24I have digged and drunk strange waters, and with the sole of my feet have I dried up all the rivers of besieged places.
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The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; my lust shall be satisfied upon them; I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them.
And they shall turn the rivers far away; and the brooks of defence shall be emptied and dried up: the reeds and flags shall wither.
The king spake, and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the house of the kingdom by the might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty?
And Benhadad sent unto him, and said, The gods do so unto me, and more also, if the dust of Samaria shall suffice for handfuls for all the people that follow me.
Moreover, if he be gotten into a city, then shall all Israel bring ropes to that city, and we will draw it into the river, until there be not one small stone found there.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 20-34)We have here the gracious copious answer which God gave to Hezekiah’s prayer. The message which he sent him by the same hand ( 2 Kgs. 19:6 , 7 ), one would think, was an answer sufficient to his prayer; but, that he might have strong consolation, he was encouraged by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie , Heb. 6:18. In general, God assured him that his prayer was heard,…
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