2 Kings 19:18

And have cast their gods into the fire: for they were no gods, but the work of men’s hands, wood and stone: therefore they have destroyed them.

Cross-reference

2 Kings 19:11 Historical context

2 Kings 19:11 contains Sennacherib's letter repeating the same boast of destroying all nations' gods — part of the same event.

2 Kings 18:33 Historical context

2 Kings 18:33 records Rabshakeh's boast that no nation's gods could withstand Assyria — the very claim Hezekiah is responding to in prayer.

2 Kings 10:26 records Jehu burning Baal images — a similar act of destroying idols, though Jehu acts for Yahweh, not in boast.

Psalm 115:4-8 describes idols as work of men's hands with no power — directly parallels Hezekiah's description of worthless gods.

Isaiah 37:19 is the exact parallel of this verse — 'they have cast their gods into the fire...' — identical wording.

Isaiah 44:9–20 Related theme

Isaiah 44:9-20 provides a full exposé of idol-making — the same critique of wood-and-stone gods the Assyrians boasted of destroying.

Isaiah 46:1 Related theme

Isaiah 46:1 depicts Babylonian gods Bel and Nebo bowed down — like Assyria's conquered idols, showing their powerlessness.

Isaiah 46:2 Related theme

Isaiah 46:2 continues: idols go into captivity, unable to save — same theme of man-made gods failing.

Jeremiah 10:3-9 similarly mocks idols as cut trees, decorated with silver and gold — echoing the Assyrian claim that such gods are worthless.

Jeremiah 10:14-16 continues the same theme — every idol-maker is put to shame, and the Lord is the true God who made all things.

Acts 17:29 Allusion

Acts 17:29 echoes the same logic: God cannot be represented by gold, silver, or stone carved by human skill — a NT application.

2 Chronicles 32:13 Historical context

2 Chronicles 32:13 records Sennacherib's identical boast — that no nation's gods could save them — providing the parallel historical account.

2 Chronicles 32:19 emphasizes that these gods were the work of men's hands, echoing the same point about their impotence.

Isaiah 36:18 is the parallel account of Sennacherib's speech, repeating the same argument that no god could deliver from Assyria.

1 Chronicles 14:12 shows David burning the Philistine gods — a parallel action of destroying idols by fire, but in a different military context.