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2 Kings 18:36

Stillness and meditationObedience

34 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?”

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

37 Then Hilkiah’s son Eliakim the palace administrator, Shebna the scribe, and Asaph’s son Joah the recorder came to Hezekiah with their clothes torn, and they relayed to him the words of the Rabshakeh.

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BSB
But the people remained silent and did not answer a word, for Hezekiah had commanded, “Do not answer him.”
KJV
But the people held their peace, and answered him not a word: for the king’s commandment was, saying, Answer him not.
WEB
But the people stayed quiet, and answered him not a word; for the king’s commandment was, “Don’t answer him.”
ASV
But the people held their peace, and answered him not a word; for the king`s commandment was, saying, Answer him not.
DARBY
But the people were silent and answered him not a word; for the king's command was, saying, Answer him not.
BLB
And the people kept silent and did not answer him a word, for it was the command from the king, saying, “Do not answer him.”
ÅB
Men folket tidde og svarte ham ikke et ord; for kongens bud lød så: Dere skal ikke svare ham.
OTB
Men folket var stille og svarte ham ikke et ord, for kongens befaling var, “Svar ham ikke.”
B1930
Men folket tidde og svarte ham ikke et ord; for kongens bud lød så: I skal ikke svare ham.

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