2 Kings 18:36
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But the people held their peace, and answered him not a word: for they had received commandment from the king that they should not answer him.

held their peace.

Psalm 38:13,14 But I, as a deaf man, heard not: and as a dumb man not opening his mouth. . . .

Psalm 39:1 Unto the end, for Idithun himself, a canticle of David. [2] I said: I will take heed to my ways: that I sin not with my tongue. I have set a guard to my mouth, when the sinner stood against me.

Proverbs 9:7 Rebuke not a scorner, lest he hate thee. Rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.

Proverbs 26:4 Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou be made like him.

Amos 5:13 Therefore the prudent shall keep silence at that time, for it is an evil time.

Matthew 7:6 Give not that which is holy to dogs; neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest perhaps they trample them under their feet, and turning upon you, they tear you.

Context
Sennacherib Threatens Jerusalem
35Who are they among all the gods of the nations that have delivered their country out of my hand, that the Lord may deliver Jerusalem out of my hand? 36But the people held their peace, and answered him not a word: for they had received commandment from the king that they should not answer him.37And Eliacim, the son of Helcias, who was over the house, and Sobna, the scribe, and Joahe, the son of Asaph, the recorder, came to Ezechias, with their garments rent, and told him the words of Rabsaces.…
Cross References
2 Kings 18:35
Who are they among all the gods of the nations that have delivered their country out of my hand, that the Lord may deliver Jerusalem out of my hand?

2 Kings 18:37
And Eliacim, the son of Helcias, who was over the house, and Sobna, the scribe, and Joahe, the son of Asaph, the recorder, came to Ezechias, with their garments rent, and told him the words of Rabsaces.

Lexicon
But the people
הָעָ֔ם (hā·‘ām)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock

remained silent
וְהֶחֱרִ֣ישׁוּ (wə·he·ḥĕ·rî·šū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 2790: To cut in, engrave, plow, devise

and did not
וְלֹֽא־ (wə·lō-)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no

answer
עָנ֥וּ (‘ā·nū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 6030: To answer, respond

a word,
דָּבָ֑ר (dā·ḇār)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1697: A word, a matter, thing, a cause

for
כִּי־ (kî-)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 3588: A relative conjunction

[Hezekiah]
הַמֶּ֥לֶךְ (ham·me·leḵ)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4428: A king

had commanded,
מִצְוַ֨ת (miṣ·waṯ)
Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 4687: Commandment

“Do not
לֹ֥א (lō)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no

answer him.”
תַעֲנֻֽהוּ׃ (ṯa·‘ă·nu·hū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6030: To answer, respond


Additional Translations
But the people remained silent and did not answer a word, for Hezekiah had commanded, “Do not answer him.”But the people held their peace, and answered him not a word: for the king's commandment was, saying, Answer him not.

But the people held their peace, and answered him not a word; for the king's commandment was, saying, Answer him not.

But the men were silent, and answered him not a word: for there was a commandment of the king, saying, Ye shall not answer him.

But the people were silent and answered him not a word; for the king's command was, saying, Answer him not.

But the people held their peace, and answered him not a word: for the king's commandment was, saying, Answer him not.

But the people held their peace, and answered him not a word: for the king's commandment was, saying, Answer him not.

But the people held their peace, and answered him not a word; for the king's commandment was, "Don't answer him."

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.'
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