2 Kings 18:25 “So now, was it apart from the LORD that I have come up against this pl…”

2 Kings 18:25

So now, was it apart from the LORD that I have come up against this place to destroy it? The LORD Himself said to me, ‘Go up against this land and destroy it.’”

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Am I now come up without the LORD against this place to destroy it? The LORD said to me, Go up against this land, and destroy it.

World English Bible

Have I now come up without the LORD against this place to destroy it? The LORD said to me, ‘Go up against this land, and destroy it.’”’”

American Standard Version

Am I now come up without Jehovah against this place to destroy it? Jehovah said unto me, Go up against this land, and destroy it.

Geneva Bible 1599

Am I now come vp without the Lord to this place, to destroy it? the Lord sayd to me, Goe vp against this land, and destroy it.

Darby Translation

Am I now come up without Jehovah against this place to destroy it? Jehovah said to me, Go up against this land and destroy it.

Young's Literal Translation

Now, without Jehovah have I come up against this place to destroy it? Jehovah said unto me, Go up against this land, and thou hast destroyed it.'

Bible in Basic English

And have I now come up to send destruction on this place without the Lord's authority? It was the Lord himself who said to me, Go up against this land and make it waste.

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Cross references

“Am I now”

2 Kings 19:6 2 Kings 19:22–37 1 Kings 13:18 2 Chronicles 35:21 Amos 3:6 Isaiah 10:5

2 Kings 19:6 · BSB

who replied, “Tell your master that this is what the LORD says: ‘Do not be afraid of the words you have heard, with which the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed Me.

2 Kings 19:22–37 · BSB

Whom have you taunted and blasphemed? Against whom have you raised your voice and lifted your eyes in pride? Against the Holy One of Israel!

1 Kings 13:18 · BSB

Then the prophet replied, “I too am a prophet like you, and an angel spoke to me by the word of the LORD, saying, ‘Bring him back with you to your house, so that he may eat bread and drink water.’” The old prophet was ly…

2 Chronicles 35:21 · BSB

But Neco sent messengers to him, saying, “What is the issue between you and me, O king of Judah? I have not come against you today, but I am fighting another dynasty, and God has told me to hurry. So stop opposing God, w…

Amos 3:6 · BSB

If a ram’s horn sounds in a city, do the people not tremble? If calamity comes to a city, has not the LORD caused it?

Isaiah 10:5 · BSB

Woe to Assyria, the rod of My anger; the staff in their hands is My wrath.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

24For how can you repel a single officer among the least of my master’s servants when you depend on Egypt for chariots and horsemen?

26Then Eliakim son of Hilkiah, along with Shebnah and Joah, said to the Rabshakeh, “Please speak to your servants in Aramaic, since we understand it. Do not speak with us in Hebrew in the hearing of the people on the wall.”

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