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2 Kings 19:15
And Hezekiah prayed before the LORD: “O LORD, God of Israel, enthroned between the cherubim, You alone are God over all the kingdoms of the earth. You made the heavens and the earth.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Hezekiah stands in the temple after spreading out Sennacherib’s threatening letter, addressing Yahweh directly in prayer. (2 Kings 19:14-15)
The words — The Hebrew verb וַיִּתְפַּלֵּל (va-yitpallel) indicates formal intercession, while לִפְנֵי (lifnei) marks the physical and covenantal posture of appearing before the divine presence.
The thread — The phrase “enthroned between the cherubim” directly references the ark’s location in Exodus 25:22, and the claim that Yahweh alone rules all kingdoms aligns with the public confessions in 1 Kings 18:39 and 2 Kings 5:15.
Why it lands — It demands that a reader anchor confidence in God’s creative authority and universal rule rather than in the scale of the opposing threat.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And Hezekiah prayed before the Lord, and said, O Lord God of Israel, which dwellest between the cherubims, thou art the God, even thou alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth; thou hast made heaven and earth.
Cross-references
- Exodus 25:22 And I will meet with you there above the mercy seat, between the two cherubim that are over the ark of the Testimony; I will speak with you about all that I command you regarding the Israelites.
- 1 Kings 18:39 When all the people saw this, they fell facedown and said, “The LORD, He is God! The LORD, He is God!”
- 2 Kings 5:15 Then Naaman and all his attendants went back to the man of God, stood before him, and declared, “Now I know for sure that there is no God in all the earth except in Israel. So please accept a gift from your servant.”
- Isaiah 44:6 Thus says the LORD, the King and Redeemer of Israel, the LORD of Hosts: “I am the first and I am the last, and there is no God but Me.
- Isaiah 44:8 Do not tremble or fear. Have I not told you and declared it long ago? You are My witnesses! Is there any God but Me? There is no other Rock; I know not one.”
- Jeremiah 10:10 But the LORD is the true God; He is the living God and eternal King. The earth quakes at His wrath, and the nations cannot endure His indignation.
- Daniel 4:34 But at the end of those days I, Nebuchadnezzar, looked up to heaven, and my sanity was restored to me. Then I praised the Most High, and I honored and glorified Him who lives forever: “For His dominion is an everlasting dominion, and His kingdom endures from generation to generation.
- Daniel 9:3 So I turned my attention to the Lord God to seek Him by prayer and petition, with fasting, sackcloth, and ashes.
- Genesis 1:1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
- Genesis 2:4 This is the account of the heavens and the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made them.