2 Kings 18:36
But the people held their peace, and answered him not a word: for the king’s commandment was, saying, Answer him not.
Context
This verse from 2 Kings Chapter 18 connects to 7 cross-references. Hezekiah reigns twenty-nine years in Judah, doing right and trusting in God unlike any king before or after; he removes the high places, destroys the bronze serpent Moses made. The Assyrian king Sennacherib invades Judah and takes its fortified cities; …
Other Translations
But the people held their peace, and answered him not a word; for the king’s commandment was, saying, Answer him not.
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.'
But the people kept quiet and gave him no answer: for the king's order was, Give him no answer.
Cross References
Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him.
He that reproveth a scorner getteth to himself shame: and he that rebuketh a wicked man getteth himself a blot.
Therefore the prudent shall keep silence in that time; for it is an evil time.
I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue: I will keep my …
Thus I was as a man that heareth not, and in whose mouth are no reproofs.
But I, as a deaf man, heard not; and I was as a dumb man that openeth not his mouth.
Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them …