The writer of 1 & 2 Kings was very brief about the sins of the people of Israel (in both kingdoms) until what we heard yesterday. He seems to have saved the moral of the story until chapter 17. And then we have the wonderful contrast with Hezekiah in chapter 18. Then the Assyrian king mocked the God of Israel at the end of chapter 18. We hear God's answer today.
https://www.bible.com/bible/116/2ki.19.nlt
It would appear that Solomon wrote this Psalm of Ascent, as part was quoted by him at the dedication of the temple.
Translation note:
2He made a solemn promise to [You/the] LORD.
He vowed to [You,] the Mighty One of Israel,a
https://www.bible.com/bible/116/psa.132
Yesterday we heard Jesus promise that He would send our Advocate/Comforter/Helper, the Holy Spirit. The Spirit is the one who literally ‘comes along beside’ and will lead us into all truth and be with us forever. And I think it is really due to Him that we can have “a peace that the world cannot give or understand.”
Translation notes:
3You have already been pruned and purified by the message I have given you.
4Remain [joined to//in] me, and I will remain [joined to//in] you. For a branch cannot produce fruit if it is severed from the vine, and you cannot be fruitful unless you remain [joined to//in] me.
5“Yes, I am the vine; you are the branches. Those who remain [joined to//in] me, and I [to/in] them, will produce much fruit. For apart from me you can do nothing.
6Anyone who does not remain [joined to//in] me is thrown away like a useless branch and withers. Such branches are gathered into a pile to be burned.
7But if you remain [joined to//in] me and my words remain in you, you may ask for anything you want, and it will be granted!
16You didn’t choose me. I chose you. I appointed you to go and produce lasting fruit, so that the Father will give you whatever you ask for, [for my name’s sake/for the sake of my glory//using my name].
This must be one of the worst mistakes in the NLT! We don’t simply ‘use’ Jesus’ name and cash in on this promise! This translation shows that the translator has been affected by modern Christian culture and did not consider what this really means. But then, I must admit, every translator, including me, falls in this regard from time to time, and that is why it is said in the NIV introduction, “No translation is perfect.”
https://www.bible.com/bible/68/jhn.15
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