Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Chronicles 32:15

Now therefore let not Hezekiah deceive you, nor persuade you on this manner, neither yet believe him: for no god of any nation or kingdom was able to deliver his people out of mine hand, and out of the hand of my fathers: how much less shall your God deliver you out of mine hand?

15. neither yet believe him ] R.V. neither believe ye him.

Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

Seeing I have destroyed so many nations, and some of them stronger than you, in spite of all their gods, it is not probable that your God should defend you, which none of the rest could do for their people.

Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole

[See comments on 2Ch 32:12]

Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible

(15) Neither yet believe him.And believe him not.

How much less . . . deliver you.Rather, much less will your gods deliver you; or, much more will your gods not deliver you. (Comp. Isa. 37:10-11.) According to ancient conceptions the gods of strong nations were strong gods. Now the Assyrians had vanquished stronger nations than Judah, and therefore, as they ignorantly supposed, stronger deities than the God of Judah. (Some Hebrew MSS. and all the versions have the verb in the singular, which gives the sense, much less will your god deliver you.)

Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)

2Ch 32:15 Now therefore let not Hezekiah deceive you, nor persuade you on this manner, neither yet believe him: for no god of any nation or kingdom was able to deliver his people out of mine hand, and out of the hand of my fathers: how much less shall your God deliver you out of mine hand?

Ver. 15. Now therefore let not Hezekiah. ] See 2Ki 18:29 .

How much less shall your God. ] Prodigious blasphemy! And was not that of John Hunt, a a Popish pamphleteer, every whit as bad, when he said, The God of the Protestants is the most uncivil and evil mannered God of all those who have borne the names of gods upon the earth; yea, worse than Pan, god of the clowns, which can endure no ceremonies nor good manners at all! a

a Humble Appeal to King James, chap. 6.

Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)

god. Hebrew. ‘eloah. App-4.

God. Hebrew. Elohim. App-4. Plural, with verb “deliver” in sing

Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics

deceive: 2Ki 18:29, 2Ki 19:10

persuade: 2Ch 32:11, 1Ki 22:22, Isa 36:18, Act 19:26, Gal 1:10

much less: Exo 5:2, Dan 3:15, Joh 19:10, Joh 19:11

Reciprocal: Gen 3:5 – as gods Exo 10:10 – look to it 2Ki 18:35 – that the Lord 2Ch 6:18 – how much 2Ch 32:8 – rested Psa 73:9 – set Pro 30:9 – Who Isa 36:20 – that the Lord Isa 37:4 – to reproach Isa 37:10 – Let not Isa 50:2 – have I Eze 35:13 – with Dan 8:11 – he magnified Nah 1:11 – one Joh 7:47 – Are

Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2Ch 32:15. How much less shall your God deliver you Seeing I have destroyed so many nations, and some of them stronger than you, in spite of all their gods, it is not probable that your God should defend you?

inasmuch as none of the others could defend their worshippers.

Fuente: Joseph Bensons Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

32:15 Now therefore let not Hezekiah deceive you, nor persuade you on this manner, neither yet believe him: for no god of any nation or kingdom was able to deliver his people out of {i} mine hand, and out of the hand of my fathers: how much less shall your God deliver you out of mine hand?

(i) When man has prosperity, he swells in pride, and thinks himself able to resist and overcome even God himself.

Fuente: Geneva Bible Notes