Lux Domini
I have digged and drunk strange waters, and with the sole of my feet have I dried up all the rivers of besieged places.

Study Helps

Interpretation

All Sennacherib's motions were under the Divine cognizance. God himself undertakes to defend the city; and that person, that place, cannot but be safe, which he undertakes to protect.

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This thought runs through 2 Kings 19:22-24.

Glossary

Egypt Place
The land of the Nile and the pyramids, the oldest kingdom of which we have any record, holds a place of great significance in Scripture. Modern identification: Ain Shams.