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Isaiah 36:19

King James Version (KJV)

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Where [are] the gods of Hamath and Arphad? where [are] the gods of Sepharvaim? and have they delivered Samaria out of my hand?

Isaiah 36:19 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Isaiah 36:19

Theological / Devotional

Of Hamath. See on 2 Kings 18:34. Samaria had fallen into Assyrian hands only 22 years before Sennacherib’s present attack on Judah. The fact that the capital of the northern kingdom was unable to stand before Assyrian might was regarded as the crowning evidence that Jerusalem must likewise fall.

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