2 Kings 18:34

34 '¹Where are the gods of Hamath and ²Arpad? Where are the gods of Sepharvaim, Hena and ³Ivvah? Have they delivered Samaria from my hand?

2 Kings 18:34 Meaning and Commentary

2 Kings 18:34

(See Gill on 2 Kings 18:17)

2 Kings 18:34 In-Context

32 until I come and take you away to a land like your own land, a land of grain and new wine, a land of bread and vineyards, a land of olive trees and honey, that you may live and not die." But do not listen to Hezekiah when he misleads you, saying, "The LORD will deliver us."

33 'Has any one of the gods of the nations delivered his land from the hand 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 have delivered their land from my hand, that the LORD should deliver Jerusalem from my hand?' "

36 But the people were silent and answered him not a word, for the king's commandment was, "Do not answer him."

Cross References

• 1. 2 Kings 19:13
• 2. Isaiah 10:9
• 3. 2 Kings 17:24

Footnotes

• [a] In 2 Kin 17:24, "Avva"