Whereare the godsof Hamathand Arpad?Whereare the godsof Sepharvaim,Henaand Ivvah?Have they deliveredSamariafrom my hand?
Now when Toikingof Hamathheardthat Davidhad defeatedallthe armyof Hadadezer,
In the ninthyearof Hoshea,the kingof AssyriacapturedSamariaand carriedIsraelawayinto exileto Assyria,and settledthem in Halahand Habor,[on] the riverof Gozan,and in the citiesof the Medes.
"Is not Calnolike Carchemish,OrHamathlike Arpad,OrSamarialike Damascus?
Whereis the kingof Hamath,the kingof Arpad,the kingof the cityof Sepharvaim,[and of] Henaand Ivvah?'"
Concerning Damascus."Hamathand Arpadare putto shame,For they have heardbadnews;They are disheartened.There is anxietyby the sea,It cannotbe calmed.
Gooverto Calnehand look,And gofrom thereto Hamaththe great,Then godownto Gathof the Philistines.Are they betterthanthesekingdoms,Oris their territorygreaterthanyours?
So they wentup and spiedout the landfrom the wildernessof Zinas faras Rehob,at Lebo-hamath.
