7Be strong and courageous, be not afraid nor dismayed for the king of Assyria, nor for all the multitude that is with him: for there be more with us than with him:
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And he answered, Fear not: for they that be with us are more than they that be with them.
What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?
Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.
Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.
Neither let Hezekiah make you trust in the LORD, saying, The LORD will surely deliver us, and this city shall not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-8)Here is, I. The formidable design of Sennacherib against Hezekiah’s kingdom, and the vigorous attempt he made upon it. This Sennacherib was now, as Nebuchadnezzar was afterwards, the terror and scourge and great oppressor of that part of the world. He aimed to raise a boundless monarchy for himself upon the ruins of all his neighbours. His predecessor Shalmaneser had lately made himself master of…
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