Am I now come up without the Lord against this place to destroy it? The Lord said to me, Go up against this land, and destroy it.
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4 additional translationsAm I now come up without Jehovah against this place to destroy it? Jehovah said unto me, Go up against this land, and destroy it.
So now, was it apart from the LORD that I have come up against this place to destroy it? The LORD Himself said to me, ‘Go up against this land and destroy it.’”
Now, without Jehovah have I come up against this place to destroy it? Jehovah said unto me, Go up against this land, and thou hast destroyed it.'
Am I now come up without Jehovah against this place to destroy it? Jehovah said to me, Go up against this land and destroy it.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old Testament2 Kings — Two kingdoms on parallel but diverging arcs. Elisha's ministry; Samaria falls to Assyria in 722 BC; Jerusalem falls to Babylon in 586 BC. Prophets interpose; kings refuse; the exile comes — and closes on a whisper of covenant hope.
- Author
- Compiler anonymous; Jewish tradition attributes to Jeremiah (same as 1 Kings)
- Date
- Events c. 852–560 BC; closing coda places composition in the mid-exile, c. 560 BC