God’s Word Translation
2 Kings 18:36
36But the people were silent and didn’t say anything to him because the king commanded them not to answer him.
2 Kings 18:36 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)But the people held their peace, and answered him not a word: for the king’s commandment was, saying, Answer him not.
- New International Version (NIV)But the people remained silent and said nothing in reply, because the king had commanded, “Do not answer him.”
- English Standard Version (ESV)But the people were silent and answered him not a word, for the king's command was, "Do not answer him."
- New King James Version (NKJV)But the people held their peace and answered him not a word; for the king’s commandment was, “Do not answer him.”
Context of 2 Kings 18:36
34Where are the gods of Hamath and Arpad? Where are the gods of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivvah? Did they rescue Samaria from my control? 35Did the gods of those countries rescue them from my control? Could the Lord then rescue Jerusalem from my control?” But the people were silent and didn’t say anything to him because the king commanded them not to answer him. 37Then Eliakim, who was in charge of the palace and was the son of Hilkiah, Shebna the scribe, and Joah, who was the royal historian and the son of Asaph, went to Hezekiah with their clothes torn in grief. They told him the message from the field commander.
Read all of 2 Kings 182 Kings 18:36 word by word
וְהֶחֱרִ֣ישׁוּ הָעָ֔ם וְלֹֽא־עָנ֥וּ אֹת֖וֹ דָּבָ֑ר כִּי־מִצְוַ֨ת הַמֶּ֥לֶךְ הִ֛יא לֵאמֹ֖ר לֹ֥א תַעֲנֻֽהוּ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for 2 Kings 18:36
- Psalms 38:13But I am like a person who cannot hear and like a person who cannot speak.
- Psalms 39:1I said, “I will watch my ways so that I do not sin with my tongue. I will bridle my mouth while wicked people are in my presence.”
- Proverbs 9:7Whoever corrects a mocker receives abuse. Whoever warns a wicked person gets hurt.
- Proverbs 26:4Do not answer a fool with his own stupidity, or you will be like him.
- Amos 5:13That is why a wise person remains silent at such times, because those times are so evil.
- Matthew 7:6“Don’t give what is holy to dogs or throw your pearls to pigs. Otherwise, they will trample them and then tear you to pieces.
Commentaries on 2 Kings 18:36
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 36Answer him not - The blasphemy is too barefaced; Jehovah is insulted, not you; let him avenge his own quarrel. See the succeeding chapter, 2 Kings 19 (note).Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 17-37Verses 17-37 Rabshakeh tries to convince the Jews, that it was to no purpose for them to stand it out. What confidence is this wherein thou trustest? It were well if sinners would submit to the force of this argument, in seeking peace with God. It is, therefore, our wisdom to yield to him, because it is in vain to contend with him: what confidence is that which those trust in who stand out against him? A great deal of art there is in this speech of…Read the comment
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Commentaries on 2 Kings 18
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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