2 Kings 18:36

36 The people were silent, and they did not answer him a word, for the command of that king was saying, "You shall not answer him."

2 Kings 18:36 Meaning and Commentary

2 Kings 18:36

(See Gill on 2 Kings 18:17)

2 Kings 18:36 In-Context

34 Where [are] the gods of Hamath and Arpad? Where [are] the gods of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivvah? For did they rescue Samaria from my hand?

35 Who among all of the gods of the countries have rescued their countries from my hand that Yahweh should rescue Jerusalem from my hand?'"

36 The people were silent, and they did not answer him a word, for the command of that king was saying, "You shall not answer him."

37 Eliakim the son of Hilkiah who was over the palace, and Shebna the secretary, and Joah the son of Asaph the recorder came to Hezekiah [with] torn clothes, and they told him the words of the chief commander.