Commentary for II Kings 19:4
אוּלַ֡י יִשְׁמַע֩ יְהוָ֨ה אֱלֹהֶ֜יךָ אֵ֣ת ׀ כָּל־דִּבְרֵ֣י רַב־שָׁקֵ֗ה אֲשֶׁר֩ שְׁלָח֨וֹ מֶֽלֶךְ־אַשּׁ֤וּר ׀ אֲדֹנָיו֙ לְחָרֵף֙ אֱלֹהִ֣ים חַ֔י וְהוֹכִ֙יחַ֙ בַּדְּבָרִ֔ים אֲשֶׁ֥ר שָׁמַ֖ע יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֑יךָ וְנָשָׂ֣אתָ תְפִלָּ֔ה בְּעַ֥ד הַשְּׁאֵרִ֖ית הַנִּמְצָאָֽה׃
Perhaps the Lord your God will hear all the words of Ravshakeh, whom his lord, the King of Assyria, has sent to blaspheme the living God, and your God has heard how he argued, and you shall offer a prayer for the remainder that is found.
Rashi on II Kings
And he brought proof with the words. Aprover, in O.F., He showed evidence to [support] his statement,3Below, v. 9. [namely,] that he prospered wherever he went.
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Metzudat David on II Kings
The name of God that listens to pleas.
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Metzudat Zion on II Kings
Perhaps, like it says in(shmuel bet chapter 16 verse 12: perhaps Hashem will see in my eyes:
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Metzudat David on II Kings
argues things which god hears
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Metzudat Zion on II Kings
Proof(as in against Hashem.)
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Metzudat David on II Kings
as if to say, "for this I asked of your nation to recite a prayer to God
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Metzudat David on II Kings
The rest of Jews that remained in Jerusalem, because they had already conquered every type of city in Judah.
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