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2 Kings 19:24

King James Version (KJV)

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2 Kings 19:24

Verse 24 of 37

Scripture focus

I have digged and drunk strange waters, and with the sole of my feet have I dried up all the rivers of besieged places.

2 Kings 19:24 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on 2 Kings 19:24

Theological / Devotional

Digged and drunk. The meaning seems to be that Sennacherib feels himself able to cope with any difficulty. Mountains do not stop him, he climbs over them. Deserts do not stop him, he crosses them, digging his own wells for water. Rivers do not delay him, they dry up underneath his feet.

Rivers of besieged places. Perhaps a reference to Egypt. Egypt was beyond the desert and was cut up by many canals. Sennacherib was making the boast that these would prove no obstacle to him, they would simply vanish before him.

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