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2 Kings 18:34

ArpadHamathHenaIvvahSamariaSepharvaim
Doubt

32 until I come and take you away to a land like your own—a land of grain and new wine, a land of bread and vineyards, a land of olive trees and honey—so that you may live and not die. But do not listen to Hezekiah, for he misleads you when he says, ‘The LORD will deliver us.’

33 Has the god of any nation ever delivered his land from the hand of the king of Assyria?

Where are the gods of Hamath and Arpad? Where are the gods of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivvah? Have they delivered Samaria from my hand?

35 Who among all the gods of these lands has delivered his land from my hand? How then can the LORD deliver Jerusalem from my hand?”

36 But the people remained silent and did not answer a word, for Hezekiah had commanded, “Do not answer him.”

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BSB
Where are the gods of Hamath and Arpad? Where are the gods of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivvah? Have they delivered Samaria from my hand?
KJV
Where are the gods of Hamath, and of Arpad? where are the gods of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivah? have they delivered Samaria out of mine hand?
WEB
Where are the gods of Hamath and of Arpad? Where are the gods of Sepharvaim, of Hena, and Ivvah? Have they delivered Samaria out of my hand?
ASV
Where are the gods of Hamath, and of Arpad? where are the gods of Sepharvaim, of Hena, and Ivvah? have they delivered Samaria out of my hand?
DARBY
Where are the gods of Hamath and of Arpad? Where are the gods of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivvah? and have they delivered Samaria out of my hand?
BLB
Where [are] the gods of Hamath and Arpad? Where [are] the gods of Sepharvaim and Hena and Ivah? Indeed, have they delivered Samaria from my hand?
ÅB
Hvor er Hamats og Arpads guder? Hvor er Sefarva'ims, Henas og Ivvas guder? Har vel Samarias guder reddet det av min hånd?
OTB
Hva har skjedd med gudene i Hamat og Arpad? Hva har skjedd med gudene i Sefarvaim, Hena og Ivva? Har de reddet Samaria fra min hånd?
B1930
Hvor er Hamats og Arpads guder? Hvor er Sefarva'ims, Henas og Ivvas guder? Har vel Samarias guder reddet det av min hånd?

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Isaiah 10:9

    “Is not Calno like Carchemish? Is not Hamath like Arpad? Is not Samaria like Damascus?

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  • Jeremiah 49:23

    Concerning Damascus: “Hamath and Arpad are put to shame, for they have heard a bad report; they are agitated like the sea; their anxiety cannot be calmed.

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  • Isaiah 37:18–19

    Truly, O LORD, the kings of Assyria have laid waste all these countries and their lands.

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  • Numbers 13:21

    So they went up and spied out the land from the Wilderness of Zin as far as Rehob, toward Lebo-hamath.

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  • 2 Kings 17:6

    In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria captured Samaria and carried away the Israelites to Assyria, where he settled them in Halah, in Gozan by the Habor River, and in the cities of the Medes.

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  • 2 Kings 17:23–33

    Finally, the LORD removed Israel from His presence, as He had declared through all His servants the prophets. So Israel was exiled from their homeland into Assyria, where they are to this day.

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  • 2 Samuel 8:9

    When King Toi of Hamath heard that David had defeated the entire army of Hadadezer,

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  • Isaiah 36:18–19

    Do not let Hezekiah mislead you when he says, ‘The LORD will deliver us.’ Has the god of any nation ever delivered his land from the hand of the king of Assyria?

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