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2 Kings 18:22

King James Version (KJV)

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2 Kings 18:22

Verse 22 of 37

Scripture focus

But if ye say unto me, We trust in the LORD our God: [is] not that he, whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah hath taken away, and hath said to Judah and Jerusalem, Ye shall worship before this altar in Jerusalem?

2 Kings 18:22 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on 2 Kings 18:22

Theological / Devotional

In the Lord. See 2 Chron. 32:11.

Hath taken away. Sennacherib had no doubt heard of Hezekiah’s reforms, how the high places had been summarily removed, and the local shrines destroyed (ch. 18:4). Many of the people sacrificed to Jehovah at these unauthorized places of worship, and probably resented Hezekiah’s interference with their practices. The Rab-shakeh was now endeavoring to appeal to the people against their king, and he may have thought that Hezekiah had actually shown disregard for God in his efforts to destroy the popular local shrines.

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