2 Kings 18:35-37

Contemporary English Version

³⁵ None of these gods kept their people safe from the king of Assyria. Do you think the Lord your God can do any better?

^36-37 Eliakim, Shebna, and Joah had been warned by King Hezekiah not to answer the Assyrian commander. So they tore their clothes in sorrow and reported to Hezekiah everything the commander had said.