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2 Kings 18:36
2 Kings 18:36 is verse 36 of 2 Kings chapter 18, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
But the people remained silent and did not answer a word, for Hezekiah had commanded, “Do not answer him.”
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.
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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2 Kings 18:34–37 · Berean Standard Bible
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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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Psalms 38:13But like a deaf man, I do not hear; and like a mute man, I do not open my mouth.
Psalms 38:14I am like a man who cannot hear, whose mouth offers no reply.
Psalms 39:1I said, “I will watch my ways so that I will not sin with my tongue; I will guard my mouth with a muzzle as long as the wicked are present.”
Proverbs 9:7He who corrects a mocker brings shame on himself; he who rebukes a wicked man taints himself.
Proverbs 26:4Do not answer a fool according to his folly, or you yourself will be like him.
Amos 5:13Therefore, the prudent keep silent in such times, for the days are evil.
Matthew 7:6Do not give dogs what is holy; do not throw your pearls before swine. If you do, they may trample them under their feet, and then turn and tear you to pieces.