Am I now come up without the LORD against this place to destroy it? The LORD said to me, Go up against this land, and destroy it.
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Barnes' Notes
The Rab-shakeh probably tries the effect of a bold assertion, which had no basis of fact to rest upon.
Adam Clarke
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Cambridge Bible
Am I now come up without the Lord Rab-shakeh goes one step further, and with a bold assertion claims Jehovah's support. Perhaps he thought his lie would receive some credence because he had already…
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