2 Kings 19 · Verse 14

2 Kings 19:14

And Hezekiah received the letter of the hand of the messengers, and read it: and Hezekiah went up into the house of the Lord, and spread it before the Lord.
2 Kings 19:14, King James Version

2 Kings 19:14 in other translations

BSBSo Hezekiah received the letter from the messengers, read it, and went up to the house of the LORD and spread it out before the LORD.
WEBHezekiah received the letter from the hand of the messengers and read it. Then Hezekiah went up to the LORD’s house, and spread it before the LORD.
ASVAnd Hezekiah received the letter from the hand of the messengers, and read it; and Hezekiah went up unto the house of Jehovah, and spread it before Jehovah.
YLTAnd Hezekiah taketh the letters out of the hand of the messengers, and readeth them, and goeth up to the house of Jehovah, and Hezekiah spreadeth it before Jehovah.
DARBYAnd Hezekiah received the letter from the hand of the messengers, and read it; and Hezekiah went up into the house of Jehovah, and spread it before Jehovah.
BBEAnd Hezekiah took the letter from the hands of those who had come with it; and after reading it, Hezekiah went up to the house of the Lord, opening the letter there before the Lord.
WebsterAnd Hezekiah received the letter from the hand of the messengers, and read it: and Hezekiah went up into the house of the LORD, and spread it before the LORD.

What does 2 Kings 19:14 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Kings 19:14-19
14-19. Hezekiah received the letter ... and went up into the house of the Lord--Hezekiah, after reading it, hastened into the temple, spread it in the childlike confidence of faith before the Lord, as containing taunts deeply affecting the divine honor, and implored deliverance from this proud defier of God and man. The devout spirit of this prayer, the recognition of the Divine Being in the plenitude of His majesty--so strikingly contrasted with the fancy of the Assyrians as to His merely local power; his acknowledgment of the conquests obtained over other lands; and of the destruction of their wooden idols which, according to the Assyrian practice, were committed to the flames--because their tutelary deities were no gods; and the object for which he supplicated the divine interposition--that all the kingdoms of the earth might know that the Lord was the only God--this was an attitude worthy to be assumed by a pious theocratic king of the chosen people.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 14 Spread it before the Lord - The temple was considered to be God's dwelling-place; and that whatever was there was peculiarly under his eye. Hezekiah spread the letter before the Lord, as he wished him to read the blasphemies spoken against himself.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 2 Kings 19:8-19

Prayer is the never-failing resource of the tempted Christian, whether struggling with outward difficulties or inward foes. At the mercy-seat of his almighty Friend he opens his heart, spreads his case, like Hezekiah, and makes his appeal. When he can discern that the glory of God is engaged on his side, faith gains the victory, and he rejoices that he shall never be moved. The best pleas in prayer are taken from…

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2 Kings 19:14 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.

וַיִּקַּ֨חvai.yi.Kachand he tookH3947
חִזְקִיָּ֧הוּchiz.ki.Ya.huHezekiahH2396
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
הַסְּפָרִ֛יםha.se.fa.Rimthe lettersH5612
מִיַּ֥דmi.Yadfrom [the] hand ofH3027
הַמַּלְאָכִ֖יםha.mal.'a.Khimthe messengersH4397
וַיִּקְרָאֵ֑םvai.yik.ra.'Emand he read themH7121
וַיַּ֙עַל֙vai.Ya.'aland he went upH5927
בֵּ֣יתbeit[the] house ofH1004
יְהוָ֔הYah.wehYahwehH3068
וַיִּפְרְשֵׂ֥הוּvai.yif.re.Se.huand he spread out itH6566
חִזְקִיָּ֖הוּchiz.ki.Ya.huHezekiahH2396
לִפְנֵ֥יlif.Nei<to> beforeH6440
יְהוָֽה\׃\ \פYah.wehYahwehH3068

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for 2 Kings 19:14

  • Isaiah 37:14

    And Hezekiah received the letter from the hand of the messengers, and read it: and Hezekiah went up unto the house of the Lord, and spread it before the Lord.

  • Psalms 123:1-4

    A Song of degrees. Unto thee lift I up mine eyes, O thou that dwellest in the heavens. Behold, as the eyes of servants look unto the hand of their masters, and as the eyes of a maiden unto the hand of her mistress; so our eyes wait upon the Lord our God, until that he have mercy upon us. Have mercy upon us, O Lord, have mercy upon us: for we are exceedingly filled with contempt. Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scorning of those that are at ease, and with the contempt of the proud.

  • Psalms 91:1-2

    He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. I will say of the Lord, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust.

  • Ezra 9:5

    And at the evening sacrifice I arose up from my heaviness; and having rent my garment and my mantle, I fell upon my knees, and spread out my hands unto the Lord my God,

  • 1 Kings 8:28-30

    Yet have thou respect unto the prayer of thy servant, and to his supplication, O Lord my God, to hearken unto the cry and to the prayer, which thy servant prayeth before thee to day: That thine eyes may be open toward this house night and day, even toward the place of which thou hast said, My name shall be there: that thou mayest hearken unto the prayer which thy servant shall make toward this place. And hearken thou to the supplication of thy servant, and of thy people Israel, when they shall pray toward this place: and hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place: and when thou hearest, forgive.

  • Psalms 74:10-11

    O God, how long shall the adversary reproach? shall the enemy blaspheme thy name for ever? Why withdrawest thou thy hand, even thy right hand? pluck it out of thy bosom.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Hezekiah.
Isa 37:14
spread it.
1Ki 8:28-30; Ezr 9:5; Ps 74:10,11; 91:1,2; 123:1-4

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Context

  • 2 Kings 19:13

    Where is the king of Hamath, and the king of Arpad, and the king of the city of Sepharvaim, of Hena, and Ivah?

  • 2 Kings 19:14

    And Hezekiah received the letter of the hand of the messengers, and read it: and Hezekiah went up into the house of the Lord, and spread it before the Lord.

  • 2 Kings 19:15

    And Hezekiah prayed before the Lord, and said, O Lord God of Israel, which dwellest between the cherubims, thou art the God, even thou alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth; thou hast made heaven and earth.

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2 Kings 19:14 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y tomó Ezechîas las letras de mano de los embajadores; y después que las hubo leído, subió á la casa de Jehová, y extendiólas Ezechîas delante de Jehová.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et Ézéchias prit la lettre de la main des messagers, et la lut, et monta dans la maison de l’ Éternel; et Ézéchias la déploya devant l’ Éternel.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und Hiskia nahm den Brief aus der Hand der Boten und las ihn; und er ging in das Haus Jehovas hinauf, und Hiskia breitete ihn vor Jehova aus.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Itaque cum accepisset Ezechias litteras de manu nuntiorum, et legisset eas, ascendit in domum Domini, et expandit eas coram Domino,