2 Chronicles 32:8

Hezekiah declares that the Assyrian has only an arm of flesh, but Yahweh is with His people to fight for them, and the people took confidence in his words. It matters because it contrasts mere human power with the living God.

Cross-references · 21

• Jer 17:5Thus saith the LORD; Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the LORD.
• 2 Chr 20:17Ye shall not need to fight in this battle: set yourselves, stand ye still, and see the salvation of the LORD with you, O Judah and Jerusalem: fear not, nor be dismayed; to morrow go out against them: for the LORD will be with you.
• 2 Tim 4:17Notwithstanding the Lord stood with me, and strengthened me; that by me the preaching might be fully known, and that all the Gentiles might hear: and I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion.
• Acts 18:10For I am with thee, and no man shall set on thee to hurt thee: for I have much people in this city.
• 2 Chr 20:15And he said, Hearken ye, all Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem, and thou king Jehoshaphat, Thus saith the LORD unto you, Be not afraid nor dismayed by reason of this great multitude; for the battle is not yours, but God’s.
• Isa 41:10Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.
• 1 Jn 4:4Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.
• Ps 46:11The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.
• 2 Chr 13:12And, behold, God himself is with us for our captain, and his priests with sounding trumpets to cry alarm against you. O children of Israel, fight ye not against the LORD God of your fathers; for ye shall not prosper.
• Deut 20:1When thou goest out to battle against thine enemies, and seest horses, and chariots, and a people more than thou, be not afraid of them: for the LORD thy God is with thee, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.
• 2 Chr 14:11And Asa cried unto the LORD his God, and said, LORD, it is nothing with thee to help, whether with many, or with them that have no power: help us, O LORD our God; for we rest on thee, and in thy name we go against this multitude. O LORD, thou art our God; let not man prevail against thee.
• Deut 20:4For the LORD your God is he that goeth with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to save you.
• 2 Chr 20:20And they rose early in the morning, and went forth into the wilderness of Tekoa: and as they went forth, Jehoshaphat stood and said, Hear me, O Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem; Believe in the LORD your God, so shall ye be established; believe his prophets, so shall ye prosper.
• Isa 8:10Take counsel together, and it shall come to nought; speak the word, and it shall not stand: for God is with us.
• Job 40:9Hast thou an arm like God? or canst thou thunder with a voice like him?
• Prov 12:25Heaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop: but a good word maketh it glad.
• Josh 10:42And all these kings and their land did Joshua take at one time, because the LORD God of Israel fought for Israel.
• Ps 46:7The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.
• Isa 36:18Beware lest Hezekiah persuade you, saying, The LORD will deliver us. Hath any of the gods of the nations delivered his land out of the hand of the king of Assyria?
• 2 Tim 4:22The Lord Jesus Christ be with thy spirit. Grace be with you. Amen.
• 2 Chr 32:15Now 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?

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