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2 Kings 19

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37 verses in KJV · 423 outgoing cross-reference links

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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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Historical / attribution context

Traditional writer attribution: Jeremiah

Approximate study chronology: c. 710 BC

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