Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Kings 18:35
Who [are] they among all the gods of the countries, that have delivered their country out of mine hand, that the LORD should deliver Jerusalem out of mine hand?
35. that the Lord should deliver Jerusalem ] Rab-shakeh should have had a better memory. In verse 25 he said he had the Lord’s command to destroy Jerusalem; but here, forgetful, he speaks of the same Lord as one who might be expected to defend it.
Or does he only speak ex concesso, taking the ground of those whom he addresses? They thought the Lord would deliver. ‘If you do think so’, would then be his meaning, ‘what reason have you for your belief’?
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
[See comments on 2Ki 18:17]
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(35) The countries.Which I have myself conquered.
That the Lord should deliver . . .Ewald explains here, as in the last verse, much less will Jehovah deliver, &c., taking k, that, as equivalent to aph ki.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
2Ki 18:35 Who [are] they among all the gods of the countries, that have delivered their country out of mine hand, that the LORD should deliver Jerusalem out of mine hand?
Ver. 35. Who are they among all the gods? ] See 2Ki 18:30 .
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
without the LORD. Either said in pretence, or from having heard Jehovah’s prophecies (Compare 2Ki 19:25 with Isa 10:5).
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
Who are: 2Ki 19:17, Dan 3:15
that the Lord: Exo 5:2, 2Ch 32:15, Job 15:25, Job 15:26, Isa 10:15, Isa 37:23-29
Reciprocal: Lev 24:11 – blasphemed 2Ki 19:6 – the servants Eze 36:20 – These
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
18:35 Who [are] they among all the gods of the countries, that have delivered their country out of mine hand, that the {m} LORD should deliver Jerusalem out of mine hand?
(m) This is an execrable blasphemy against the true God, to make him equal with the idols of other nations: therefore God sharply punished him.