⁹ Is not ^(A)Calno ^(B)like Carchemish?
Is not Hamath like Arpad?
Is not Samaria ^(C)like Damascus?

^2 (A)Go over to ^(B)Calneh and see;
And from there go to ^(C)Hamath the great;
Then go down to Gath of the Philistines.
^(D)Are you better than these kingdoms?
Or is their territory greater than your territory?

² Also against ^(A)Hamath, which borders on it,
And against ^(B)Tyre and ^(C)Sidon, though they are very ^(D)wise.