¹³ Where is the king of Hamath or the king of Arpad? Where are the kings of Lair, Sepharvaim, Hena and Ivvah?”^(A)

³⁴ Where are the gods of Hamath^(A) and Arpad?^(B) Where are the gods of Sepharvaim, Hena and Ivvah? Have they rescued Samaria from my hand?

A Message About Damascus

²³ Concerning Damascus:^(A)

⁵ But the Babylonian^[a] army pursued them and overtook Zedekiah^(A) in the plains of Jericho. They captured^(B) him and took him to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon at Riblah^(C) in the land of Hamath, where he pronounced sentence on him.

¹³ Where is the king of Hamath or the king of Arpad?^(A) Where are the kings of Lair, Sepharvaim,^(B) Hena and Ivvah?”^(C)

Hezekiah’s Prayer^(D)

¹⁴ Hezekiah received the letter^(E) from the messengers and read it. Then he went up to the temple^(F) of the Lord and spread it out before the Lord. ¹⁵ And Hezekiah prayed^(G) to the Lord: ¹⁶ “Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, enthroned^(H) between the cherubim,^(I) you alone are God^(J) over all the kingdoms^(K) of the earth. You have made heaven and earth.^{(L) 17} Give ear, Lord, and hear;^(M) open your eyes, Lord, and see;^(N) listen to all the words Sennacherib^(O) has sent to ridicule^(P) the living God.^(Q)

¹⁸ “It is true, Lord, that the Assyrian kings have laid waste all these peoples and their lands.^{(R) 19} They have thrown their gods into the fire^(S) and destroyed them,^(T) for they were not gods^(U) but only wood and stone, fashioned by human hands.^{(V) 20} Now, Lord our God, deliver^(W) us from his hand, so that all the kingdoms of the earth^(X) may know that you, Lord, are the only God.^[a](Y)”

¹¹ In that day^(A) the Lord will reach out his hand a second time to reclaim the surviving remnant^(B) of his people from Assyria,^(C) from Lower Egypt, from Upper Egypt,^(D) from Cush,^[a](E) from Elam,^(F) from Babylonia,^[b] from Hamath^(G) and from the islands^(H) of the Mediterranean.^(I)

Samaria Resettled

²⁴ The king of Assyria^(A) brought people from Babylon, Kuthah, Avva, Hamath and Sepharvaim^(B) and settled them in the towns of Samaria to replace the Israelites. They took over Samaria and lived in its towns.

⁸ and from Mount Hor to Lebo Hamath.^(A) Then the boundary will go to Zedad,