But they held their peace, and answered him not a word: for the king's commandment was, saying, Answer him not.
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Gill's Exposition
But they held their peace, and answered him not a word,.... The three ministers of Hezekiah; not as confounded, and unable to return an answer: they were capable of saying many things in proof that…
Barnes' Notes
But they held their peace - Hezekiah had commanded them not to answer. They were simply to hear what Rabshakeh had to propose, and to report to him, that he might decide on what course to pursue. It…
We may hence learn these lessons: - 1. That, while princes and counsellors have public matters under debate, it is not fair to appeal to the people. It was a reasonable motion which Hezekiah's…
Cambridge Bible
they held their peace i.e. the people on the wall, as is expressed in 2Ki 18:36.
Isa 37:1-4. Hezekiah, thrown back at last on the policy of faith consistently advocated by Isaiah, sends an…
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