# General Information:

King Sennacharib's message to King Hezekiah continues.

# Have the gods of the nations rescued them

This question assumes Hezekiah knows the answer and provides emphasis. AT: "The gods of the nations certainly did not rescue them!" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])

# my fathers

"the previous kings of Assyria" or "the armies of the previous kings of Assyria"

# Gozan ... Haran ... Rezeph ... Eden ... Tel Assar ... Hamath ... Arpad ... Sepharvaim ... Hena ... Ivvah

These are all place names. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]])

# translationWords

* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/falsegod]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/nation]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/father]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/haran]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/hamath]]