2nd Kings Chapter 18 verse 36 Holy Bible
But the people held their peace, and answered him not a word; for the king's commandment was, saying, Answer him not.
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But the people kept quiet and gave him no answer: for the king's order was, Give him no answer.
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But the people were silent and answered him not a word; for the king's command was, saying, Answer him not.
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But the people held their peace, and answered him not a word: for the king's commandment was, saying, Answer him not.
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But the people held their peace, and answered him not a word: for the king's commandment was, saying, Answer him not.
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But the people held their peace, and answered him not a word; for the king's commandment was, saying, Don't answer him.
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And the people have kept silent, and have not answered him a word, for the command of the king is, saying, `Do not answer him.'
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 36. - But the people held their peace, and answered him not a word. All Rabshakeh's efforts to produce open disaffection failed. Whatever impression his arguments may have made, no indication was given that they had produced any. If, then, he had hoped to bring about a mutiny, or even to create a disturbance, he was disappointed. For the king's commandment was, saying, Answer him not. Hezekiah had either anticipated Rabshakeh's tactics, and given an order beforehand that no word should be uttered, or he had promptly met them by sending such an order, on learning Rabshakeh's proceedings, The latter is more probable, since such an outrageous course as that which Rabshakeh had pursued can scarcely have been expected.
