Commentaries:
Barnes' Notes
Arpad was situated somewhere in southern Syria; but it is impossible to fix its exact position. Sargon mentions it in an inscription as joining with Hamath in an act of rebellion, which he chastised. It was probably the capture and destruction of these two cities on this occasion which caused them to be mentioned together here (and in II Kings 19:13, and again in Isaiah 10:9). Sennacherib adduces late examples of the inability of the nations' gods to protect their cities. On the other cities mentioned in this verse, see II Kings 17:24 notes.
Other Barnes' Notes entries containing 2 Kings 18:34:
1 Kings 20:23
Isaiah 10:9
Isaiah 10:9
Isaiah 37:13
Ezekiel 47:15
Hosea 10:6
Nahum 2:11
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