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(A)And the king of Assyria sent the Rabshakeh[a] from (B)Lachish to King Hezekiah at Jerusalem, with a great army. And he stood (C)by the conduit of the upper pool on the highway to the Washer's Field. And there came out to him (D)Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, who was over the household, and (E)Shebna the secretary, and Joah the son of Asaph, the recorder.

And the Rabshakeh said to them, “Say to Hezekiah, ‘Thus says the (F)great king, the king of Assyria: On what do you rest this trust of yours?

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 36:2 Rabshakeh is the title of a high-ranking Assyrian military officer

Then the king of Assyria sent his field commander with a large army from Lachish(A) to King Hezekiah at Jerusalem. When the commander stopped at the aqueduct of the Upper Pool, on the road to the Launderer’s Field,(B) Eliakim(C) son of Hilkiah the palace administrator,(D) Shebna(E) the secretary,(F) and Joah(G) son of Asaph the recorder(H) went out to him.

The field commander said to them, “Tell Hezekiah:

“‘This is what the great king, the king of Assyria, says: On what are you basing this confidence of yours?

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