2 Kings 19:23
Through your servants you have taunted the Lord, and you have said: “With my many chariots I have ascended to the heights of the mountains, to the remote peaks of Lebanon. I have cut down its tallest cedars, the finest of its cypresses. I have reached its farthest outposts, the densest of its forests.
Note Or pines or junipers or firs
By thy messengers thou hast reproached the Lord, and hast said, With the multitude of my chariots I am come up to the height of the mountains, to the sides of Lebanon, and will cut down the tall cedar trees thereof, and the choice fir trees thereof: and I will enter into the lodgings of his borders, and into the forest of his Carmel.
Note By: Heb. By the hand of
Note tall…: Heb. tallness, etc
Note of his Carmel: or, and his fruitful field
By your messengers, you have defied the Lord, and have said, “With the multitude of my chariots, I have come up to the height of the mountains, to the innermost parts of Lebanon, and I will cut down its tall cedars and its choice cypress trees; and I will enter into his farthest lodging place, the forest of his fruitful field.
By thy messengers thou hast defied the Lord, and hast said, With the multitude of my chariots am I come up to the height of the mountains, to the innermost parts of Lebanon; and I will cut down the tall cedars thereof, and the choice fir-trees thereof; and I will enter into his farthest lodging-place, the forest of his fruitful field.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- By
- Heb. By the hand of. messengers.
- 2 Kings 18:17; 2 Chronicles 32:17
- With the multitude
- 2 Kings 18:23, 33, 34; Psalm 20:7; Isaiah 10:7–11, 14; Isaiah 37:24, 25; Ezekiel 31:3–18