Jesaja 37:13

13 Wo ist der König von Hamath und der König von Arpad und der König der Stadt Sepharwaim, von Hena und Iwa?

Jesaja 37:13 Meaning and Commentary

Isaiah 37:13

Where is the king of Hamath, and the king of Arphad, and the
king of the city of Sepharvaim
The same, as some think, with the gods or idols of those places, (See Gill on Isaiah 36:19); though it may be the princes that ruled over those cities are meant, who were either slain, or become tributary to the king of Assyria. It is added, Henah and Ivah:
which some take to be the names of the gods or kings of Sepharvaim; but rather, since Sepharvaim is of the dual number, it was a double city, the river Euphrates passing between them; and these, as Musculus conjectures, were the names of them; or it may be, these were distinct cities from that, but what or where they were is not certain. Ptolemy makes mention of a place called Ingine, near Gausanitis or Gozan, supposed to be Henah; though others rather think it to be Ange, which he places in Arabia ^F9, which I think is not so probable. Ivah perhaps is the same with Avah, in ( 2 Kings 17:24 ) . The Targum does not take them for names or places, but translates them,

``hath he not removed them, and carried them captive?''

and so Jarchi's note is,

``the king of Assyria hath moved and overthrown them, and destroyed them, and removed them out of their place;''

referring to the other cities.

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FOOTNOTES:

F9 Geograph. l. 6. c. 7.

Jesaja 37:13 In-Context

11 Siehe, du hast gehört, was die Könige von Assyrien allen Ländern getan haben, indem sie sie vertilgten; und du solltest errettet werden?

12 Haben die Götter der Nationen, welche meine Väter vernichtet haben, sie errettet: Gosan und Haran und Rezeph und die Kinder Edens, die in Telassar waren?

13 Wo ist der König von Hamath und der König von Arpad und der König der Stadt Sepharwaim, von Hena und Iwa?

14 Und Hiskia nahm den Brief aus der Hand der Boten und las ihn; und er ging hinauf in das Haus Jehovas, und Hiskia breitete ihn vor Jehova aus.

15 Und Hiskia betete zu Jehova und sprach: