2 Kings 19:23

Easy To Read Version

You sent your messengers to insult the Lord. You said, “I came with my many chariots [238] to the high mountains. I came deep inside Lebanon. I cut down the tallest cedar trees and the best fir trees of Lebanon. I went up to the highest part of Lebanon, up to its lush forest.

Cross References

2 Kings 18:17

The king of Assyria sent his three most important commanders with a large army to King Hezekiah in Jerusalem. Those men left Lachish and went to Jerusalem. They stood near the aqueduct [225] by the Upper Pool. (The Upper Pool is on the road to the Washers’ Field.)

2 Kings 18:23

Now make this agreement with my master, the king of Assyria. I promise that I will give you 2,000 horses if you can find men to ride them.

2 Kings 19:4

The commander’s master, the king of Assyria, has sent him to say bad things about the living God. Maybe the Lord your God will hear all those things. Maybe the Lord will punish the enemy! So pray for the people that are still left alive.’”

2 Chronicles 26:10

Uzziah built towers in the desert. He also dug many wells. He had much cattle in the hill country and in the flat lands. Uzziah had farmers in the mountains and in the lands where growth was good. He also had men that took care of fields where grapes grew. He loved farming.

2 Chronicles 32:17

The king of Assyria also wrote letters that insulted the Lord God of Israel. This is what the king of Assyria said in those letters: “The gods of the other nations could not stop me from destroying their people. In the same way Hezekiah’s god won’t be able to stop me from destroying his people.”

Psalm 20:7

Some people trust their chariots. {\cf2\super [117]} \par Other people trust their soldiers.\par But we remember the Lord our God.\par

Psalm 20:8

Those other people were defeated—\par they died in battle.\par But we won! We are the winners!\par

Isaiah 10:13

The king of Assyria {\cf2\super [118]} says, “I am very wise. By my own wisdom and power I have done many great things. I have defeated many nations. I have taken their wealth. And I have taken their people to be slaves. I am a very powerful man.

Isaiah 10:14

With my own hands I have taken the riches of all these people—like a person taking eggs from a bird’s nest. A bird often leaves its nest and eggs. And there is nothing to protect the nest. There is no bird to chirp and fight with its wings and beak. So people take the eggs. \{In the same way,\} there was no person to stop me from taking all the people on earth.”

Isaiah 10:18

Then the fire grows and burns away the great trees and vineyards. {\cf2\super [120]} Finally, everything is destroyed—even the people. \{It will be like that when God destroys Assyria.\} Assyria will be like a rotting log.

Daniel 8:11

That little horn became very strong. And then it turned against the Ruler of the Stars (God). The little horn stopped the daily sacrifices that were offered to the Ruler (God). The place where people worshiped the Ruler was pulled down.