"Who {was there} among all the gods of those nations that my fathers utterly destroyed, that could deliver his people out…" — 2 Chronicles 32:14

2 Chronicles 32:14 · KJV

“Who {was there} among all the gods of those nations that my fathers utterly destroyed, that could deliver his people out of mine hand, that your God should be able to deliver you out of mine hand?”

— 2 Chronicles 32:14

Verse 13

Know ye not what I and my fathers have done unto all the people of {other} lands? were the gods of the nations of those lands any ways able to deliver their lands out of mine hand?

Verse 15

Now therefore let not Hezekiah deceive you, nor persuade you on this manner, neither yet believe him: for no god of any nation or kingdom was able to deliver his people out of mine hand, and out of the hand of my fathers: how much less shall your God deliver you out of mine hand?

2 Chronicles 32 — Context

Hath not the same Hezekiah taken away his high places and his altars, and commanded Judah and Jerusalem, saying, Ye shall worship before one altar, and burn incense upon it?

Know ye not what I and my fathers have done unto all the people of {other} lands? were the gods of the nations of those lands any ways able to deliver their lands out of mine hand?

Who {was there} among all the gods of those nations that my fathers utterly destroyed, that could deliver his people out of mine hand, that your God should be able to deliver you out of mine hand?

And his servants spake yet {more} against the LORD God, and against his servant Hezekiah.

Cross References

Exodus 14:3

For Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, They {are} entangled in the land, the wilderness hath shut them in.

Exodus 15:9-11

The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; my lust shall be satisfied upon them; I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them. {destroy: or, repossess}

Isaiah 10:11-12

Shall I not, as I have done unto Samaria and her idols, so do to Jerusalem and her idols?

Isaiah 42:8

I {am} the LORD: that {is} my name: and my glory will I not give to another, neither my praise to graven images.