Lux Domini

2 Kings 18:34

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?
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Key themes

HopeJustice and mercyTruthProphetic witness

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2 Kings 18:33Romans 8:24Revelation 21:4Micah 6:8

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Glossary

Samaria Place

Biblical settlement. Modern identification: Samaria.

Arpad Place

Biblical settlement. Modern identification: Tell Rifat.

Hamath Place

Biblical settlement. Modern identification: Hama.

Hena Place

Biblical settlement. Modern identification: Anah.

Ivvah Place

Overturning, a city of the Assyrians, whence colonists were brought to Samaria ( 2 Kings 18:34 ; 19:13 ). It lay on the Euphrates, between Sepharvaim and Henah, and is supposed by some to have been the Ahava of Ezra (8:15). Modern identification: Kafr Aya.

Sepharvaim Place

Biblical settlement. Modern identification: between Damascus and Hamath.