And the king of Assyria brought from Babylon the men of Cuthah, [and men] from Ava, and from Hamath and Sepharvaim, and they were settled in the cities of Samaria in the place of the children of Israel. And they inherited Samaria, and were settled in its cities.

And they went up and surveyed the land from the Wilderness of Zin to Rehob, as men go in to Hamath.

And you shall measure to yourselves the mountain from Mount [Hor] at the entering in to Hamath, and the termination of it shall be the coasts of Zedad.

And it shall be in that day, [that] the Lord shall again show His hand, to be zealous for the remnant that is left of the people, which shall be left by the Assyrians, and [that] from Egypt, and from the country of Babylon, and from Ethiopia, and from the Elamites, and from the rising of the sun, and out of Arabia.

[This translation omits this verse.]

Concerning Damascus: Hamath is brought to shame, and Arpad; for they have heard an evil report. They are amazed, they are angry, they shall be utterly unable to rest.

And in Hamath, even in her coasts, are Tyre and Sidon, because they were very wise.

Where is the god of Hamath, and of Arpad? Where is the god of Sepharvaim and Hena and Ivah? Indeed, have they delivered Samaria out of my hand?

Where are the kings of Hamath? And where [is the king of] Arpad? And where [is the king] of the city of Sepharvaim, [and of] Ivah?

And Hezekiah prayed to the Lord, saying,

Incline Your ear, O Lord, hearken, O Lord; open Your eyes, O Lord, look, O Lord; and behold the words of Sennacherib, which he has sent to reproach the living God.

and have cast their idols into the fire; for they were not gods, but the work of men's hands, wood and stone; and they have cast them away.