Isaiah 36:19

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“Where are the gods of Hamath and Arpad? Where are the gods of Sepharvaim? Have they delivered Samaria from my hand?”

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BSBPD

“Where are the gods of Hamath and Arpad? Where are the gods of Sepharvaim? Have they delivered Samaria from my hand?”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

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

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Where are the gods of Hamath and Arpad? where are the gods of Sepharvaim? and have they delivered Samaria out of my hand?”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“Where <FI>are<Fi> the gods of Hamath and Arpad? Where the gods of Sepharvaim, that they have delivered Samaria out of my hand?”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Isaiah 36:19 — 10 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Numbers 34:8and from Mount Hor to Lebo-hamath, then extend to Zedad,
  2. 2 Samuel 8:9When King Toi of Hamath heard that David had defeated the entire army of Hadadezer,
  3. 2 Kings 17:5Then the king of Assyria invaded the whole land, marched up to Samaria, and besieged it for three years.
  4. 2 Kings 17:24Then the king of Assyria brought people from Babylon, Cuthah, Avva, Hamath, and Sepharvaim and settled them in the towns of Samaria to replace the Israelites. They took possession of Samaria and lived in its towns.
  5. 2 Kings 18:10And at the end of three years, the Assyrians captured it. So Samaria was captured in the sixth year of Hezekiah, which was the ninth year of Hoshea king of Israel.
  6. Isaiah 10:7But this is not his intention; this is not his plan. For it is in his heart to destroy and cut off many nations.
  7. Isaiah 10:9“Is not Calno like Carchemish? Is not Hamath like Arpad? Is not Samaria like Damascus?
  8. Isaiah 37:11Surely you have heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all the other countries, devoting them to destruction. Will you then be spared?
  9. Isaiah 37:12Did the gods of the nations destroyed by my fathers rescue those nations—the gods of Gozan, Haran, and Rezeph, and of the people of Eden in Telassar?
  10. Jeremiah 49:23Concerning Damascus: “Hamath and Arpad are put to shame, for they have heard a bad report; they are agitated like the sea; their anxiety cannot be calmed.

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