Dual Panel1Now it came to pass in the fourteenth <0702> <06240> year <08141> of king <04428> Hezekiah <02396>_, [that] Sennacherib <05576> king <04428> of Assyria <0804> came up <05927> (8804) against all the defenced <01219> (8803) cities <05892> of Judah <03063>_, and took <08610> (8799) them.
2And the king <04428> of Assyria <0804> sent <07971> (8799) Rabshakeh <07262> from Lachish <03923> to Jerusalem <03389> unto king <04428> Hezekiah <02396> with a great <03515> army <02426>_. And he stood <05975> (8799) by the conduit <08585> of the upper <05945> pool <01295> in the highway <04546> of the fuller's <03526> (8801) field <07704>_.
3Then came forth <03318> (8799) unto him Eliakim <0471>_, Hilkiah's <02518> son <01121>_, which was over the house <01004>_, and Shebna <07644> the scribe <05608> (8802)_, and Joah <03098>_, Asaph's <0623> son <01121>_, the recorder <02142> (8688)_. {scribe: or, secretary}
4And Rabshakeh <07262> said <0559> (8799) unto them, Say <0559> (8798) ye now to Hezekiah <02396>_, Thus saith <0559> (8804) the great <01419> king <04428>_, the king <04428> of Assyria <0804>_, What confidence <0986> [is] this wherein thou trustest <0982> (8804)_?
5I say <0559> (8804)_, [sayest thou], (but [they are but] vain <08193> words <01697>) [I have] counsel <06098> and strength <01369> for war <04421>_: now on whom dost thou trust <0982> (8804)_, that thou rebellest <04775> (8804) against me? {vain...: Heb. a word of lips} {I have...: or, but counsel and strength are for the war}
6Lo, thou trustest <0982> (8804) in the staff <04938> of this broken <07533> (8803) reed <07070>_, on Egypt <04714>_; whereon if a man <0376> lean <05564> (8735)_, it will go <0935> (8804) into his hand <03709>_, and pierce <05344> (8804) it: so [is] Pharaoh <06547> king <04428> of Egypt <04714> to all that trust <0982> (8802) in him.
7But if thou say <0559> (8799) to me, We trust <0982> (8804) in the LORD <03068> our God <0430>_: [is it] not he, whose high places <01116> and whose altars <04196> Hezekiah <02396> hath taken away <05493> (8689)_, and said <0559> (8799) to Judah <03063> and to Jerusalem <03389>_, Ye shall worship <07812> (8691) before <06440> this altar <04196>_?
8Now therefore give pledges <06148> (8690)_, I pray thee, to my master <0113> the king <04428> of Assyria <0804>_, and I will give <05414> (8799) thee two thousand <0505> horses <05483>_, if thou be able <03201> (8799) on thy part to set <05414> (8800) riders <07392> (8802) upon them. {pledges: or, hostages}
9How then wilt thou turn away <07725> (8686) the face <06440> of one <0259> captain <06346> of the least <06996> of my master's <0113> servants <05650>_, and put thy trust <0982> (8799) on Egypt <04714> for chariots <07393> and for horsemen <06571>_?
10And am I now come up <05927> (8804) without <01107> the LORD <03068> against this land <0776> to destroy <07843> (8687) it? the LORD <03068> said <0559> (8804) unto me, Go up <05927> (8798) against this land <0776>_, and destroy <07843> (8685) it.
11Then said <0559> (8799) Eliakim <0471> and Shebna <07644> and Joah <03098> unto Rabshakeh <07262>_, Speak <01696> (8761)_, I pray thee, unto thy servants <05650> in the Syrian language <0762>_; for we understand <08085> (8802) [it]: and speak <01696> (8762) not to us in the Jews' language <03066>_, in the ears <0241> of the people <05971> that [are] on the wall <02346>_.
12But Rabshakeh <07262> said <0559> (8799)_, Hath my master <0113> sent <07971> (8804) me to thy master <0113> and to thee to speak <01696> (8763) these words <01697>_? [hath he] not [sent me] to the men <0582> that sit <03427> (8802) upon the wall <02346>_, that they may eat <0398> (8800) their own dung <02716> (8676) <06675>_, and drink <08354> (8800) their own piss <04325> <07272> (8675) <07890> with you?
13Then Rabshakeh <07262> stood <05975> (8799)_, and cried <07121> (8799) with a loud <01419> voice <06963> in the Jews' language <03066>_, and said <0559> (8799)_, Hear <08085> (8798) ye the words <01697> of the great <01419> king <04428>_, the king <04428> of Assyria <0804>_.
14Thus saith <0559> (8804) the king <04428>_, Let not Hezekiah <02396> deceive <05377> (8686) you: for he shall not be able <03201> (8799) to deliver <05337> (8687) you.
15Neither let Hezekiah <02396> make you trust <0982> (8686) in the LORD <03068>_, saying <0559> (8800)_, The LORD <03068> will surely <05337> (8687) deliver <05337> (8686) us: this city <05892> shall not be delivered <05414> (8735) into the hand <03027> of the king <04428> of Assyria <0804>_.
16Hearken <08085> (8799) not to Hezekiah <02396>_: for thus saith <0559> (8804) the king <04428> of Assyria <0804>_, Make <06213> (8798) [an agreement] with me [by] a present <01293>_, and come out <03318> (8798) to me: and eat <0398> (8798) ye every one <0376> of his vine <01612>_, and every one <0376> of his fig tree <08384>_, and drink <08354> (8798) ye every one <0376> the waters <04325> of his own cistern <0953>_; {Make...: or, Seek my favour by a present: Heb. Make with me a blessing}
17Until I come <0935> (8800) and take you away <03947> (8804) to a land <0776> like your own land <0776>_, a land <0776> of corn <01715> and wine <08492>_, a land <0776> of bread <03899> and vineyards <03754>_.
18[Beware] lest Hezekiah <02396> persuade <05496> (8686) you, saying <0559> (8800)_, The LORD <03068> will deliver <05337> (8686) us. Hath any <0376> of the gods <0430> of the nations <01471> delivered <05337> (8689) his land <0776> out of the hand <03027> of the king <04428> of Assyria <0804>_?
19Where [are] the gods <0430> of Hamath <02574> and Arphad <0774>_? where [are] the gods <0430> of Sepharvaim <05617>_? and have they delivered <05337> (8689) Samaria <08111> out of my hand <03027>_?
20Who [are they] among all the gods <0430> of these lands <0776>_, that have delivered <05337> (8689) their land <0776> out of my hand <03027>_, that the LORD <03068> should deliver <05337> (8686) Jerusalem <03389> out of my hand <03027>_?
21But they held their peace <02790> (8686)_, and answered <06030> (8804) him not a word <01697>_: for the king's <04428> commandment <04687> was, saying <0559> (8800)_, Answer <06030> (8799) him not.
22Then came <0935> (8799) Eliakim <0471>_, the son <01121> of Hilkiah <02518>_, that [was] over the household <01004>_, and Shebna <07644> the scribe <05608> (8802)_, and Joah <03098>_, the son <01121> of Asaph <0623>_, the recorder <02142> (8688)_, to Hezekiah <02396> with [their] clothes <0899> rent <07167> (8803)_, and told <05046> (8686) him the words <01697> of Rabshakeh <07262>_.