2 Kings 18:21 (KJV)

Thou and Ye

thou one person

In the King James Bible, thee, thou, thy, and thine always mean one person, and ye, you, and your more than one: a difference modern English lost. Why keep these words?

Matthew Henry

Rabshakeh's blasphemiesRabshakeh tries to convince the Jews, that it was to no purpose for them to stand it out. What confidence is this wherein thou trustest? It were well if...

Thompson Chains

Trust in ManSee the chain from Psalms 118:9 · 8 links
EgyptSee the chain from Genesis 12:10 · 10 links

Cross References

Isaiah 30:7 For the Egyptians shall help in vain, and to no purpose: therefore have I cried concerning this, Their strength is to sit still.
Isaiah 30:2–3 That walk to go down into Egypt, and have not asked at my mouth; to strengthen themselves in the strength of Pharaoh, and to trust in the shadow of Egypt! …
Ezekiel 29:6–7 And all the inhabitants of Egypt shall know that I am the LORD, because they have been a staff of reed to the house of Israel. …
2 Kings 17:4 And the king of Assyria found conspiracy in Hoshea: for he had sent messengers to So king of Egypt, and brought no present to the king of Assyria, as he had done year by year: therefore the king of Assyria shut him up, and bound him in prison.
Isaiah 31:1–3 Woe to them that go down to Egypt for help; and stay on horses, and trust in chariots, because they are many; and in horsemen, because they are very strong; but they look not unto the Holy One of Israel, neither seek the LORD! …
Isaiah 36:6 Lo, thou trustest in the staff of this broken reed, on Egypt; whereon if a man lean, it will go into his hand, and pierce it: so is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all that trust in him.
Jeremiah 46:17 They did cry there, Pharaoh king of Egypt is but a noise; he hath passed the time appointed.

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Topics

Armies Confederated
Assyria Sennacherib
Confidence False
Diplomacy Rab-shakeh, in trying to induce Jerusalem to capitulate by bombastic harangue
Hypocrisy Rabshakeh
Isaiah Comforts and encourages Hezekiah and the people during the siege of Jerusalem by Rab-shakeh
Israel, prophecies concerning The king of Assyria invades Judah, and blasphemes the God of Judah; his army overthrown
Jerusalem Sennacherib
Pharaoh 7. At the time of Hezekiah
Rab-shakeh (Rabshakeh) Sent by Sennacherib against Jerusalem; undertakes to cause disloyalty to Hezekiah and the surrender of Jerusalem by a speech in the Jews’...
Reed Of weakness
Sennacherib Invades Judah; lays siege to Jerusalem, but abandons the country and returns to Assyria
War Enemy harangued by the general of the opposing side

Kings of Israel & Judah

HezekiahKing of Judah · 726–698 BC

Timeline

Timeline of the Bible713 BC · Sennacherib Comes against Judah

Places

EgyptRegion · today Ain Shams · Location well established
Places in 2 Kings 18 on a map

Bible Dictionary

EgyptThe land of the Nile and the pyramids, the oldest kingdom of which we have any record, holds a place of great significance in Scripture.
PharaohThe official title borne by the Egyptian kings down to the time when that country was conquered by the Greeks. (See Egypt.) The name is a...

Hebrew and Strong’s

Now, behold, thou trustest עַתָּה ʿattâ Adverb הִנֵּה hinnê Demonstrative בָטַחְתָּ bāṭaḥtā בָּטַח Verb · qal perfect, second person masculine singular
upon the staff לְּךָ lĕkā Preposition · with suffix: second person masculine singular עַל ʿal Preposition מִשְׁעֶנֶת mišʿenet מִשְׁעֵנָה Noun · feminine singular construct
of this bruised הָרָצוּץ hārāṣûṣ רָצַץ Verb · qal passive participle, masculine singular · with the
reed הַקָּנֶה haqqānê קָנֶה Noun · masculine singular · with the
upon Egypt עַל ʿal Preposition מִצְרַיִם miṣrayim מִצְרַיִם Proper name
on which if a man הַזֶּה hazzê Pronoun · with the אֲשֶׁר ʾăšer Relative אִישׁ ʾîš אִישׁ Noun · masculine singular
lean יִסָּמֵךְ yissāmēk סָמַךְ Verb · niphal imperfect, third person masculine singular
it will go עָלָיו ʿālāyw Preposition · with suffix: third person masculine singular וּבָא ûbāʾ בּוֹא Verb · qal sequential perfect, third person masculine singular · with and
into his hand בְכַפּוֹ bĕkappô כַּף Noun · feminine singular construct · with preposition, suffix: third person masculine singular
and pierce וּנְקָבָהּ ûnĕqābāh נָקַב Verb · qal sequential perfect, third person masculine singular · with and, suffix: third person feminine singular
it: so is Pharaoh כֵּן kēn Demonstrative פַּרְעֹה parʿô פַּרְעֹה Proper name
king מֶלֶךְ melek מֶלֶךְ Noun · masculine singular construct
of Egypt מִצְרַיִם miṣrayim מִצְרַיִם Proper name
unto all that trust לְכָל lĕkol Noun · masculine singular construct · with preposition הַבֹּטְחִים habbōṭĕḥîm בָּטַח Verb · qal active participle, masculine plural · with the עָלָיו ʿālāyw Preposition · with suffix: third person masculine singular

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