2 Kings 19 · Verse 34

2 Kings 19:34

For I will defend this city, to save it, for mine own sake, and for my servant David’s sake.
2 Kings 19:34, King James Version

2 Kings 19:34 in other translations

BSB‘I will defend this city and save it for My own sake and for the sake of My servant David.’”
WEB‘For I will defend this city to save it, for my own sake and for my servant David’s sake.’”
ASVFor I will defend this city to save it, for mine own sake, and for my servant David’s sake.
YLTAnd I have covered over this city, To save it, for Mine own sake, And for the sake of David My servant.'
DARBYAnd I will defend this city, to save it, For mine own sake, and for my servant David's sake.
BBEFor I will keep this town safe, for my honour, and for the honour of my servant David.
WebsterFor I will defend this city, to save it, for my own sake, and for my servant David's sake.

What does 2 Kings 19:34 mean?

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 2 Kings 19:20-34

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 invasion of the Assyrians probably had prevented the land from being sown that year. The next is supposed to have been the sabbatical year, but the Lord engaged that the produce of the land should be sufficient for their support…

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2 Kings 19:34 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.

וְגַנּוֹתִ֛יve.ga.no.Tiand I will defendH1598
אֶל\־'el-<to>H413
הָעִ֥ירha.'Irthe cityH5892
הַזֹּ֖אתha.Zot<the> thisH2063
לְהֽוֹשִׁיעָ֑הּle.ho.shi.'Ahto deliver itH3467
לְמַֽעֲנִ֔יle.ma.'a.Nifor own sake myH4616
וּלְמַ֖עַןu.le.Ma.'anand for [the] sake ofH4616
דָּוִ֥דda.VidDavidH1732
עַבְדִּֽי\׃'av.Diservant myH5650

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

Cross references for 2 Kings 19:34

  • 1 Kings 11:12-13

    Notwithstanding in thy days I will not do it for David thy father’s sake: but I will rend it out of the hand of thy son. Howbeit I will not rend away all the kingdom; but will give one tribe to thy son for David my servant’s sake, and for Jerusalem’s sake which I have chosen.

  • 2 Kings 20:6

    And I will add unto thy days fifteen years; and I will deliver thee and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria; and I will defend this city for mine own sake, and for my servant David’s sake.

  • 1 Kings 15:4

    Nevertheless for David’s sake did the Lord his God give him a lamp in Jerusalem, to set up his son after him, and to establish Jerusalem:

  • Isaiah 31:5

    As birds flying, so will the Lord of hosts defend Jerusalem; defending also he will deliver it; and passing over he will preserve it.

  • Jeremiah 33:26

    Then will I cast away the seed of Jacob, and David my servant, so that I will not take any of his seed to be rulers over the seed of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob: for I will cause their captivity to return, and have mercy on them.

  • Jeremiah 33:21

    Then may also my covenant be broken with David my servant, that he should not have a son to reign upon his throne; and with the Levites the priests, my ministers.

  • Jeremiah 23:5-6

    Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and prosper, and shall execute judgment and justice in the earth. In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely: and this is his name whereby he shall be called, THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS.

  • Isaiah 38:6

    And I will deliver thee and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria: and I will defend this city.

  • Isaiah 48:11

    For mine own sake, even for mine own sake, will I do it: for how should my name be polluted? and I will not give my glory unto another.

  • Isaiah 9:7

    Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of the Lord of hosts will perform this.

  • Deuteronomy 32:27

    Were it not that I feared the wrath of the enemy, lest their adversaries should behave themselves strangely, and lest they should say, Our hand is high, and the Lord hath not done all this.

  • Ephesians 1:6

    To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
I will defend.
20:6; Ps 46:5,6; 48:2-8; Isa 31:5; 38:6
for mine.
De 32:27; Isa 43:25; 48:9,11; Eze 36:22; Eph 1:6,14
my servant.
1Ki 11:12,13; 15:4; Isa 9:7; Jer 23:5,6; 33:21,26

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Context

  • 2 Kings 19:33

    By the way that he came, by the same shall he return, and shall not come into this city, saith the Lord.

  • 2 Kings 19:34

    For I will defend this city, to save it, for mine own sake, and for my servant David’s sake.

  • 2 Kings 19:35

    And it came to pass that night, that the angel of the Lord went out, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians an hundred fourscore and five thousand: and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead corpses.

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2 Kings 19:34 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Porque yo ampararé á esta ciudad para salvarla, por amor de mí, y por amor de David mi siervo.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et je protégerai cette ville, afin de la sauver, à cause de moi, et à cause de David, mon serviteur.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und ich will diese Stadt beschirmen, um sie zu retten, um meinet- und um Davids, meines Knechtes, willen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Protegamque urbem hanc, et salvabo eam propter me, et propter David servum meum.