KJV King James Version
Where [are] the gods of Hamath and Arphad? where [are] the gods of Sepharvaim? and have they delivered Samaria out of my hand?
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Isaiah 36:19
Where [are] the gods of Hamath and Arphad? where [are] the gods of Sepharvaim? and have they delivered Samaria out of my hand?
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Where are the gods of Hamath and Arpad? Where are the gods of Sepharvaim? Have they delivered Samaria from my hand?
WEB World English Bible
Where are the gods of Hamath and Arpad? Where are the gods of Sepharvaim? Have they delivered Samaria from my hand?
ASV American Standard Version
Where are the gods of Hamath and Arpad? where are the gods of Sepharvaim? and have they delivered Samaria out of my hand?
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Where are the gods of Hamath and Arpad? Where the gods of Sepharvaim, that they have delivered Samaria out of my hand?
Surrounding context — Isaiah 36
16 Hearken not to Hezekiah: for thus saith the king of Assyria, Make [an agreement] with me [by] a present, and come out to me: and eat ye every one of his vine, and every one of his fig tree, and drink ye every one the waters of his own cistern;
17 Until I come and take you away to a land like your own land, a land of corn and wine, a land of bread and vineyards.
18 [Beware] lest Hezekiah persuade you, saying, The LORD will deliver us. Hath any of the gods of the nations delivered his land out of the hand of the king of Assyria?
19 Where [are] the gods of Hamath and Arphad? where [are] the gods of Sepharvaim? and have they delivered Samaria out of my hand?
20 Who [are they] among all the gods of these lands, that have delivered their land out of my hand, that the LORD should deliver Jerusalem out of my hand?
21 But they held their peace, and answered him not a word: for the king’s commandment was, saying, Answer him not.
22 Then came Eliakim, the son of Hilkiah, that [was] over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah, the son of Asaph, the recorder, to Hezekiah with [their] clothes rent, and told him the words of Rabshakeh.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
אַיֵּ֞הH346 · ay.yehwhere?אֱלֹהֵ֤יH430 · e.lo.himGodחֲמָת֙H2574 · cha.matHamathוְאַרְפָּ֔דH774 · ar.padArpadאַיֵּ֖הH346 · ay.yehwhere?אֱלֹהֵ֣יH430 · e.lo.himGodסְפַרְוָ֑יִםH5617 · se.phar.va.yimSepharvaimוְכִֽי־H3588 · kiforהִצִּ֥ילוּH5337 · na.tsalto rescueאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]שֹׁמְר֖וֹןH8111 · sho.me.ronSamariaמִיָּדִֽי׃H3027 · yadhand
Cross-references
Jeremiah 49:23Concerning Damascus. Hamath is confounded, and Arpad: for they have heard evil tidings: they are fainthearted; [there is] sorrow on the sea; it cannot be quiet.Isaiah 10:9-11[Is] not Calno as Carchemish? [is] not Hamath as Arpad? [is] not Samaria as Damascus?2 Kings 17:24And the king of Assyria brought [men] from Babylon, and from Cuthah, and from Ava, and from Hamath, and from Sepharvaim, and placed [them] in the cities of Samaria instead of the children of Israel: and they possessed Samaria, and dwelt in the cities thereof.2 Samuel 8:9When Toi king of Hamath heard that David had smitten all the host of Hadadezer,2 Kings 17:5-7Then the king of Assyria came up throughout all the land, and went up to Samaria, and besieged it three years.Numbers 34:8From mount Hor ye shall point out [your border] unto the entrance of Hamath; and the goings forth of the border shall be to Zedad:Isaiah 37:11-13Behold, thou hast heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands by destroying them utterly; and shalt thou be delivered?2 Kings 18:10-12And at the end of three years they took it: [even] in the sixth year of Hezekiah, that [is] the ninth year of Hoshea king of Israel, Samaria was taken.
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