2 Kings 19:18 meaning and explanation

They have cast their gods into the fire and destroyed them, for they were not gods, but only wood and stone—the work of human hands.

2 Kings 19:18, Berean Standard Bible

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Hezekiah is praying in the temple, having spread Sennacherib's threatening letter before the LORD. In verse 17 he grants that Assyria really did devastate the nations, and here he explains why those defeats proved nothing about the gods of those peoples.

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