2 KINGS 19:12 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 0
“Have the gods of the nations delivered them which my fathers have destroyed; as Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the children of Eden which were in Thelasar?”
Have the gods of the nations that my predecessors destroyed delivered them—the gods of Gozan, Haran, Rezeph, and the people of Eden who were in Telassar? — Sennacherib's enumeration of conquered gods parallels the Rab-shakeh's earlier catalog. By listing Gozan, Haran, Rezeph, and the people of Eden in Telassar, Sennacherib invokes the comprehensive conquest record that had previously claimed no god had proven effective against Assyria. This repeated enumeration emphasizes the futility of trusting in divine deliverance.
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