ESV Reformation Study Bible – 2 Kgs 18:32
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2 Kgs 18:32

18:32 take you away to a land. These words are a parody of God’s gift of the promised land to the Israelites. The Assyrian king thereby offers to replace the Lord’s promises with his own. Hezekiah will later refer to these claims as blasphemous (19:1–6).