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2 Kings 18:36
“But the people held their peace, and answered him not a word; for the king's commandment was, "Don't answer him.”
Verse in context — 2 Kings 18
34
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?
35
Who are they among all the gods of the countries, that have delivered their country out of my hand, that Yahweh should deliver Jerusalem out of my hand?
36
But the people held their peace, and answered him not a word; for the king's commandment was, "Don't answer him.
37
Then Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, who was over the household, came with Shebna the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph the recorder, to Hezekiah with their clothes torn, and told him the words of Rabshakeh.
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The decline of both kingdoms, leading to exile in Assyria and Babylon.
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