34
Where are the gods of Hamat and Arpad? Where are the gods of S'farvayim, Hena and 'Ivah? Did they save Shomron from my power?
35
Where is the god of any country that has saved its country from my power, so that ADONAI might be able to save Yerushalayim from my power?'"
36
But the people kept still and didn't answer him so much as a word; for the king's order was, "Don't answer him."
37
Then Elyakim the son of Hilkiyah, who was in charge of the household, Shevnah the general secretary and Yo'ach the son of Asaf the foreign minister went to Hizkiyahu with their clothes torn and reported to him what Rav-Shakeh had said.
Complete Jewish Bible Copyright 1998 by David H. Stern. Published by Jewish New Testament Publications, Inc. All rights reserved. Used by permission.