Lamed. The kings of the earth, and all the inhabitants of the world would not have believed, that the adversary and the enemy should enter in by the gates of Jerusalem.
לֹ֤א הֶאֱמִ֙ינוּ֙ מַלְכֵי־אֶ֔רֶץ וכל כֹּ֖ל יֹשְׁבֵ֣י תֵבֵ֑ל כִּ֤י יָבֹא֙ צַ֣ר וְאוֹיֵ֔ב בְּשַׁעֲרֵ֖י יְרוּשָׁלָֽ͏ִם׃
One Church Father comments on this verse
To strengthen their conviction in this belief, they were firmly convinced by the fate of Sennacherib, whose forces were annihilated in a brief moment of the night. However, Jerusalem was also turned over to its adversaries because of the slayings of the priests.
Passages read together with this verse.
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