Verse
KJV
King James Version
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
Now
it
came
to
pass
in the fourteenth year of king
Hezekiah
, that
Sennacherib king of Assyria came
up
against
all the defenced
cities of Judah ,
and
took
them
.
In the fourteenth year of Hezekiah’s
reign
, Sennacherib king of Assyria attacked
and
captured
all the fortified
cities of Judah.
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.
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.
Then came
forth
unto
him
Eliakim ,
Hilkiah's
son ,
which
was
over
the house
, and
Shebna the scribe, and Joah ,
Asaph's
son ,
the recorder.
Then Eliakim son of
Hilkiah
the palace
administrator
, Shebna the scribe, and Joah son of
Asaph
the recorder ,
went
out
to
him
.
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
?
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
?
I
say,
sayest
thou,
(but
they
are
but
vain
words)
I
have counsel
and strength for war :
now
on
whom dost
thou
trust
, that thou
rebellest
against me?
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?
Lo
, thou
trustest
in the
staff
of
this
broken
reed,
on
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 in him.
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.
But if thou
say to me, We trust in the LORD our God :
is it
not
he ,
whose high places and whose
altars Hezekiah hath
taken
away
, and
said
to Judah and to
Jerusalem, Ye
shall
worship before this altar?
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 ’
?
Now therefore
give
pledges
, I
pray
thee
, 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 .
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 !
How then
wilt
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?
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?
And
am
I
now come
up
without
the LORD against this land to destroy it? the LORD said unto
me, Go up against this land ,
and destroy it.
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. ’”
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.
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. ”
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, that
they
may
eat their own dung ,
and drink their own piss
with
you
?
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
? ”
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 .
Then the
Rabshakeh stood and called
out
loudly
in Hebrew:
“
Hear the words of the great king, the king of Assyria !
Thus
saith
the king ,
Let
not Hezekiah deceive you :
for he shall
not
be
able
to
deliver you.
This
is
what
the king says:
Do
not let
Hezekiah deceive you ,
for he cannot
deliver you.
Neither
let Hezekiah make
you trust in the LORD ,
saying
, The LORD will surely deliver us :
this city shall
not be delivered
into the hand of the king of Assyria.
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. ’
Hearken
not to Hezekiah :
for thus
saith
the king of Assyria ,
Make an
agreement
with me by
a
present,
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 ;
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 ,
Until I come and take you away to a land like your own land,
a land of corn
and wine, a land of bread and vineyards.
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.
Beware
lest
Hezekiah persuade
you ,
saying
, the LORD will deliver us. Hath
any
of
the gods
of the
nations
delivered his land out
of
the hand of the king of Assyria?
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?
Where are the gods of Hamath and Arphad
? where are the gods of Sepharvaim? and
have they delivered Samaria out
of
my hand?
Where are the gods of Hamath and Arpad
? Where are the gods of Sepharvaim? Have they delivered Samaria from
my hand?
Who are
they
among all the gods of these lands ,
that
have
delivered their
land out
of
my hand ,
that
the LORD should
deliver Jerusalem 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? ”
But they
held
their
peace,
and answered
him
not a word :
for
the
king's
commandment
was
, saying
, Answer him not
.
But the
people
remained
silent
and did
not answer
a word, for
Hezekiah
had
commanded
, “Do
not
answer him. ”
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.
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.
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