Isaiah 36:2-4
1599 Geneva Bible
2 And the King of Assyria sent Rabshakeh from Lachish toward Jerusalem unto king Hezekiah, with a great host, and he stood by the conduit of the upper pool in the path of the fuller’s field.
3 Then came forth unto him Eliakim the son of Hilkiah the [a]steward of the house, and Shebna [b]the chancellor, and Joah the son of Asaph the recorder.
4 And [c]Rabshakeh said unto them, Tell you Hezekiah, I pray you, Thus saith the great king, the King of Assyria, What confidence is this, wherein thou trustest?
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- Isaiah 36:3 For he was now restored to his office, as Isaiah had prophesied, Isa. 22:20.
- Isaiah 36:3 This declareth that there were few godly to be found in the king’s house, when he was driven to send this wicked man in such a weighty matter.
- Isaiah 36:4 Sennacherib’s chief captain.
Isaiah 36:2-4
New International Version
2 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) 3 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.
4 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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