2 Kings 18:34

King James Version:

(The Lord speaking is red text)

Where [are] the gods of Hamath, and of Arpad? where [are] the gods of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivah? have they delivered Samaria out of mine hand?

Complete Jewish Bible:

Where are the gods of Hamat and Arpad? Where are the gods of S'farvayim, Hena and 'Ivah? Did they save Shomron from my power?

Berean Standard Bible:

Where are the gods of Hamath and Arpad? Where are the gods of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivvah? Have they delivered Samaria from my hand?

American Standard Version:

Where are the gods of Hamath, and of Arpad? where are the gods of Sepharvaim, of Hena, and Ivvah? have they delivered Samaria out of my hand?

KJV with Strong’s Numbers:

Where are the gods{H430} of Hamath{H2574}, and of Arpad{H774}? where are the gods{H430} of Sepharvaim{H5617}, Hena{H2012}, and Ivah{H5755}? have they delivered{H5337} Samaria{H8111} out of mine hand{H3027}?

Cross-References (KJV):

Isaiah 10:9

  • [Is] not Calno as Carchemish? [is] not Hamath as Arpad? [is] not Samaria as Damascus?

Jeremiah 49:23

  • ¶ Concerning 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.

2 Kings 17:23

  • Until the LORD removed Israel out of his sight, as he had said by all his servants the prophets. So was Israel carried away out of their own land to Assyria unto this day.

2 Kings 17:33

  • They feared the LORD, and served their own gods, after the manner of the nations whom they carried away from thence.

2 Kings 17:6

  • In the ninth year of Hoshea the king of Assyria took Samaria, and carried Israel away into Assyria, and placed them in Halah and in Habor [by] the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.

Isaiah 37:11

  • Behold, thou hast heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands by destroying them utterly; and shalt thou be delivered?

Isaiah 37:12

  • Have the gods of the nations delivered them which my fathers have destroyed, [as] Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the children of Eden which [were] in Telassar?

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Commentary for 2 Kings 18:34

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Strong's Numbers and Definitions:

Note: H = Hebrew (OT), G = Greek (NT)

  1. Strong's Number: H430
    There are 2334 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: אֱלֹהִים
    Transliteration: ʼĕlôhîym
    Pronunciation: el-o-heem'
    Description: plural of אֱלוֹהַּ; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative; angels, [idiom] exceeding, God (gods) (-dess, -ly), [idiom] (very) great, judges, [idiom] mighty.
  2. Strong's Number: H2574
    There are 35 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: חֲמָת
    Transliteration: Chămâth
    Pronunciation: kham-awth'
    Description: from the same as חוֹמָה; walled; Chamath, a place in Syria; Hamath, Hemath.
  3. Strong's Number: H774
    There are 27 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: אַרְפָּד
    Transliteration: ʼArpâd
    Pronunciation: ar-pawd'
    Description: from רָפַד; spread out; Arpad, a place in Syria; Arpad, Arphad.
  4. Strong's Number: H5617
    There are 6 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: סְפַרְוַיִם
    Transliteration: Çᵉpharvayim
    Pronunciation: sef-ar-vah'-yim
    Description: (dual); Sepharvites;
  5. Strong's Number: H2012
    There are 3 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: הֵנַע
    Transliteration: Hênaʻ
    Pronunciation: hay-nah'
    Description: probably of foreign derivation; Hena, a place apparently in Mesopotamia; Hena.
  6. Strong's Number: H5755
    There are 4 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: עִוָּה
    Transliteration: ʻIvvâh
    Pronunciation: iv-vaw'
    Description: or עַוָּא; (2 Kings 17:24), for עַוָּה; Ivvah or Avva, a region of Assyria; Ava, Ivah.
  7. Strong's Number: H5337
    There are 194 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: נָצַל
    Transliteration: nâtsal
    Pronunciation: naw-tsal'
    Description: a primitive root; to snatch away, whether in a good or a bad sense; [idiom] at all, defend, deliver (self), escape, [idiom] without fail, part, pluck, preserve, recover, rescue, rid, save, spoil, strip, [idiom] surely, take (out).
  8. Strong's Number: H8111
    There are 101 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: שֹׁמְרוֹן
    Transliteration: Shômᵉrôwn
    Pronunciation: sho-mer-one'
    Description: from the active participle of שָׁמַר; watch-station; Shomeron, a place in Palestine; Samaria.
  9. Strong's Number: H3027
    There are 1447 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: יָד
    Transliteration: yâd
    Pronunciation: yawd
    Description: a primitive word; in distinction from כַּף, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great variety of applications, both literally and figuratively, both proximate and remote (as follows); a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),; ([phrase] be) able, [idiom] about, [phrase] armholes, at, axletree, because of, beside, border, [idiom] bounty, [phrase] broad, (broken-) handed, [idiom] by, charge, coast, [phrase] consecrate, [phrase] creditor, custody, debt, dominion, [idiom] enough, [phrase] fellowship, force, [idiom] from, hand(-staves, -y work), [idiom] he, himself, [idiom] in, labour, [phrase] large, ledge, (left-) handed, means, [idiom] mine, ministry, near, [idiom] of, [idiom] order, ordinance, [idiom] our, parts, pain, power, [idiom] presumptuously, service, side, sore, state, stay, draw with strength, stroke, [phrase] swear, terror, [idiom] thee, [idiom] by them, [idiom] themselves, [idiom] thine own, [idiom] thou, through, [idiom] throwing, [phrase] thumb, times, [idiom] to, [idiom] under, [idiom] us, [idiom] wait on, (way-) side, where, [phrase] wide, [idiom] with (him, me, you), work, [phrase] yield, [idiom] yourselves.