CHAPTER EXPLORER
2 Kings 19
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37 verses in KJV · 423 outgoing cross-reference links
Opening verses of 2 Kings 19 (KJV)
19:1 And it came to pass, when king Hezekiah heard [it], that he rent his clothes, and covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the house of the LORD.
19:2 And he sent Eliakim, which [was] over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and the elders of the priests, covered with sackcloth, to Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz.
19:3 And they said unto him, Thus saith Hezekiah, This day [is] a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and blasphemy: for the children are come to the birth, and [there is] not strength to bring forth.
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Traditional writer attribution: Jeremiah
Approximate study chronology: c. 710 BC
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