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Matthew Poole and continuators on 2 Kings 18:34

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2 Kings18:34

34 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?

Of which see Ier. 49. 23.

Of which see Chap. 17. 24.

The names, either 1. O[illegible: 1+ letters] Idol-gods. But why should onely these two be named, and not the Gods of the other places here mentioned? Or rather, 2. of Cities or Countries, as is manifest from Chap. 19. 13. where those words are repeated among other places, whose Kings are there mentioned, and where they are rendred, of Henah and Ivah, as they should be here also, the words in the Hebrew being the very same.

i. e. Either the gods here mentioned, which together with other Idols, were Worshipped in Samaria. Or, 2. Their gods; which is easily understood from the foregoing words.

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