Verse
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
ASV
American Standard Version
In the fourteenth year of Hezekiah’s
reign
, Sennacherib king of Assyria attacked
and
captured
all the fortified cities of Judah.
Now
it
came
to
pass
in the fourteenth year of king
Hezekiah
, that
Sennacherib king of Assyria came
up
against
all the fortified cities of Judah ,
and
took
them
.
And the king of Assyria sent the
Rabshakeh ,
with
a
great
army,
from Lachish to King Hezekiah at
Jerusalem
. And he stopped
by the aqueduct
of the upper pool ,
on
the road
to
the Launderer’s
Field.
And the king of Assyria sent Rabshakeh from Lachish to Jerusalem
unto
king Hezekiah with
a
great
army
. And he stood
by the conduit
of the upper pool in
the highway
of
the fuller's
field.
Then Eliakim son of Hilkiah the palace
administrator
, Shebna the scribe, and Joah son of Asaph the recorder ,
went
out
to
him
.
Then came
forth
unto
him
Eliakim the
son of Hilkiah ,
who
was
over
the household
, and
Shebna the scribe, and Joah ,
the
son of Asaph ,
the recorder.
The
Rabshakeh said to
them, “Tell
Hezekiah that
this
is
what
the great king, the king of Assyria, says:
What is the
basis
of
this confidence
of
yours
?
And
Rabshakeh said unto
them, Say
ye
now
to
Hezekiah ,
Thus
saith
the great king, the king of Assyria, What confidence
is this wherein
thou
trustest
?
You
claim
to
have
a
strategy
and strength for war ,
but
these
are empty
words .
In
whom
are
you
now trusting
, that you
have
rebelled against me?
I
say,
`thy'
counsel
and strength for the
war are but
vain
words :
now on
whom
dost
thou
trust
, that thou
hast
rebelled against me?
Look
now
, you
are
trusting
in
Egypt, that
splintered
reed
of
a staff
that
will pierce
the
hand of
anyone
who
leans
on
it .
Such
is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who
trust in
him.
Behold
, thou
trustest
upon
the
staff
of
this
bruised
reed,
even
upon
Egypt, whereon
if
a man
lean,
it
will go
into
his
hand ,
and
pierce
it :
so
is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all that
trust on
him.
But if you
say to
me, ‘
We trust in the
LORD
our God ,’
is He
not the
One
whose high places and altars Hezekiah has
removed
, saying
to Judah and Jerusalem, ‘You
must
worship before this altar ’
?
But if thou
say unto
me, We trust in Jehovah
our God :
is not that
he,
whose high places and whose
altars Hezekiah hath
taken
away
, and
hath
said
to Judah and to
Jerusalem, Ye
shall
worship before this altar?
Now ,
therefore, make
a
bargain
with
my master ,
the king of Assyria .
I will give you
two thousand horses —
if you
can
put
riders
on them !
Now therefore, I
pray
thee,
give
pledges
to
my master the king of Assyria ,
and
I will give thee
two thousand horses ,
if thou
be
able
on thy
part
to
set
riders
upon
them .
For
how can
you
repel
a
single
officer
among
the least of my master’s
servants when
you
depend
on Egypt for chariots and horsemen?
How then
canst
thou
turn
away
the face
of
one
captain
of
the
least of my master's
servants ,
and
put
thy
trust
on Egypt for chariots and for
horsemen?
So
now,
was
it
apart
from
the
LORD
that
I have
come up against this land to destroy it? The
LORD
Himself
said to
me, ‘
Go up against this land and destroy it. ’”
And
am
I now
come up without
Jehovah
against this land to destroy it? Jehovah
said unto
me, Go up against this land ,
and destroy it.
Then Eliakim ,
Shebna ,
and Joah said
to
the
Rabshakeh, “Please
speak to
your
servants in Aramaic,
since
we understand it .
Do
not
speak to us in Hebrew
in the hearing
of the people on the wall. ”
Then said
Eliakim and
Shebna and Joah unto
Rabshakeh, Speak ,
I
pray
thee,
unto
thy
servants in the
Syrian
language;
for
we understand it :
and
speak not
to us in the
Jews'
language,
in the ears
of the people that
are
on the wall.
But the
Rabshakeh replied
, “Has
my master sent me to speak
these
words
only
to
you
and
your
master, and not to the men sitting
on
the wall, who
are
destined
with
you
to eat their own dung and drink their own urine
? ”
But Rabshakeh said
, Hath
my master sent me to thy
master, and to
thee,
to
speak
these
words?
`hath
he'
not `sent
me'
to the men that
sit
upon
the wall, to eat their own dung ,
and to
drink their own water
with
you
?
Then the
Rabshakeh stood and called
out
loudly
in Hebrew:
“
Hear the words of the great king, the king of Assyria !
Then Rabshakeh stood ,
and cried
with
a
loud
voice
in the
Jews'
language,
and
said,
Hear ye
the words of the great king, the king of Assyria .
This
is
what
the king says:
Do
not
let Hezekiah deceive you ,
for he cannot
deliver you .
Thus
saith
the king ,
Let not
Hezekiah deceive you ;
for he will
not
be
able
to
deliver you :
Do
not
let Hezekiah persuade
you to
trust in the
LORD
when
he
says
, ‘The
LORD
will surely deliver us; this city will
not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria. ’
neither
let Hezekiah make
you trust in Jehovah
, saying,
Jehovah
will surely deliver us; this city shall
not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.
Do
not listen
to Hezekiah ,
for this
is
what
the king of Assyria says:
Make peace with me and come out to me .
Then
every one of you
will
eat
from
his own
vine and his own
fig tree, and drink water
from
his own cistern ,
Hearken
not to Hezekiah :
for thus
saith
the king of Assyria ,
Make your
peace with me ,
and come out to me ;
and
eat
ye
every one of his vine ,
and every
one
of
his fig -
tree, and drink ye
every
one
the
waters
of
his own cistern ;
until I come and take you away to a land like your own —
a land of grain and new wine, a land of bread and vineyards.
until I come and take you away to a land like your own land,
a land of grain and new wine, a land of bread and vineyards.
Do
not
let
Hezekiah mislead
you when
he
says
, ‘The
LORD
will deliver us. ’
Has
the god
of any
nation
ever
delivered his land from
the hand of the king of Assyria?
Beware
lest
Hezekiah persuade
you, saying,
Jehovah
will deliver us. Hath
any
of
the gods
of the
nations
delivered his land out
of
the hand of the king of Assyria?
Where are the gods of Hamath and Arpad? Where are the gods of Sepharvaim? Have they delivered Samaria from
my hand?
Where are the gods of Hamath and Arpad? where are the gods of Sepharvaim? and
have they delivered Samaria out
of
my hand?
Who among all the gods of these lands
has
delivered his
land
from
my hand ?
How
then
can
the
LORD
deliver Jerusalem from
my hand? ”
Who are
they
among all the gods of these countries,
that
have
delivered their
country
out
of
my hand ,
that
Jehovah
should
deliver Jerusalem out
of
my hand?
But the
people
remained
silent
and did
not answer
a word ,
for Hezekiah
had
commanded
, “Do
not
answer him. ”
But they
held
their
peace,
and answered
him
not a word ;
for the
king's
commandment
was
, saying,
Answer him not
.
Then Hilkiah’s
son
Eliakim the palace
administrator
, Shebna the scribe, and Asaph’s
son
Joah the recorder came
to Hezekiah with their clothes torn
, and they
relayed
to
him the words of the
Rabshakeh.
Then came
Eliakim the son
of
Hilkiah
, that
was
over
the
household,
and
Shebna the scribe, and Joah ,
the son
of
Asaph,
the
recorder ,
to Hezekiah with their clothes rent
, and told
him the words of Rabshakeh.
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