman not only during the ear...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    THE LAST KINGS OF *ISRAEL AND *JUDAH BOOK OF 2 KINGS _PHILIP SMITH_ CHAPTER 19 ISAIAH THE *PROPHET V1 When King Hezekiah heard that, he tore his clothes. He dressed himself in rough cloth and h...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    THIS IS THE WORD ... — The prophecy which follows is well characterised by Cheyne as one “of striking interest, and both in form and matter stamped with the mark of Isaiah.” CONCERNING HIM. — Or, _ag...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    זֶ֣ה הַ דָּבָ֔ר אֲשֶׁר ־דִּבֶּ֥ר יְהוָ֖ה עָלָ

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    THE GREAT DELIVERANCE B.C. 701 2 Kings 19:1 "There brake He the arrows of the bow, the shield, the sword, and the battle." - Psalms 76:3. "And the might of the Gentile, unsmote by the sword Hath...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    SPREADING THE CASE BEFORE THE LORD 2 Kings 19:14 That bowed form of King Hezekiah, kneeling before God with this insolent and blasphemous effusion spread out before him, is a beautiful suggestion of...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    In the presence of the undoubted peril, Hezekiah in penitence turned to his old and trusted friend, the prophet Isaiah, and charged him to pray for that remnant of God's people which still remained. H...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    This [is] the word that the LORD hath spoken concerning him; The (n) virgin the daughter of Zion hath despised thee, [and] laughed thee to scorn; the daughter of Jerusalem hath shaken her head at thee...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    Virgin. The few who adhere to the Lord despise all idols and their votaries. (Worthington) --- Of Sion and of Jerusalem may denote those places. Towns and provinces are often represented as women: the...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    What a multitude of most rich and precious things appear in these verses. Observe, Reader! how long an answer the Lord returns to a short prayer. God is not only more ready to hear than we to pray; bu...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    "And he sent Eliakim, which was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and the elders of the priests covered with sackcloth to Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz" (2 Kings 19:1-37). He goes to Je...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 18 AND 19. Chapter 18 brings us to a rather different subject, namely, the relations of Judah with the Assyrian, who had become their oppressor through their...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    2 Kings 19:1...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    This [is] the word that the LORD hath spoken concerning him; The virgin the daughter of Zion hath despised thee, [and] laughed thee to scorn; the daughter of Jerusalem hath shaken her head at thee. V...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _The daughter of Zion_ That is, Jerusalem; which is called _the daughter of Zion_, say some, because the hill of Zion, as being the strongest and safest part, was first inhabited, and by the increase...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    1 Hezekiah mourning, sendeth to Esay to pray for them. 6 Esay comforteth them. 8 Sennacherib going to encounter Tirhakah, sendeth a blasphemous letter to Hezekiah. 14 Hezekiah his prayer. 20 Esay...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    This is the word that the Lord hath spoken concerning him. Now follows a prophecy in poetical form, full of powerful beauty. The first section is a scornful rebuke of Sennacherib's boast. THE VIRGIN,...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Hezekiah's Prayer and the Deliverance of Jerusalem...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    GOD'S ANSWER THROUGH ISAIAH (vv.1-7) Hezekiah, when he heard the report, showed the same humble attitude as his three servants had. He tore his cloches and put on sackcloth, the symbol of repentanc...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    20-34 All Sennacherib's motions were under the Divine cognizance. God himself undertakes to defend the city; and that person, that place, cannot but be safe, which he undertakes to protect. The invas...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    THE VIRGIN; so he calls Zion, or Jerusalem; partly, because she was pure in good measure from that gross idolatry wherewith other people were defiled, which is called spiritual whoredom; partly, to si...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    2 Kings 19:21 word H1697 LORD H3068 spoken H1696 (H8765) virgin H1330 daughter H1323 Zion H6726 despised H959 ...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    ISAIAH COMMUNICATES TO KING HEZEKIAH ‘THE WORD OF YHWH' NOW ACTIVE AGAINST THE KING OF ASSYRIA (2 KINGS 19:20). As a result of King Hezekiah's prayer Isaiah was given a prophetic message, an ‘oracle'...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Hezekiah's message to Isaiah and the answer. Sennacherib defies God. Hezekiah's prayer and the answer through Isaiah. CHARACTERS: God, angel (Jesus), Hezekiah, Isaiah, Sennacherib, Eliakim,...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    2 Kings 19:7. _I will send a blast,_ not the simoon or hot wind, very sulphurous and destructive, as in Berosus, but the immediate visitation of an angel, as when the firstborn of the Egyptians were a...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _And it came to pass when King Hezekiah heard it, he rent his clothes._ A NATION’S CALAMITIES, COUNSELLOR, AND GOD I. The exposure of a nation to an overwhelming calamity. 1. The nature of the thre...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    JERUSALEM SUPERNATURALLY DELIVERED CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.— 2 Kings 19:2. SENT TO THE PROPHET ISAIAH—The prophet, in that Jewish age, was regarded as the messenger and representative of Jehov...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION 2 KINGS 19:1 SECOND EXPEDITION OF SENNACHERIB AGAINST HEZEKIAH (_continued_)._ _The chapter falls into four portions: (1) The sequel to the embassy of Rabshakeh ...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    So it came to pass, when Hezekiah heard the words and the threats and the blasphemy, that he tore his clothes, covered himself with sackcloth, and went to the house of the LORD. And Eliakim, which was...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Amos 5:2; Isaiah 1:8; Isaiah 23:10; Isaiah 23:12; Isaiah 37:21;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Virgin — So he calls Zion, or Jerusalem; because she was pure in good measure from that gross idolatry wherewith other people were defiled, which is called spiritual whoredom: and to signify, that God...

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