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.

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.

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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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 36:3 For he was now restored to his office, as Isaiah had prophesied, Isa. 22:20.
  2. 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.
  3. Isaiah 36:4 Sennacherib’s chief captain.

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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