2 Kings 18:36

Old Testament · SCRIPTURE

2 Kings 18:36

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BSB

Berean Standard Bible

But the people remained silent and did not answer a word, for Hezekiah had commanded, “Do not answer him.”

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KJV

King James Version

But the people held their peace, and answered him not a word: for the king’s commandment was, saying, Answer him not.

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WEB

World English Bible

But the people stayed quiet, and answered him not a word; for the king’s commandment was, “Don’t answer him.”

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ASV

American Standard Version

But the people held their peace, and answered him not a word; for the king’s commandment was, saying, Answer him not.

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

2 Kings 18

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 these lands has delivered his land from my hand? How then can the LORD deliver Jerusalem from my hand?”

³⁶ But the people remained silent and did not answer a word, for Hezekiah had commanded, “Do not answer him.”

³⁷ Then Hilkiah’s son Eliakim the palace administrator, Shebna the scribe, and Asaph’s son Joah the recorder came to Hezekiah with their clothes torn, and they relayed to him the words of the Rabshakeh.

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