Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Kings 19:19
Now therefore, O LORD our God, I beseech thee, save thou us out of his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that thou [art] the LORD God, [even] thou only.
19. Now therefore, O Lord our God, I beseech thee, save thou us ] The R.V. puts ‘I beseech thee’ after ‘save thou us’ that being the order of the Hebrew sentence. There is no Hebrew in Isaiah for ‘I beseech thee’.
that all the kingdoms of the earth may know ] It is remarkable how the loftiest souls among the Jews felt that their nation was meant to be God’s witness to the rest of the world. Such sentiments are found not seldom in the prophecies and psalms. Cf. also 1Sa 18:4-6 and the marginal references there. That case, which is David’s conquest of Goliath, may be aptly compared with this. For all men would understand if Sennacherib now were conquered it was not by the power of Jerusalem only, but by the hand of Him who had put His name there, just as David had said ‘The battle is the Lord’s’.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
If the mighty army of the great Assyrian king were successfully defied by a petty monarch like Hezekiah, it would force the surrounding nations to confess that the escape was owing to the protecting hand of Yahweh. They would thus be taught, in spite of themselves, that He, and He alone, was the true God.
Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
[See comments on 2Ki 19:1]
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
19. Now That is, at length; after so much success, and in view of his pride and blasphemy, show the king of Assyria, and all the kingdoms he has conquered, that there is one God with whom it is folly to contend.
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
2Ki 19:19 Now therefore, O LORD our God, I beseech thee, save thou us out of his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that thou [art] the LORD God, [even] thou only.
Ver. 19. Save us out of his hand. ] Hezekiah had a promise before; but he knew that he was to put it in suit, as here he doth very notably.
May know that thou art the Lord God.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
O Lord: Exo 9:15, Exo 9:16, Jos 7:9, 1Sa 17:45-47, 1Ki 8:43, 1Ki 18:36, 1Ki 18:37, 1Ki 20:28, Psa 67:1, Psa 67:2, Psa 83:18, Dan 4:34-37
Reciprocal: Exo 7:17 – thou shalt Deu 4:35 – know Jos 4:24 – all the people Jdg 18:17 – the graven 1Sa 17:46 – all the earth 1Ki 8:49 – cause 1Ki 8:60 – That all 1Ch 16:8 – make 1Ch 16:24 – General 2Ch 6:33 – that all people 2Ch 32:13 – were the gods Neh 9:6 – even thou Psa 9:16 – known Psa 59:13 – and let Psa 100:3 – Know Eze 6:7 – and ye Eze 38:16 – that the Dan 3:27 – the princes Luk 11:2 – Hallowed Act 4:24 – Lord
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
2Ki 19:19. Now therefore, save us out of his hand For if we be conquered, as other lands have been, they will say that thou art conquered, as the gods of those lands were; but, Lord, distinguish thyself by distinguishing us; and let all the world know, and be made to confess, that thou art the Lord, the self-existent God, even thou only, and that all pretenders to divinity are vanity and a lie. Let it be observed here, that the best pleas in prayer are those which are taken from Gods honour, and the concerns thereof; and therefore the Lords prayer begins with, Hallowed be thy name, and concludes with, Thine is the glory.
Fuente: Joseph Bensons Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
19:19 Now therefore, O LORD our God, I beseech thee, save thou us out of his hand, that all the {m} kingdoms of the earth may know that thou [art] the LORD God, [even] thou only.
(m) He shows the reason the faithful desire God to deliver them: that is, that he may be glorified by their deliverance.