2 Kings 19:24 Meaning and Explanation
“I have digged and drunk strange waters, and with the sole of my feet have I dried up all the rivers of besieged places.”
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Read Full Chapter →God continues quoting the king's boast that he digs wells in foreign lands and dries up rivers underfoot.
What Does 2 Kings 19:24 Mean?
The recited boast continues. Sennacherib claimed he dug wells and drank strange waters wherever he marched, and that with the mere soles of his feet he dried up all the rivers of the lands he besieged. No obstacle of nature, he bragged, could slow his advance; he simply trampled it away.
This is the language of a man who believes himself unstoppable, master even of waters and rivers. He speaks as though creation itself bends to his stride. Yet the very next verses will remind him who actually rules the rivers and the mountains. There is a kind of pride that forgets it walks on ground it did not make and drinks from springs it did not fill. God lets Sennacherib's boast stand for a moment, just before He answers who truly holds the earth.
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What does 2 Kings 19:24 mean?
God continues quoting the king's boast that he digs wells in foreign lands and dries up rivers underfoot.