2 Kings 19:11
Behold, thou hast heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands, by destroying them utterly: and shalt thou be delivered?
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Barnes' Notes
All lands - This boast is in strict accordance with the general tenor of the Assyrian inscriptions. Hyperbole is the general language of the East; but in this instance it was not so extreme as in some…
Rabshakeh, having delivered his message and received no answer (whether he took this silence for a consent or a slight does not appear), left his army before Jerusalem, under the command of the other…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
by destroying them utterly The verb implies -dooming", -devoting as if to a curse". Hence the LXX. represents it by ἀναθεματίσαι.
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