CINXE.COM

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>2 Kings 19:12 Did the gods of the nations destroyed by my fathers rescue those nations--the gods of Gozan, Haran, and Rezeph, and of the people of Eden in Telassar?</title><link rel="canonical" href="https://biblehub.com/2_kings/19-12.htm" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/new9.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><meta property="og:image" content="https://biblehub.com/visuals/13/12_2Ki_19_12.jpg" /><meta property="og:title" content="2 Kings 19:12 - Sennacherib's Blasphemous Letter" /><meta property="og:site_name" content="Bible Hub" /><meta property="og:description" content="Did the gods of the nations destroyed by my fathers rescue those nations--the gods of Gozan, Haran, and Rezeph, and of the people of Eden in Telassar?" /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader.js'></script><script id='HyDgbd_1s' src='https://prebidads.revcatch.com/ads.js' type='text/javascript' async></script> <script src='https://app.protectsubrev.com/biblehub.js' type='text/javascript'></script></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="/vmenus/2_kings/19-12.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="/bmc/2_kings/19-12.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="/">Bible</a> > <a href="/2_kings/">2 Kings</a> > <a href="/2_kings/19.htm">Chapter 19</a> > Verse 12</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div><div id="ad1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/ad1.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="/2_kings/19-11.htm" title="2 Kings 19:11">◄</a> 2 Kings 19:12 <a href="/2_kings/19-13.htm" title="2 Kings 19:13">►</a></div></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="topverse"> <a href="#study" class="clickchap2" title="Context and Study Bible"> Audio </a> <a href="#crossref" class="clickchap2" title="Cross References"> Crossref </a> <a href="#commentary" class="clickchap2" title="Commentary"> Comm </a> <a href="#lexicon" class="clickchap2" title="Lexicon"> Hebrew </a> </div><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheadingv">Verse<a href="/bsb/2_kings/19.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><a href="/niv/2_kings/19.htm">New International Version</a> Did the gods of the nations that were destroyed by my predecessors deliver them—the gods of Gozan, Harran, Rezeph and the people of Eden who were in Tel Assar? <a href="/nlt/2_kings/19.htm">New Living Translation</a> Have the gods of other nations rescued them—such nations as Gozan, Haran, Rezeph, and the people of Eden who were in Tel-assar? My predecessors destroyed them all! <a href="/esv/2_kings/19.htm">English Standard Version</a> Have the gods of the nations delivered them, the nations that my fathers destroyed, Gozan, Haran, Rezeph, and the people of Eden who were in Telassar? <a href="/bsb/2_kings/19.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> Did the gods of the nations destroyed by my fathers rescue those nations—the gods of Gozan, Haran, and Rezeph, and of the people of Eden in Telassar? <a href="/kjv/2_kings/19.htm">King James Bible</a> Have the gods of the nations delivered them which my fathers have destroyed; as Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the children of Eden which were in Thelasar? <a href="/nkjv/2_kings/19.htm">New King James Version</a> Have the gods of the nations delivered those whom my fathers have destroyed, Gozan and Haran and Rezeph, and the people of Eden who were in Telassar? <a href="/nasb_/2_kings/19.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> Did the gods of the nations which my fathers destroyed save them: Gozan, Haran, Rezeph, and the sons of Eden who were in Telassar? <a href="/nasb/2_kings/19.htm">NASB 1995</a> Did the gods of those nations which my fathers destroyed deliver them, even Gozan and Haran and Rezeph and the sons of Eden who were in Telassar? <a href="/nasb77/2_kings/19.htm">NASB 1977 </a> ‘Did the gods of those nations which my fathers destroyed deliver them, even Gozan and Haran and Rezeph and the sons of Eden who were in Telassar? <a href="/lsb/2_kings/19.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> Did the gods of those nations which my fathers brought to ruin deliver them, even Gozan and Haran and Rezeph and the sons of Eden who were in Telassar? <a href="/amp/2_kings/19.htm">Amplified Bible</a> Did the gods of the nations whom my forefathers destroyed rescue them—Gozan and Haran [of Mesopotamia] and Rezeph and the people of Eden who were in Telassar? <a href="/csb/2_kings/19.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> Did the gods of the nations that my predecessors destroyed rescue them—nations such as Gozan, Haran, Rezeph, and the Edenites in Telassar? <a href="/hcsb/2_kings/19.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> Did the gods of the nations that my predecessors destroyed rescue them—nations such as Gozan, Haran, Rezeph, and the Edenites in Telassar? <a href="/asv/2_kings/19.htm">American Standard Version</a> Have the gods of the nations delivered them, which my fathers have destroyed, Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the children of Eden that were in Telassar? <a href="/cev/2_kings/19.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> The Assyrian kings before me destroyed the towns of Gozan, Haran, Rezeph, and everyone from Eden who lived in Telassar. What good did their gods do them? <a href="/erv/2_kings/19.htm">English Revised Version</a> Have the gods of the nations delivered them, which my fathers have destroyed, Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the children of Edom which were in Telassar? <a href="/gwt/2_kings/19.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> Did the gods of the nations which my ancestors destroyed rescue Gozan, Haran, Rezeph, and the people of Eden who were in Telassar? <a href="/gnt/2_kings/19.htm">Good News Translation</a> My ancestors destroyed the cities of Gozan, Haran, and Rezeph, and killed the people of Betheden who lived in Telassar, and none of their gods could save them. <a href="/isv/2_kings/19.htm">International Standard Version</a> Did the gods of those nations whom my ancestors destroyed deliver them, including Gozan, Haran, Rezeph, and Eden's descendants in Telassar? <a href="/msb/2_kings/19.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> Did the gods of the nations destroyed by my fathers rescue those nations—the gods of Gozan, Haran, and Rezeph, and of the people of Eden in Telassar? <a href="/net/2_kings/19.htm">NET Bible</a> Were the nations whom my ancestors destroyed--the nations of Gozan, Haran, Rezeph, and the people of Eden in Telassar--rescued by their gods? <a href="/nheb/2_kings/19.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> Have the gods of the nations delivered them, which my fathers have destroyed, Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the people of Eden that were in Telassar? <a href="/wbt/2_kings/19.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> Have the gods of the nations delivered them which my fathers have destroyed; as Gozan and Haran, and Rezeph, and the children of Eden who were in Thelasar? <a href="/web/2_kings/19.htm">World English Bible</a> Have the gods of the nations delivered them, which my fathers have destroyed—Gozan, Haran, Rezeph, and the children of Eden who were in Telassar? <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/2_kings/19.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> Did the gods of the nations deliver them whom my fathers destroyed—Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the sons of Eden, who [are] in Thelassar? <a href="/ylt/2_kings/19.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> did the gods of the nations deliver them whom my fathers destroyed -- Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the sons of Eden, who are in Thelassar? <a href="/slt/2_kings/19.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> Did the gods of the nations deliver them which my fathers destroyed Gozan and Haran and Rezeph and the sons of Eden who were in Thelasar?<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/2_kings/19.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> Have the gods of the nations delivered any of them, whom my fathers have destroyed, to wit, Gozan, and Haran, and Reseph, and the children of Eden that were in Thelassar? <a href="/cpdv/2_kings/19.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> Have the gods of the nations freed any of those whom my fathers have destroyed, such as Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the sons of Eden, who were at Telassar? <a href="/nabre/2_kings/19.htm">New American Bible</a> Did the gods of the nations whom my fathers destroyed deliver them—Gozan, Haran, Rezeph, or the Edenites in Telassar? <a href="/nrsvce/2_kings/19.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> Have the gods of the nations delivered them, the nations that my predecessors destroyed, Gozan, Haran, Rezeph, and the people of Eden who were in Telassar?<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/2_kings/19.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> Have the gods of the nations delivered them which my fathers have destroyed, such as Gozan, Haran, and Rezeph, and the inhabitants of Eden who were in Thelasar? <a href="/hpbt/2_kings/19.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> How have the gods of the nations delivered Gauzan and Kharan and Ratsaph and the children of Eden who were in Dalaser, whom my fathers killed with the sword?<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/2_kings/19.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> Have the gods of the nations delivered them, which my fathers have destroyed, Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the children of Eden that were in Telassar? <a href="/sep/2_kings/19.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> Have the gods of the nations at all delivered them, whom my fathers destroyed; both Gozan, and Charran, and Raphis, and the sons of Edem who were in Thaesthen? <a href="/parallel/2_kings/19-12.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/FiLs3w_mMFQ?start=6744" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/2_kings/19.htm">Sennacherib's Blasphemous Letter</a> …11Surely you have heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all the other countries, devoting them to destruction. Will you then be spared? 12<a href="/hebrew/430.htm" title="430: ’ĕ·lō·hê (N-mpc) -- Plural of 'elowahh; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used of the supreme God">Did the gods</a> <a href="/hebrew/1471.htm" title="1471: hag·gō·w·yim (Art:: N-mp) -- Rarely goy; apparently from the same root as gevah; a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts.">of the nations</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc."></a> <a href="/hebrew/7843.htm" title="7843: ši·ḥă·ṯū (V-Piel-Perf-3cp) -- Perhaps to go to ruin. A primitive root; to decay, i.e. ruin.">destroyed</a> <a href="/hebrew/1.htm" title="1: ’ă·ḇō·w·ṯay (N-mpc:: 1cs) -- Father. A primitive word; father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application).">by my fathers</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/5337.htm" title="5337: ha·hiṣ·ṣî·lū (V-Hifil-Perf-3cp) -- To strip, plunder, deliver oneself, be delivered, snatch away, deliver. ">rescue those nations—</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’ō·ṯām (DirObjM:: 3mp) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self.">the gods of</a> <a href="/hebrew/1470.htm" title="1470: gō·w·zān (N-proper-fs) -- A city and area in Mesopotamia. Probably from guwz; a quarry; Gozan, a province of Assyria.">Gozan,</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: wə·’eṯ- (Conj-w:: DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/2771.htm" title="2771: ḥā·rān (N-proper-fs) -- Haran -- crossroads, a city in northern Mesopotamia. From charar; parched; Charan, the name of a man and also of a place.">Haran,</a> <a href="/hebrew/7530.htm" title="7530: wə·re·ṣep̄ (Conj-w:: N-proper-fs) -- A place destroyed by Assyr. The same as retseph; Retseph, a place in Assyrian.">and Rezeph,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1121.htm" title="1121: ū·ḇə·nê- (Conj-w:: N-mpc) -- Son. From banah; a son, in the widest sense (like 'ab, 'ach, etc.).">and of the people</a> <a href="/hebrew/5729.htm" title="5729: ‘e·ḏen (N-proper-fs) -- A territory conquered by Assyr. From adan; pleasure; Eden, a place in Mesopotamia.">of Eden</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc."></a> <a href="/hebrew/8515.htm" title="8515: biṯ·laś·śār (Prep-b:: N-proper-ms) -- A city in Mesopotamia. Or Tlassar; of foreign derivation; Telassar, a region of Assyria.">in Telassar?</a> 13Where are the kings of Hamath, Arpad, Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivvah?’ ”…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/isaiah/37-12.htm">Isaiah 37:12</a> Did the gods of the nations destroyed by my fathers rescue those nations—the gods of Gozan, Haran, and Rezeph, and of the people of Eden in Telassar? <a href="/2_kings/18-33.htm">2 Kings 18:33-35</a> Has the god of any nation ever delivered his land from the hand of the king of Assyria? / Where are the gods of Hamath and Arpad? Where are the gods of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivvah? Have they delivered Samaria from my hand? / Who among all the gods of these lands has delivered his land from my hand? How then can the LORD deliver Jerusalem from my hand?” <a href="/2_chronicles/32-13.htm">2 Chronicles 32:13-15</a> Do you not know what I and my fathers have done to all the peoples of the lands? Have the gods of these nations ever been able to deliver their land from my hand? / Who among all the gods of these nations that my fathers devoted to destruction has been able to deliver his people from my hand? How then can your God deliver you from my hand? / So now, do not let Hezekiah deceive you, and do not let him mislead you like this. Do not believe him, for no god of any nation or kingdom has been able to deliver his people from my hand or from the hand of my fathers. How much less will your God deliver you from my hand!” <a href="/isaiah/10-10.htm">Isaiah 10:10-11</a> As my hand seized the idolatrous kingdoms whose images surpassed those of Jerusalem and Samaria, / and as I have done to Samaria and its idols, will I not also do to Jerusalem and her idols?” <a href="/jeremiah/49-23.htm">Jeremiah 49:23-27</a> Concerning Damascus: “Hamath and Arpad are put to shame, for they have heard a bad report; they are agitated like the sea; their anxiety cannot be calmed. / Damascus has become feeble; she has turned to flee. Panic has gripped her; anguish and pain have seized her like a woman in labor. / How is the city of praise not forsaken, the town that brings Me joy? ... <a href="/nahum/3-8.htm">Nahum 3:8-10</a> Are you better than Thebes, stationed by the Nile with water around her, whose rampart was the sea, whose wall was the water? / Cush and Egypt were her boundless strength; Put and Libya were her allies. / Yet she became an exile; she went into captivity. Her infants were dashed to pieces at the head of every street. They cast lots for her dignitaries, and all her nobles were bound in chains. <a href="/isaiah/36-18.htm">Isaiah 36:18-20</a> Do not let Hezekiah mislead you when he says, ‘The LORD will deliver us.’ Has the god of any nation ever delivered his land from the hand of the king of Assyria? / Where are the gods of Hamath and Arpad? Where are the gods of Sepharvaim? Have they delivered Samaria from my hand? / Who among all the gods of these lands has delivered his land from my hand? How then can the LORD deliver Jerusalem from my hand?” <a href="/ezekiel/31-11.htm">Ezekiel 31:11-14</a> I delivered it into the hand of the ruler of the nations, for him to deal with it according to its wickedness. I have banished it. / Foreigners, the most ruthless of the nations, cut it down and left it. Its branches have fallen on the mountains and in every valley; its boughs lay broken in all the earth’s ravines. And all the peoples of the earth left its shade and abandoned it. / All the birds of the air nested on its fallen trunk, and all the beasts of the field lived among its boughs. ... <a href="/isaiah/14-24.htm">Isaiah 14:24-27</a> The LORD of Hosts has sworn: “Surely, as I have planned, so will it be; as I have purposed, so will it stand. / I will break Assyria in My land; I will trample him on My mountain. His yoke will be taken off My people, and his burden removed from their shoulders.” / This is the plan devised for the whole earth, and this is the hand stretched out over all the nations. ... <a href="/isaiah/36-4.htm">Isaiah 36:4-7</a> The Rabshakeh said to them, “Tell Hezekiah that this is what the great king, the king of Assyria, says: What is the basis of this confidence of yours? / You claim to have a strategy and strength for war, but these are empty words. In whom are you now trusting, that you have rebelled against me? / Look now, you are trusting in Egypt, that splintered reed of a staff that will pierce the hand of anyone who leans on it. Such is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who trust in him. ... <a href="/isaiah/37-18.htm">Isaiah 37:18-19</a> Truly, O LORD, the kings of Assyria have laid waste all these countries and their lands. / They have cast their gods into the fire and destroyed them, for they were not gods, but only wood and stone—the work of human hands. <a href="/jeremiah/50-2.htm">Jeremiah 50:2-3</a> “Announce and declare to the nations; lift up a banner and proclaim it; hold nothing back when you say, ‘Babylon is captured; Bel is put to shame; Marduk is shattered, her images are disgraced, her idols are broken in pieces.’ / For a nation from the north will come against her; it will make her land a desolation. No one will live in it; both man and beast will flee.” <a href="/isaiah/46-9.htm">Isaiah 46:9-10</a> Remember what happened long ago, for I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is none like Me. / I declare the end from the beginning, and from ancient times what is still to come. I say, ‘My purpose will stand, and all My good pleasure I will accomplish.’ <a href="/daniel/4-30.htm">Daniel 4:30-32</a> the king exclaimed, “Is this not Babylon the Great, which I myself have built as a royal residence by the might of my power and for the glory of my majesty?” / While the words were still in the king’s mouth, a voice came from heaven: “It is decreed to you, King Nebuchadnezzar, that the kingdom has departed from you. / You will be driven away from mankind to live with the beasts of the field, and you will feed on grass like an ox. And seven times will pass you by, until you acknowledge that the Most High rules over the kingdom of mankind and gives it to whom He wishes.” <a href="/matthew/11-21.htm">Matthew 11:21-22</a> “Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes. / But I tell you, it will be more bearable for Tyre and Sidon on the day of judgment than for you.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>Have the gods of the nations delivered them which my fathers have destroyed; as Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the children of Eden which were in Thelasar?Have the gods.<a href="/2_kings/18-33.htm">2 Kings 18:33,34</a> Hath any of the gods of the nations delivered at all his land out of the hand of the king of Assyria? … Gozan.<a href="/2_kings/17-6.htm">2 Kings 17:6</a> In the ninth year of Hoshea the king of Assyria took Samaria, and carried Israel away into Assyria, and placed them in Halah and in Habor by the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.<a href="/1_chronicles/5-26.htm">1 Chronicles 5:26</a> And the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul king of Assyria, and the spirit of Tilgathpilneser king of Assyria, and he carried them away, even the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh, and brought them unto Halah, and Habor, and Hara, and to the river Gozan, unto this day.Haran.<a href="/genesis/11-31.htm">Genesis 11:31</a> And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran his son's son, and Sarai his daughter in law, his son Abram's wife; and they went forth with them from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan; and they came unto Haran, and dwelt there.<a href="/genesis/29-4.htm">Genesis 29:4</a> And Jacob said unto them, My brethren, whence be ye? And they said, Of Haran are we.<a href="/acts/7-4.htm">Acts 7:4</a> Then came he out of the land of the Chaldaeans, and dwelt in Charran: and from thence, when his father was dead, he removed him into this land, wherein ye now dwell.Charran.Eden.<a href="/genesis/2-8.htm">Genesis 2:8</a> And the LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed.<a href="/isaiah/37-12.htm">Isaiah 37:12</a> Have the gods of the nations delivered them which my fathers have destroyed, as Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the children of Eden which were in Telassar?Telassar.<a href="/ezekiel/27-23.htm">Ezekiel 27:23</a> Haran, and Canneh, and Eden, the merchants of Sheba, Asshur, and Chilmad, were thy merchants.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/matthew/10-29.htm">Assar</a> <a href="/2_kings/19-3.htm">Children</a> <a href="/2_kings/19-3.htm">Deliver</a> <a href="/2_kings/19-11.htm">Delivered</a> <a href="/2_kings/18-25.htm">Destroyed</a> <a href="/genesis/4-16.htm">Eden</a> <a href="/2_kings/17-41.htm">Fathers</a> <a href="/1_samuel/12-8.htm">Forefathers</a> <a href="/2_kings/18-35.htm">Gods</a> <a href="/2_kings/18-11.htm">Gozan</a> <a href="/numbers/32-36.htm">Haran</a> <a href="/2_kings/18-33.htm">Nations</a> <a href="/isaiah/37-12.htm">Rezeph</a> <a href="/2_kings/19-11.htm">Safe</a> <a href="/ezekiel/3-15.htm">Tel</a> <a href="/isaiah/37-12.htm">Telassar</a> <a href="/isaiah/37-12.htm">Tel-Assar</a> <a href="/isaiah/37-12.htm">Thelassar</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/isaiah/37-12.htm">Assar</a> <a href="/2_kings/21-2.htm">Children</a> <a href="/2_kings/19-19.htm">Deliver</a> <a href="/2_kings/22-7.htm">Delivered</a> <a href="/2_kings/19-17.htm">Destroyed</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/29-12.htm">Eden</a> <a href="/2_kings/20-17.htm">Fathers</a> <a href="/2_kings/21-8.htm">Forefathers</a> <a href="/2_kings/19-18.htm">Gods</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/5-26.htm">Gozan</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/2-46.htm">Haran</a> <a href="/2_kings/19-17.htm">Nations</a> <a href="/isaiah/37-12.htm">Rezeph</a> <a href="/2_kings/19-31.htm">Safe</a> <a href="/ezra/2-59.htm">Tel</a> <a href="/isaiah/37-12.htm">Telassar</a> <a href="/isaiah/37-12.htm">Tel-Assar</a> <a href="/isaiah/37-12.htm">Thelassar</a><div class="vheading2">2 Kings 19</div>1. <a href="/2_kings/19-1.htm">Hezekiah, in mourning, sends to Isaiah to pray for them.</a> 6. <a href="/2_kings/19-6.htm">Isaiah comforts them.</a> 8. <a href="/2_kings/19-8.htm">Sennacherib, going to encounter Tirhakah, sends a blasphemous letter to Hezekiah.</a> 14. <a href="/2_kings/19-14.htm">Hezekiah's prayer.</a> 20. <a href="/2_kings/19-20.htm">Isaiah's prophecy of the destruction of Sennacherib, and the good of Zion.</a> 35. <a href="/2_kings/19-35.htm">An angel slays the Assyrians.</a> 36. <a href="/2_kings/19-36.htm">Sennacherib is slain by his own sons.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading"><a href="/study/2_kings/19.htm">Berean Study Bible</a></div>Did the gods of the nations This phrase challenges the power and efficacy of the deities worshiped by the nations conquered by the Assyrians. In the ancient Near Eastern context, the defeat of a nation was often seen as the defeat of its gods. The Hebrew word for "gods" here is "elohim," which can refer to divine beings or deities. The rhetorical question implies the impotence of these gods compared to the God of Israel, emphasizing the monotheistic belief that only Yahweh is the true and living God.my fathers destroyed This refers to the Assyrian kings who preceded Sennacherib, the speaker in this passage. Historically, the Assyrian Empire was known for its military conquests and the subjugation of various nations. The phrase underscores the continuity of Assyrian dominance and the perceived invincibility of their military might. It also serves as a reminder of the historical context in which the Assyrians were a formidable force, often seen as instruments of divine judgment in the biblical narrative.rescue them The concept of rescue or deliverance is central to the biblical narrative, often associated with divine intervention. The Hebrew root "natsal" conveys the idea of being snatched away or delivered from danger. In this context, the rhetorical question implies that the gods of these nations were powerless to save their people, contrasting with the biblical theme of Yahweh as the ultimate deliverer of Israel.the gods of Gozan, Haran, Rezeph These locations were significant cities or regions within the Assyrian Empire. Gozan is often identified with the region of Guzana, a major Assyrian province. Haran was an ancient city known for its worship of the moon god Sin. Rezeph is less well-known but was likely another city under Assyrian control. The mention of these specific places highlights the widespread nature of Assyrian conquests and the futility of the local deities in providing protection.and the people of Eden who were in Telassar The "people of Eden" likely refers to a region or group known in the ancient Near East, distinct from the biblical Eden. Telassar is thought to be a location within the Assyrian Empire, though its exact identification remains uncertain. The mention of these people and places serves to further illustrate the comprehensive reach of Assyrian power and the inability of local gods to prevent their downfall.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/2_kings/19.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(12) My fathers.--Sargon his father founded the dynasty; but he speaks of his predecessors generally as his "fathers."Gozan.--<a href="/2_kings/17-6.htm" title="In the ninth year of Hoshea the king of Assyria took Samaria, and carried Israel away into Assyria, and placed them in Halah and in Habor by the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.">2Kings 17:6</a>.Haran.--Also a west Aramean town, mentioned by Tiglath Pileser I. (circ. 1120 B.C. ) Shalmaneser II. speaks of its conquest. It had a famous sanctuary of the moon god Sin. (See <a href="/genesis/11-31.htm" title="And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran his son's son, and Sarai his daughter in law, his son Abram's wife; and they went forth with them from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan; and they came to Haran, and dwelled there.">Genesis 11:31</a>.)Rezeph.--The Assyrian Racappa, a town of Mesopotamia, often mentioned in the inscriptions.The children of Eden.--Schrader identifies this community with Bit-Adini ("the house of Eden"), often mentioned by Assurnacirpal and Shalmaneser II. The latter records his defeat of Ahuni, "son of Eden," a phrase which exactly corresponds to "the children (sons) of Eden" here. It lay on both banks of the middle Euphrates, between the present Balis and Birejik.Thelasar.--Heb., T?lassar, the Assyrian Tul-Assuri ("Mound of Assur"). More than one place bore the name.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/2_kings/19.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 12. - Have the gods of the nations delivered them which my fathers have destroyed? The Assyrian kings always speak of all their predecessors as their ancestors. In point of fact, Sennacherib bad had only one "father" among the previous kings, viz. Sargon. As Gozan (see the comment on 2 Kings 17:6). It is uncertain at what time Gozan was finally conquered and absorbed. It was frequently overrun by the Assyrians from the reign of Tiglath-pileser I. (about B.C. 1100); but it was probably not absorbed until about B.C. 809. The Prefect of Gozan first appears in the list of Assyrian Eponyms in B.C. 794. And Haran. "Haran" is generally admitted to be the city of Terah (<a href="/genesis/11-32.htm">Genesis 11:32</a>), and indeed there is no rival claimant of the name. Its position was in the western part of the Gauzanitis region, on the Belik, about lat. 36° 50' N. It was probably conquered by Assyria about the same time as Gozan. And Reseph. A town called "Razappa," probably "Rezeph," appears in the Assyrian inscriptions from an early date. It is thought to have been in the near vicinity of Haran, but had been conquered and absorbed as early as B.C. 818. Whether it is identical with the Resapha of Ptolemy ('Geograph.,' 5:15) is doubtful. And the children of Eden. Probably the inhabitants of a city called "Bit-Adini" in the Assyrian inscriptions, which was on the Middle Euphrates, not far from Carchemish, on the left bank ('Records of the Past,' vol. 3. pp. 69, 71, etc.). This place was conquered by Asshur-nazir-pal, about B.C. 877. Which were in Thelasar. "Thelasar" is probably the Hebrew equivalent of "Tel-Asshur," "the hill or fort of Asshur," which may have been the Assyrian name of Bit-Adini, or of a city dependent on it. Asshur-nazir-pal gave Assyrian names to several cities on the Middle Euphrates (see 'Records of the Past,' vol. 3. p. 55, line 48; p. 69, line 50). <a href="/commentaries/2_kings/19-12.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>Did the gods אֱלֹהֵ֤י (’ĕ·lō·hê) Noun - masculine plural construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_430.htm">Strong's 430: </a> gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative of the nations הַגּוֹיִם֙ (hag·gō·w·yim) Article | Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1471.htm">Strong's 1471: </a> A foreign nation, a Gentile, a troop of animals, a flight of locusts my fathers אֲבוֹתַ֔י (’ă·ḇō·w·ṯay) Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1.htm">Strong's 1: </a> Father have destroyed שִׁחֲת֣וּ (ši·ḥă·ṯū) Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7843.htm">Strong's 7843: </a> Perhaps to go to ruin rescue them— הַהִצִּ֨ילוּ (ha·hiṣ·ṣî·lū) Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5337.htm">Strong's 5337: </a> To strip, plunder, deliver oneself, be delivered, snatch away, deliver [the gods of] אֹתָ֜ם (’ō·ṯām) Direct object marker | third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_853.htm">Strong's 853: </a> Untranslatable mark of the accusative case Gozan, גּוֹזָ֖ן (gō·w·zān) Noun - proper - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1470.htm">Strong's 1470: </a> Gozan -- a city and area in Mesopotamia Haran, חָרָ֑ן (ḥā·rān) Noun - proper - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2771.htm">Strong's 2771: </a> Haran -- 'crossroads', a city in northern Mesopotamia Rezeph, וְרֶ֥צֶף (wə·re·ṣep̄) Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7530.htm">Strong's 7530: </a> Rezeph -- a place destroyed by Assyr and the people וּבְנֵי־ (ū·ḇə·nê-) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1121.htm">Strong's 1121: </a> A son of Eden עֶ֖דֶן (‘e·ḏen) Noun - proper - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5729.htm">Strong's 5729: </a> Eden -- a territory conquered by Assyr who [were] אֲשֶׁ֥ר (’ă·šer) Pronoun - relative <a href="/hebrew/strongs_834.htm">Strong's 834: </a> Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that in Telassar? בִּתְלַאשָּֽׂר׃ (biṯ·laś·śār) Preposition-b | Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8515.htm">Strong's 8515: </a> Telassar -- a city in Mesopotamia <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/2_kings/19-12.htm">2 Kings 19:12 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/2_kings/19-12.htm">2 Kings 19:12 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/2_kings/19-12.htm">2 Kings 19:12 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/2_kings/19-12.htm">2 Kings 19:12 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/2_kings/19-12.htm">2 Kings 19:12 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/2_kings/19-12.htm">2 Kings 19:12 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/2_kings/19-12.htm">2 Kings 19:12 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/2_kings/19-12.htm">2 Kings 19:12 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/2_kings/19-12.htm">2 Kings 19:12 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/2_kings/19-12.htm">2 Kings 19:12 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/2_kings/19-12.htm">OT History: 2 Kings 19:12 Have the gods of the nations delivered (2Ki iiKi ii ki 2 kg 2kg) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/2_kings/19-11.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="2 Kings 19:11"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="2 Kings 19:11" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/2_kings/19-13.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="2 Kings 19:13"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="2 Kings 19:13" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>