2 Kings 18:35

35 Who among all the gods of the lands has delivered his land from my power? So how is the Lord to deliver Jerusalem?' "^[a]

2 Kings 18:35 Meaning and Commentary

2 Kings 18:35

(See Gill on 2 Kings 18:17)

2 Kings 18:35 In-Context

33 Has any of the gods of the nations ever delivered his land from the power of the king of Assyria?

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 the lands has delivered his land from my power? So how is the Lord to deliver Jerusalem?' "

36 But the people kept silent; they answered him not a word, for the king's command was, "Don't answer him."

37 Then Eliakim son of Hilkiah, who was in charge of the palace, Shebna the court secretary, and Joah son of Asaph, the court historian, came to Hezekiah with their clothes torn and reported to him the words of the Rabshakeh.

Footnotes

• [a] 2 Ch 32:14