2 Kings 18 · Verse 22

2 Kings 18:22

But if ye say unto me, We trust in the Lord our God: is not that he, whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah hath taken away, and hath said to Judah and Jerusalem, Ye shall worship before this altar in Jerusalem?
2 Kings 18:22, King James Version

2 Kings 18:22 in other translations

BSBBut if you say to me, ‘We trust in the LORD our God,’ is He not the One whose high places and altars Hezekiah has removed, saying to Judah and Jerusalem: ‘You must worship before this altar in Jerusalem’?
WEBBut if you tell me, ‘We trust in the LORD our God,’ isn’t that he whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah has taken away, and has said to Judah and to Jerusalem, ‘You shall worship before this altar in Jerusalem’?
ASVBut if ye say unto me, We trust in Jehovah our God; is not that he, whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah hath taken away, and hath said to Judah and to Jerusalem, Ye shall worship before this altar in Jerusalem?
YLT‘And when ye say unto me, Unto Jehovah our God we have trusted, is it not He whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah hath turned aside, and saith to Judah and to Jerusalem, Before this altar do ye bow yourselves in Jerusalem?
DARBYAnd if ye say to me, We rely upon Jehovah our God: is it not he whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah has removed, saying to Judah and Jerusalem, Ye shall worship before this altar in Jerusalem?
BBEAnd if you say to me, Our hope is in the Lord our God: is it not he, whose high places and altars Hezekiah has taken away, saying to Judah and Jerusalem that worship may only be given before this altar in Jerusalem?
WebsterBut if ye say to me, We trust in the LORD our God: is not that he whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah hath taken away, and hath said to Judah and Jerusalem, Ye shall worship before this altar in Jerusalem?

What does 2 Kings 18:22 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 22 Whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah hath taken away - This was artfully malicious. Many of the people sacrificed to Jehovah on the high places; Hezekiah had removed them, (2Kgs 18:4), because they were incentives to idolatry: Rab-shakeh insinuates that by so doing he had offended Jehovah, deprived the people of their religious rights, and he could neither expect the blessing of God nor the cooperation of the people.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 2 Kings 18:17-37

Rabshakeh 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 sinners would submit to the force of this argument, in seeking peace with God. It is, therefore, our wisdom to yield to him, because it is in vain to contend with him: what confidence is that which those trust in who stand out against him? A great deal of art there…

Read the full comment on 2 Kings 18:17-37 →

2 Kings 18:22 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וְכִי\־ve.khi-and ifH3588
תֹאמְר֣וּןtom.Runyou will say !H559
אֵלַ֔י'e.Laito meH413
אֶל\־'el-toH413
יְהוָ֥הYah.wehYahwehH3068
אֱלֹהֵ֖ינוּ'e.lo.Hei.nuGod ourH430
בָּטָ֑חְנוּba.Ta.che.nuwe trustH982
הֲלוֹא\־ha.lo'-¿ notH3808
ה֗וּאHu'[is] heH1931
אֲשֶׁ֨ר'a.Sher[the one] whomH834
הֵסִ֤ירhe.Sirhe has removedH5493
חִזְקִיָּ֙הוּ֙chiz.ki.Ya.huHezekiahH2396
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
בָּמֹתָ֣יוba.mo.Tavhigh places hisH1116
וְאֶת\־ve.'Etand <obj.>H853
מִזְבְּחֹתָ֔יוmiz.be.cho.Tavaltars hisH4196
וַיֹּ֤אמֶרvai.Yo.merand he has saidH559
לִֽיהוּדָה֙li.hu.Dahto JudahH3063
וְלִיר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔םve.li.Ru.sha.Limand to JerusalemH3389
לִפְנֵי֙lif.Nei<to> beforeH6440
הַמִּזְבֵּ֣חַha.miz.Be.achthe altarH4196
הַזֶּ֔הha.Zeh<the> thisH2088
תִּֽשְׁתַּחֲו֖וּtish.ta.cha.Vuyou will bow downH7812
בִּירוּשָׁלִָֽם\׃bi.ru.sha.Limin JerusalemH3389

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Cross references for 2 Kings 18:22

  • 2 Chronicles 31:1

    Now when all this was finished, all Israel that were present went out to the cities of Judah, and brake the images in pieces, and cut down the groves, and threw down the high places and the altars out of all Judah and Benjamin, in Ephraim also and Manasseh, until they had utterly destroyed them all. Then all the children of Israel returned, every man to his possession, into their own cities.

  • Daniel 3:15

    Now if ye be ready that at what time ye hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer, and all kinds of musick, ye fall down and worship the image which I have made; well: but if ye worship not, ye shall be cast the same hour into the midst of a burning fiery furnace; and who is that God that shall deliver you out of my hands?

  • Isaiah 36:7

    But if thou say to me, We trust in the Lord our God: is it not he, whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah hath taken away, and said to Judah and to Jerusalem, Ye shall worship before this altar?

  • 2 Chronicles 32:12

    Hath not the same Hezekiah taken away his high places and his altars, and commanded Judah and Jerusalem, saying, Ye shall worship before one altar, and burn incense upon it?

  • 2 Kings 18:4-5

    He removed the high places, and brake the images, and cut down the groves, and brake in pieces the brasen serpent that Moses had made: for unto those days the children of Israel did burn incense to it: and he called it Nehushtan. He trusted in the Lord God of Israel; so that after him was none like him among all the kings of Judah, nor any that were before him.

  • 1 Corinthians 2:15

    But he that is spiritual judgeth all things, yet he himself is judged of no man.

  • Matthew 27:43

    He trusted in God; let him deliver him now, if he will have him: for he said, I am the Son of God.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
We trust.
5; Da 3:15; Mt 27:43
whose high places.
4; 2Ch 31:1; 32:12; Isa 36:7; 1Co 2:15

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Context

  • 2 Kings 18:21

    Now, behold, thou trustest upon the staff of this bruised reed, even upon Egypt, on which if a man lean, it will go into his hand, and pierce it: so is Pharaoh king of Egypt unto all that trust on him.

  • 2 Kings 18:22

    But if ye say unto me, We trust in the Lord our God: is not that he, whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah hath taken away, and hath said to Judah and Jerusalem, Ye shall worship before this altar in Jerusalem?

  • 2 Kings 18:23

    Now therefore, I pray thee, give pledges to my lord the king of Assyria, and I will deliver thee two thousand horses, if thou be able on thy part to set riders upon them.

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2 Kings 18:22 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y si me decís: Nosotros confiamos en Jehová nuestro Dios: ¿no es aquél cuyos altos y altares ha quitado Ezechîas, y ha dicho á Judá y á Jerusalem: Delante de este altar adoraréis en Jerusalem?
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Que si vous me dites: Nous nous confions en l’ Éternel, notre Dieu,… n’est-ce pas lui dont Ézéchias a ôté les hauts lieux et les autels, en disant à Juda et à Jérusalem: Vous vous prosternerez devant cet autel-ci à Jérusalem?
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und wenn ihr zu mir sprechet: Auf Jehova, unseren Gott, vertrauen wir! -ist er es nicht, dessen Höhen und dessen Altäre Hiskia hinweggetan, da er zu Juda und zu Jerusalem gesagt hat: Vor diesem Altar sollt ihr anbeten in Jerusalem? -
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Quod si dixeritis mihi: In Domino Deo nostro habemus fiduciam: nonne iste est, cujus abstulit Ezechias excelsa et altaria, et præcepit Judæ et Jerusalem: Ante altare hoc adorabitis in Jerusalem?