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?
Where are the gods of Hamath, х Chªmaat (H2574); Septuagint, Pou estin ho Theos Aimath?] - now Hamah, a large city of Syria, lying on both sides of the Orontes, a little beyond the northern boundary of Palestine. It is one of the oldest cities in the world, being founded by the Phoenicians (Genesis 10:18; Num. 12:21; Numbers 34:8; Joshua 13:5; Judges 3:3), called by the Greeks Epiphania. It was the populous and flourishing metropolis of a petty kingdom of the same name, extending over the whole valley of the Orontes, from the source of that river to Antioch, with the great plain eastward (Amos 6:2).
Arpad, х 'Arpaad (H774); Septuagint, Vatican, Arfad; Alexandrine, Arfat; also a Syrian city not far from Hamath; and hence, they are generally mentioned in conjunction (2 Kings 19:13; Jeremiah 49:23). But the site of Arpad has not been identified.]
Where are the gods of Sepharvaim - (see the notes at 2 Kings 17:24.)
Hena, х Heena` (H2012); Septuagint, Ana] - a town of Northern Syria, or, as some say, of Mesopotamia, on a ford of time Euphrates; site unascertained.
Ivah - or Ava (2 Kings 17:24; 2 Kings 19:13; Isaiah 37:13) х `Iwaah (H5755); Septuagint, Aba]; unknown. Its inhabitants were transplanted to colonize Samaria.