Could not deliver. — Did not deliver. (Compare to the boast of Sennacherib concerning the gods who had failed before him:…

Wherefore the anger of the Lord was kindled against Amaziah ,
&c.] Idolatry being always highly displeasing to the L…

To worship the gods of those whom Amaziah had conquered, who could not help their own worshippers, was the greatest absurdity. If people would cons…