18 When they called to the king, (A)Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, who was over the household, and (B)Shebnah the scribe and Joah the son of Asaph the recorder, came out to them.

19 Then Rabshakeh said to them, “Say now to Hezekiah, ‘Thus says the great king, the king of Assyria, “(C)What is this confidence that you [a]have? 20 You say (but they are [b]only empty words), ‘I have counsel and strength for the war.’ Now on whom do you rely, (D)that you have rebelled against me?

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 18:19 Lit trust
  2. 2 Kings 18:20 Lit a word of the lips