Bible Strands
2 Chronicles 32:11
Is not Hezekiah misleading you to give you over to death by famine and thirst when he says, ‘The LORD our God will deliver us from the hand of the king of Assyria?’
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The Assyrian commander addresses the citizens of Jerusalem under siege, challenging their loyalty to Hezekiah’s promise of divine protection.
The words — The Hebrew מַסִּית (ma.sit) translates literally as “misleader” or “one who turns away,” characterizing Hezekiah as the agent who abandons the people to starvation and death.
The thread — The same rhetorical charge appears in 2 Kings 18:30 and 2 Kings 19:10, where the Assyrian officer repeats the accusation that Hezekiah’s claims of rescue are deceptive.
Why it lands — The text requires the reader to confront the tension between trusted human leadership and divine promise when both are tested by immediate, visible crisis.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Doth not Hezekiah persuade you to give over yourselves to die by famine and by thirst, saying, The Lord our God shall deliver us out of the hand of the king of Assyria?
Cross-references
- 2 Kings 18:27 But the Rabshakeh replied, “Has my master sent me to speak these words only to you and your master, and not to the men sitting on the wall, who are destined with you to eat their own dung and drink their own urine?”
- 2 Kings 18:30 Do not let Hezekiah persuade you to trust in the LORD when he says, ‘The LORD will surely deliver us; this city will not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.’
- 2 Kings 19:10 “Give this message to Hezekiah king of Judah: ‘Do not let your God, in whom you trust, deceive you by saying that Jerusalem will not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria.
- 2 Chronicles 32:15 So now, do not let Hezekiah deceive you, and do not let him mislead you like this. Do not believe him, for no god of any nation or kingdom has been able to deliver his people from my hand or from the hand of my fathers. How much less will your God deliver you from my hand!”
- Psalms 3:2 Many say of me, “God will not deliver him.” Selah
- Psalms 11:1 For the choirmaster. Of David. In the LORD I take refuge. How then can you say to me: “Flee like a bird to your mountain!
- Psalms 22:8 “He trusts in the LORD, let the LORD deliver him; let the LORD rescue him, since He delights in him.”
- Psalms 42:10 Like the crushing of my bones, my enemies taunt me, while they say to me all day long, “Where is your God?”
- Psalms 71:11 saying, “God has forsaken him; pursue him and seize him, for there is no one to rescue him.”
- Isaiah 36:12 But the Rabshakeh replied, “Has my master sent me to speak these words only to you and your master, and not to the men sitting on the wall, who are destined with you to eat their own dung and drink their own urine?”