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Isaiah 37:13

ArpadHamathHenaIvvahSepharvaim

11 Surely you have heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all the other countries, devoting them to destruction. Will you then be spared?

12 Did the gods of the nations destroyed by my fathers rescue those nations—the gods of Gozan, Haran, and Rezeph, and of the people of Eden in Telassar?

Where are the kings of Hamath, Arpad, Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivvah?’”

14 So Hezekiah received the letter from the messengers, read it, and went up to the house of the LORD and spread it out before the LORD.

15 And Hezekiah prayed to the LORD:

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
Where are the kings of Hamath, Arpad, Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivvah?’”
KJV
Where is the king of Hamath, and the king of Arphad, and the king of the city of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivah?
WEB
Where is the king of Hamath, and the king of Arpad, and the king of the city of Sepharvaim, of Hena, and Ivvah?’”
ASV
Where is the king of Hamath, and the king of Arpad, and the king of the city of Sepharvaim, of Hena, and Ivvah?
DARBY
Where is the king of Hamath, and the king of Arpad, and the king of the city of Sepharvaim, of Hena, and Ivvah?
BLB
Where [is] the king of Hamath, and the king of Arpad, and the king of the city of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivvah?’”
ÅB
Hvor er nå Hamats konge og Arpads konge og byen Sefarva'ims konge, Henas og Ivvas konger?
OTB
Hvor er kongen av Hamat, kongen av Arpad, eller kongene av byen Sefarvajim, Hena og Ivva?’”
B1930
Hvor er nu Hamats konge og Arpads konge og byen Sefarva'ims konge, Henas og Ivvas konger?

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Cross references

  • 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 10:9

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

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  • 2 Kings 18:34

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

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  • 2 Kings 17:24

    Then the king of Assyria brought people from Babylon, Cuthah, Avva, Hamath, and Sepharvaim and settled them in the towns of Samaria to replace the Israelites. They took possession of Samaria and lived in its towns.

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  • 2 Kings 17:30–31

    The men of Babylon made Succoth-benoth, the men of Cuth made Nergal, the men of Hamath made Ashima,

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  • Isaiah 36:19

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

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  • 2 Kings 19:13

    Where are the kings of Hamath, Arpad, Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivvah?’”

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