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Isaiah 36:19
19Where are the gods of Hamath and Arpad? Where are the gods of Sepharvaim? Have they rescued Samaria from my hand?
Isaiah 36:19 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Where are the gods of Hamath and Arphad? where are the gods of Sepharvaim? and have they delivered Samaria out of my hand?
- English Standard Version (ESV)Where are the gods of Hamath and Arpad? Where are the gods of Sepharvaim? Have they delivered Samaria out of my hand?
- New King James Version (NKJV)Where are the gods of Hamath and Arpad? Where are the gods of Sepharvaim? Indeed, have they delivered Samaria from my hand?
- New Living Translation (NLT)What happened to the gods of Hamath and Arpad? And what about the gods of Sepharvaim? Did any god rescue Samaria from my power?
Context of Isaiah 36:19
17until I come and take you to a land like your own—a land of grain and new wine, a land of bread and vineyards. 18“Do not let Hezekiah mislead you when he says, ‘The Lord will deliver us.’ Have the gods of any nations ever delivered their lands from the hand of the king of Assyria? Where are the gods of Hamath and Arpad? Where are the gods of Sepharvaim? Have they rescued Samaria from my hand? 20Who of all the gods of these countries have been able to save their lands from me? How then can the Lord deliver Jerusalem from my hand?” 21But the people remained silent and said nothing in reply, because the king had commanded, “Do not answer him.”
Read all of Isaiah 36Isaiah 36:19 word by word
אַיֵּ֞ה אֱלֹהֵ֤י חֲמָת֙ וְאַרְפָּ֔ד אַיֵּ֖ה אֱלֹהֵ֣י סְפַרְוָ֑יִם וְכִֽי־הִצִּ֥ילוּ אֶת־שֹׁמְר֖וֹן מִיָּדִֽי׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Isaiah 36:19
- Numbers 34:8and from Mount Hor to Lebo Hamath. Then the boundary will go to Zedad,
- 2 Samuel 8:9When Tou king of Hamath heard that David had defeated the entire army of Hadadezer,
- Isaiah 10:9‘Has not Kalno fared like Carchemish? Is not Hamath like Arpad, and Samaria like Damascus?
- Jeremiah 49:23Concerning Damascus: “Hamath and Arpad are dismayed, for they have heard bad news. They are disheartened, troubled like the restless sea.
- 2 Kings 17:24The king of Assyria brought people from Babylon, Kuthah, Avva, Hamath and Sepharvaim and settled them in the towns of Samaria to replace the Israelites. They took over Samaria and lived in its towns.
- Isaiah 10:10As my hand seized the kingdoms of the idols, kingdoms whose images excelled those of Jerusalem and Samaria—
- 2 Kings 17:5The king of Assyria invaded the entire land, marched against Samaria and laid siege to it for three years.
- 2 Kings 18:10At the end of three years the Assyrians took it. So Samaria was captured in Hezekiah’s sixth year, which was the ninth year of Hoshea king of Israel.
Commentaries on Isaiah 36:19
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 19Where are the gods - Many MSS. add the conjunction here also: And, or But, where are the gods, etc. For other matters relative to this chapter, see the notes on 2 Kings 18:13; (note), etc. Of Sepharvaim - The other copy, 2 Kings 18:34, adds, of "Henah and Ivah." Have they delivered - וכי vechi . The copulative is not expressed here by the Septuagint, Syriac, Vulgate, and three MSS.; nor is it in any other copy. Ib. Houbigant reads הכי hachi, with the…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 19Where are the gods of Hamath - In regard to these places, see the notes at Isaiah 10:9-11. Where are the gods of Sepharvaim? - Sepharvaim was probably in Mesopotamia. Ptolemy mentions a city there of the name of Sipphara, as the most southern city of Mesopotamia, which is probably the same. It is evident that it was in the vicinity of Hamath and Arphad, and these are known to have been in Mesopotamia. When Shalmaneser carried Israel away captive from…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 19The people of Hamath and Arpad were moved to Samaria, where they worshipped the gods of Sepharvaim (2 Kings 17:24). This argument made sense to an Assyrian. If the Assyrian gods defeated the gods of other nations and the God of the Israelites in Samaria, would they not also defeat the God of Judah?Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1919. Hamath ... Arphad--(See on Is 10:9). Sepharvaim--literally, "the two scribes"; now Sipphara, on the east of Euphrates, above Babylon. It was a just retribution (Pr 1:31; Jr 2:19). Israel worshipped the gods of Sepharvaim, and so colonists of Sepharvaim were planted in the land of Israel (thenceforth called Samaria) by the Assyrian conqueror (2Ki 17:24; compare 2Ki 18:34). Samaria--Shalmaneser began the siege against Hoshea, because of his conspiring…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Isaiah 36
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- 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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