2 Kings 19:3

Contextual Overview

¹ When King Hezekiah heard their report, he tore his clothes and put on burlap and went into the Temple of the Lord . ¹ And it came to pass, when king Hezekiah heard it, that he rent his clothes, and covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the house of the LORD. ¹ And it came to pass, when king Hezekiah heard it, that he rent his clothes, and covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the house of Yahweh. ¹ When King Hezekiah heard the message, he tore his clothes and put on rough cloth to show how sad he was. Then he went into the Temple of the Lord . ¹ When King Hezekiah heard this, he tore his clothes, put on sackcloth, and went to the Lord 's temple. ¹ And it came to pass, when king Hezekiah heard [it], that he rent his clothes, and covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the house of the LORD. ¹ It happened, when king Hezekiah heard it, that he tore his clothes, and covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the house of Yahweh. ¹When king Hezekiah heard it, he tore his clothes and he covered himself with sackcloth and went into the house (temple) of the LORD. ¹ As soon as King Hezekiah heard it, he tore his clothes and covered himself with sackcloth and went into the house of the Lord . ¹ And whanne kyng Ezechie hadde herd these thingis, he to-rente his clothis, and was hilid with a sak; and he entride in to the hous of the Lord.

Bible Verse Review
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This day: 2 Kings 18:29, Psalms 39:11, Psalms 123:3, Psalms 123:4, Jeremiah 30:5-7, Hosea 5:15, Hosea 6:1

blasphemy: or, provocation, Psalms 95:8, Hebrews 3:15, Hebrews 3:16

for the children: Isaiah 26:17, Isaiah 26:18, Isaiah 66:9, Hosea 13:13

Reciprocal: 2 Kings 22:12 - the king Esther 4:14 - for such a time Psalms 77:2 - In the Isaiah 17:14 - at eveningtide Isaiah 22:5 - a day Isaiah 37:3 - General

Cross-References

Genesis 19:6
Lot went out to the men at the entrance, shut the door after him,

Genesis 19:6
And Lot went out the door to them, and shut the door after him.

Genesis 19:6
Lot went outside to them, closing the door behind him.

Genesis 19:6
Lot went outside to them, shutting the door behind him.

Genesis 19:6
And Lot went out at the door to them, and shut the door after him,

Genesis 19:6
Lot went out to them to the door, and shut the door after him.

Genesis 19:6
But Lot went out of the doorway to the men, and shut the door after him,

Genesis 19:6
And Loth yede out to hem `bihynde the bak, and closide the dore,

Genesis 19:6
And Lot goeth out unto them, to the opening, and the door hath shut behind him,

Genesis 19:6
Lot went outside to meet them and shut the door behind him.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The “trouble” consisted in rebuke” (rather, “chastisement,”) for sins at the hand of God, and “blasphemy” (rather, “reproach,”) at the hands of man.

The children ... - i. e., “we are in a fearful extremity - at the last gasp - and lack the strength that might carry us through the danger.”

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 2 Kings 19:3. The children are come to the birth — The Jewish state is here represented under the emblem of a woman in travail, who has been so long in the pangs of parturition, that her strength is now entirely exhausted, and her deliverance is hopeless, without a miracle. The image is very fine and highly appropriate.

A similar image is employed by Homer, when he represents the agonies which Agamemnon suffers from his wound: -

Οφρα οἱ αἱμ' ετι θερμον ανηνοθεν εξ ωτειλης·

Λυταρ επει το μεν ἑλκος ετερσετο παυσατο δ' αἱμα,

Οξειαι οδυναι δυνον μενος Ατρειδαο·

Ως δ' ὁταν ωδινουσαν εχῃ βελος οξυ γυναικα,

Δριμυ, το τε προΐεισι μογοστοκοι Ειλειθυιαι

Ἡρης θυγατερες πικ ρας ωδινας εχουσαι·

Ὡς οξει' οδυναι δυνον μενος Ατρειδαο.

Il. xi., ver. 266.

This, while yet warm, distill'd the purple flood;

But when the wound grew stiff with clotted blood,

Then grinding tortures his strong bosom rend.

Less keen those darts the fierce Ilythiae send,

The powers that cause the teeming matron's throes,

Sad mothers of unutterable woes.

POPE.

Better translated by Macpherson; but in neither well: "So long as from the gaping wound gushed forth, in its warmth, the blood; but when the wound became dry, when ceased the blood to flow amain, sharp pains pervade the strength of Atrides. Racking pangs glide through his frame; as when the Ilythiae, who preside over births, the daughters of white armed Juno, fierce dealers of bitter pains, throw all their darts on hapless women, that travail with child. Such pains pervade the strength of Atrides."