34 (A)Where are the gods of Hamath and (B)Arpad? Where are the gods of Sepharvaim, Hena, and [a](C)Ivvah? Have they saved Samaria from my hand? 35 Who among all the gods of the lands are there who have saved their land from my hand, (D)that the Lord would save Jerusalem from my hand?’”

36 But the people were silent and did not answer him with even a word, because it was the king’s [b]command: “Do not answer him.”

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 18:34 In 2 Kin 17:24, Avva
  2. 2 Kings 18:36 Lit command, saying

34 Where are the gods of Hamath(A) and Arpad?(B) Where are the gods of Sepharvaim, Hena and Ivvah? Have they rescued Samaria from my hand? 35 Who of all the gods of these countries has been able to save his land from me? How then can the Lord deliver Jerusalem from my hand?”(C)

36 But the people remained silent and said nothing in reply, because the king had commanded, “Do not answer him.”

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