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World English Bible Classic
[1] Now in the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah, Sennacherib king of Assyria attacked all of the fortified cities of Judah and captured them. [2] The king of Assyria sent Rabshakeh from Lachish to Jerusalem to King Hezekiah with a large army. He stood by the aqueduct from the upper pool in the fuller’s field highway. [3] Then Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, who was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah, the son of Asaph the recorder came out to him. [4] Rabshakeh said to them, “Now tell Hezekiah, ‘The great king, the king of Assyria, says, “What confidence is this in which you trust? [5] I say that your counsel and strength for the war are only vain words. Now in whom do you trust, that you have rebelled against me? [6] Behold, you trust in the staff of this bruised reed, even in Egypt, which if a man leans on it, it will go into his hand and pierce it. So is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who trust in him. [7] But if you tell me, ‘We trust in Yahweh our God,’ isn’t that he whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah has taken away, and has said to Judah and to Jerusalem, ‘You shall worship before this altar’?” [8] Now therefore, please make a pledge to my master the king of Assyria, and I will give you two thousand horses, if you are able on your part to set riders on them. [9] How then can you turn away the face of one captain of the least of my master’s servants, and put your trust in Egypt for chariots and for horsemen? [10] Have I come up now without Yahweh against this land to destroy it? Yahweh said to me, “Go up against this land, and destroy it.”’” [11] Then Eliakim, Shebna and Joah said to Rabshakeh, “Please speak to your servants in Aramaic, for we understand it. Don’t speak to us in the Jews’ language in the hearing of the people who are on the wall.” [12] But Rabshakeh said, “Has my master sent me only to your master and to you, to speak these words, and not to the men who sit on the wall, who will eat their own dung and drink their own urine with you?” [13] Then Rabshakeh stood, and called out with a loud voice in the Jews’ language, and said, “Hear the words of the great king, the king of Assyria! [14] The king says, ‘Don’t let Hezekiah deceive you; for he will not be able to deliver you. [15] Don’t let Hezekiah make you trust in Yahweh, saying, “Yahweh will surely deliver us. This city won’t be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.”’ [16] Don’t listen to Hezekiah, for the king of Assyria says, ‘Make your peace with me, and come out to me; and each of you eat from his vine, and each one from his fig tree, and each one of you drink the waters of his own cistern; [17] until I come and take you away to a land like your own land, a land of grain and new wine, a land of bread and vineyards. [18] Beware lest Hezekiah persuade you, saying, “Yahweh will deliver us.” Have any of the gods of the nations delivered their lands from the hand of the king of Assyria? [19] Where are the gods of Hamath and Arpad? Where are the gods of Sepharvaim? Have they delivered Samaria from my hand? [20] Who are they among all the gods of these countries that have delivered their country out of my hand, that Yahweh should deliver Jerusalem out of my hand?’” [21] But they remained silent, and said nothing in reply, for the king’s commandment was, “Don’t answer him.” [22] Then Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, who was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah, the son of Asaph the recorder, came to Hezekiah with their clothes torn, and told him the words of Rabshakeh.
King James Version
[1] Now it came to pass in the fourteenth H702 H6240 year H8141 of king H4428 Hezekiah, H2396 that Sennacherib H5576 king H4428 of Assyria H804 came up H5927 against H5921 all H3605 the defenced H1219 cities H5892 of Judah, H3063 and took H8610 them. [2] And the king H4428 of Assyria H804 sent H7971 Rabshakeh H7262 from Lachish H3923 to Jerusalem H3389 unto H413 king H4428 Hezekiah H2396 with a great H3515 army. H2426 And he stood H5975 by the conduit H8585 of the upper H5945 pool H1295 in the highway H4546 of the fuller’s H3526 field. H7704 [3] Then came forth H3318 unto H413 him Eliakim, H471 Hilkiah’s H2518 son, H1121 which H834 was over the house, H1004 and Shebna H7644 the scribe, H5608§ and Joah, H3098 Asaph’s H623 son, H1121 the recorder. H2142

The Assyrian Threat

[4] And Rabshakeh H7262 said H559 unto H413 them, Say H559 ye now to Hezekiah, H2396 Thus H3541 saith H559 the great H1419 king, H4428 the king H4428 of Assyria, H804 What H4100 confidence H986 is this wherein thou trustest? H982 [5] I say, H559 sayest thou, (but they are but vain H8193 words)§ H1697 I have counsel H6098 and strength H1369 for H3588 war: H4421 now H6258 on H5921 whom dost thou trust, H982 that thou rebellest H4775 against me? [6] Lo, thou trustest H982 in the staff H4938 of this broken H7533 reed, H7070 on H5921 Egypt; H4714 whereon if a man H376 lean, H5564 it will go H935 into his hand, H3709 and pierce H5344 it: so is Pharaoh H6547 king H4428 of Egypt H4714 to all that trust H982 in him. [7] But if thou say H559 to me, We trust H982 in the Lord H3068 our God: H430 H853 is it not he, whose high places H1116 and whose altars H4196 Hezekiah H2396 hath taken away, H5493 and said H559 to Judah H3063 and to Jerusalem, H3389 Ye shall worship H7812 before H6440 this H2088 altar? H4196 [8] Now H6258 therefore give pledges, H6148§ I pray thee, to my master H113 the king H4428 of Assyria, H804 and I will give H5414 thee two thousand H505 horses, H5483 if thou be able H3201 on H5921 thy part to set H5414 riders H7392 upon them. [9] How then wilt thou turn away H7725 H853 the face H6440 of one H259 captain H6346 of the least H6996 of my master’s H113 servants, H5650 and put thy trust H982 on H5921 Egypt H4714 for chariots H7393 and for horsemen? H6571 [10] And am I now come up H5927 without H1107 the Lord H3068 against this land H776 to destroy H7843 it? the Lord H3068 said H559 unto H413 me, Go up H5927 against this land, H776 and destroy H7843 it. [11] Then said H559 Eliakim H471 and Shebna H7644 and Joah H3098 unto H413 Rabshakeh, H7262 Speak, H1696 I pray thee, unto thy servants H5650 in the Syrian language; H762 for H3588 we understand H8085 it: and speak H1696 not H408 to us in the Jews’ language, H3066 in the ears H241 of the people H5971 that are on the wall. H2346 [12] But Rabshakeh H7262 said, H559 Hath my master H113 sent H7971 me to thy master H113 and to thee to speak H1696 H853 these H428 words? H1697 hath he not sent me to the men H582 that sit H3427 upon H5921 the wall, H2346 that they may eat H398 their own dung, H2716 H6675 and drink H8354 their own piss H4325 H7272 H7890 with you? [13] Then Rabshakeh H7262 stood, H5975 and cried H7121 with a loud H1419 voice H6963 in the Jews’ language, H3066 and said, H559 Hear H8085 H853 ye the words H1697 of the great H1419 king, H4428 the king H4428 of Assyria. H804 [14] Thus H3541 saith H559 the king, H4428 Let not Hezekiah H2396 deceive H5377 you: for he shall not be able H3201 to deliver H5337 you. [15] Neither let Hezekiah H2396 make you trust H982 in the Lord, H3068 saying, H559 The Lord H3068 will surely H5337 deliver H5337 us: this city H5892 shall not be delivered H5414 into the hand H3027 of the king H4428 of Assyria. H804 [16] Hearken H8085 not H408 to Hezekiah: H2396 for H3588 thus H3541 saith H559 the king H4428 of Assyria, H804 Make H6213 an agreement with me by a present, H1293§ and come out H3318 to me: and eat H398 ye every one H376 of his vine, H1612 and every one H376 of his fig tree, H8384 and drink H8354 ye every one H376 the waters H4325 of his own cistern; H953 [17] until H5704 I come H935 and take you away H3947 to a land H776 like your own land, H776 a land H776 of corn H1715 and wine, H8492 a land H776 of bread H3899 and vineyards. H3754 [18] Beware lest Hezekiah H2396 persuade H5496 you, saying, H559 The Lord H3068 will deliver H5337 us. Hath any H376 of the gods H430 of the nations H1471 delivered H5337 H853 his land H776 out of the hand H3027 of the king H4428 of Assyria? H804 [19] Where are the gods H430 of Hamath H2574 and Arphad? H774 where are the gods H430 of Sepharvaim? H5617 and have they delivered H5337 H853 Samaria H8111 out of my hand? H3027 [20] Who are they among all the gods H430 of these lands, H776 that have delivered H5337 their land H776 out of my hand, H3027 that the Lord H3068 should deliver H5337 H853 Jerusalem H3389 out of my hand? H3027 [21] But they held their peace, H2790 and answered H6030 him not a word: H1697 for H3588 the king’s H4428 commandment H4687 was, saying, H559 Answer H6030 him not. [22] Then came H935 Eliakim, H471 the son H1121 of Hilkiah, H2518 that was over the household, H1004 and Shebna H7644 the scribe, H5608 and Joah, H3098 the son H1121 of Asaph, H623 the recorder, H2142 to Hezekiah H2396 with their clothes H899 rent, H7167 and told H5046 H853 him the words H1697 of Rabshakeh. H7262

Footnotes

  1. § 36:3 Or, secretary
  2. § 36:5 Heb. a word of lips
  3. § 36:8 Or, hostages
  4. § 36:16 Or, seek my favour by a present. Heb. make with me a blessing
Septuaginta
[1] Καὶ G2532 ἐγένετο G1096 τοῦ G3588 τεσσαρεσκαιδεκάτου G5065 ἔτους G2094 βασιλεύοντος G936 Εζεκιου G1478 ἀνέβη G305 Σενναχηριμ βασιλεὺς G935 Ἀσσυρίων ἐπὶ G1909 τὰς G3588 πόλεις G4172 τῆς G3588 Ιουδαίας G2449 τὰς G3588 ὀχυρὰς καὶ G2532 ἔλαβεν G2983 αὐτάς. G846 [2] Καὶ G2532 ἀπέστειλεν G649 βασιλεὺς G935 Ἀσσυρίων Ραψακην ἐκ G1537 Λαχις εἰς G1519 Ιερουσαλημ G2419 πρὸς G4314 τὸν G3588 βασιλέα G935 Εζεκιαν G1478 μετὰ G3326 δυνάμεως G1411 πολλῆς, G4183 καὶ G2532 ἔστη G2476 ἐν G1722 τῷ G3588 ὑδραγωγῷ τῆς G3588 κολυμβήθρας G2861 τῆς G3588 ἄνω G507 ἐν G1722 τῇ G3588 ὁδῷ G3598 τοῦ G3588 ἀγροῦ G68 τοῦ G3588 γναφέως. G1102 [3] Καὶ G2532 ἐξῆλθεν G1831 πρὸς G4314 αὐτὸν G846 Ελιακιμ G1662 ὁ G3588 τοῦ G3588 Χελκιου ὁ G3588 οἰκονόμος G3623 καὶ G2532 Σομνας ὁ G3588 γραμματεὺς G1122 καὶ G2532 Ιωαχ ὁ G3588 τοῦ G3588 Ασαφ ὁ G3588 ὑπομνηματογράφος. [4] Καὶ G2532 εἶπεν G2036 αὐτοῖς G846 Ραψακης Εἴπατε G2036 Εζεκια G1478 Τάδε G3592 λέγει G3004 ὁ G3588 βασιλεὺς G935 ὁ G3588 μέγας G3173 βασιλεὺς G935 Ἀσσυρίων Τί G5101 πεποιθὼς G3982 εἶ; G1488 [5] Μὴ G3361 ἐν G1722 βουλῇ G1012 ἢ G2228 λόγοις G3056 χειλέων G5491 παράταξις γίνεται; G1096 Καὶ G2532 νῦν G3568 ἐπὶ G1909 τίνι G5101 πέποιθας G3982 ὅτι G3754 ἀπειθεῖς G544 μοι; G3427 [6] Ἰδοὺ G2400 πεποιθὼς G3982 εἶ G1488 ἐπὶ G1909 τὴν G3588 ῥάβδον G4464 τὴν G3588 καλαμίνην τὴν G3588 τεθλασμένην ταύτην, G3778 ἐπ’ G1909 Αἴγυπτον· G125 ὃς G3739 ἂν G302 ἐπ’ G1909 αὐτὴν G846 ἐπιστηρισθῇ, G1991 εἰσελεύσεται G1525 εἰς G1519 τὴν G3588 χεῖρα G5495 αὐτοῦ· G846 οὕτως G3779 ἐστὶν G2076 Φαραω G5328 βασιλεὺς G935 Αἰγύπτου G125 καὶ G2532 πάντες G3956 οἱ G3588 πεποιθότες G3982 ἐπ’ G1909 αὐτῷ. G846 [7] Εἰ G1487 δὲ G1161 λέγετε G3004 Ἐπὶ G1909 κύριον G2962 τὸν G3588 θεὸν G2316 ἡμῶν G2257 πεποίθαμεν, G3982 [8] νῦν G3568 μείχθητε G3396 τῷ G3588 κυρίῳ G2962 μου G3450 τῷ G3588 βασιλεῖ G935 Ἀσσυρίων, καὶ G2532 δώσω G1325 ὑμῖν G5213 δισχιλίαν G1367 ἵππον, G2462 εἰ G1487 δυνήσεσθε G1410 δοῦναι G1325 ἀναβάτας ἐπ’ G1909 αὐτούς. G846 [9] Καὶ G2532 πῶς G4459 δύνασθε G1410 ἀποστρέψαι G654 εἰς G1519 πρόσωπον G4383 τοπάρχου ἑνός; G1520 Οἰκέται G3610 εἰσὶν G1526 οἱ G3588 πεποιθότες G3982 ἐπ’ G1909 Αἰγυπτίοις G124 εἰς G1519 ἵππον G2462 καὶ G2532 ἀναβάτην. [10] Καὶ G2532 νῦν G3568 μὴ G3361 ἄνευ G427 κυρίου G2962 ἀνέβημεν G305 ἐπὶ G1909 τὴν G3588 χώραν G5561 ταύτην G3778 πολεμῆσαι G4170 αὐτήν; G846 [11] Καὶ G2532 εἶπεν G2036 πρὸς G4314 αὐτὸν G846 Ελιακιμ G1662 καὶ G2532 Σομνας καὶ G2532 Ιωαχ Λάλησον G2980 πρὸς G4314 τοὺς G3588 παῖδάς G3816 σου G4675 Συριστί, ἀκούομεν G191 γὰρ G1063 ἡμεῖς, G2249 καὶ G2532 μὴ G3361 λάλει G2980 πρὸς G4314 ἡμᾶς G2248 Ιουδαιστί· καὶ G2532 ἵνα G2443 τί G5101 λαλεῖς G2980 εἰς G1519 τὰ G3588 ὦτα G3775 τῶν G3588 ἀνθρώπων G444 τῶν G3588 ἐπὶ G1909 τῷ G3588 τείχει; G5038 [12] Καὶ G2532 εἶπεν G2036 Ραψακης πρὸς G4314 αὐτούς G846 Μὴ G3361 πρὸς G4314 τὸν G3588 κύριον G2962 ὑμῶν G5216 ἢ G2228 πρὸς G4314 ὑμᾶς G5209 ἀπέσταλκέν G649 με G3165 ὁ G3588 κύριός G2962 μου G3450 λαλῆσαι G2980 τοὺς G3588 λόγους G3056 τούτους; G5128 Οὐχὶ G3780 πρὸς G4314 τοὺς G3588 ἀνθρώπους G444 τοὺς G3588 καθημένους G2521 ἐπὶ G1909 τῷ G3588 τείχει, G5038 ἵνα G2443 φάγωσιν G5315 κόπρον καὶ G2532 πίωσιν G4095 οὖρον μεθ’ G3326 ὑμῶν G5216 ἅμα; G260 [13] Καὶ G2532 ἔστη G2476 Ραψακης καὶ G2532 ἐβόησεν G994 φωνῇ G5456 μεγάλῃ G3173 Ιουδαιστὶ καὶ G2532 εἶπεν G2036 Ἀκούσατε G191 τοὺς G3588 λόγους G3056 τοῦ G3588 βασιλέως G935 τοῦ G3588 μεγάλου G3173 βασιλέως G935 Ἀσσυρίων [14] Τάδε G3592 λέγει G3004 ὁ G3588 βασιλεύς G935 Μὴ G3361 ἀπατάτω G538 ὑμᾶς G5209 Εζεκιας G1478 λόγοις, G3056 οἳ G3739 οὐ G3756 δυνήσονται G1410 ῥύσασθαι G4506 ὑμᾶς· G5209 [15] καὶ G2532 μὴ G3361 λεγέτω G3004 ὑμῖν G5213 Εζεκιας G1478 ὅτι G3754 Ῥύσεται G4506 ὑμᾶς G5209 ὁ G3588 θεός, G2316 καὶ G2532 οὐ G3756 μὴ G3361 παραδοθῇ G3860 ἡ G3588 πόλις G4172 αὕτη G3778 ἐν G1722 χειρὶ G5495 βασιλέως G935 Ἀσσυρίων· [16] μὴ G3361 ἀκούετε G191 Εζεκιου. G1478 Τάδε G3592 λέγει G3004 ὁ G3588 βασιλεὺς G935 Ἀσσυρίων Εἰ G1487 βούλεσθε G1014 εὐλογηθῆναι, G2127 ἐκπορεύεσθε G1607 πρός G4314 με G3165 καὶ G2532 φάγεσθε ἕκαστος G1538 τὴν G3588 ἄμπελον G288 αὐτοῦ G846 καὶ G2532 τὰς G3588 συκᾶς G4808 καὶ G2532 πίεσθε G4095 ὕδωρ G5204 τοῦ G3588 λάκκου ὑμῶν, G5216 [17] ἕως G2193 ἂν G302 ἔλθω G2064 καὶ G2532 λάβω G2983 ὑμᾶς G5209 εἰς G1519 γῆν G1093 ὡς G5613 ἡ G3588 γῆ G1093 ὑμῶν, G5216 γῆ G1093 σίτου G4621 καὶ G2532 οἴνου G3631 καὶ G2532 ἄρτων G740 καὶ G2532 ἀμπελώνων. G290 [18] Μὴ G3361 ὑμᾶς G5209 ἀπατάτω G538 Εζεκιας G1478 λέγων G3004 Ὁ G3588 θεὸς G2316 ὑμῶν G5216 ῥύσεται G4506 ὑμᾶς. G5209 Μὴ G3361 ἐρρύσαντο G4506 οἱ G3588 θεοὶ G2316 τῶν G3588 ἐθνῶν G1484 ἕκαστος G1538 τὴν G3588 ἑαυτοῦ G1438 χώραν G5561 ἐκ G1537 χειρὸς G5495 βασιλέως G935 Ἀσσυρίων; [19] Ποῦ G4226 ἐστιν G2076 ὁ G3588 θεὸς G2316 Αιμαθ καὶ G2532 Αρφαθ; Καὶ G2532 ποῦ G4226 ὁ G3588 θεὸς G2316 τῆς G3588 πόλεως G4172 Σεπφαριμ; Μὴ G3361 ἐδύναντο G1410 ῥύσασθαι G4506 Σαμάρειαν G4540 ἐκ G1537 χειρός G5495 μου; G3450 [20] Τίς G5101 τῶν G3588 θεῶν G2316 πάντων G3956 τῶν G3588 ἐθνῶν G1484 τούτων G5130 ἐρρύσατο G4506 τὴν G3588 γῆν G1093 αὐτοῦ G846 ἐκ G1537 τῆς G3588 χειρός G5495 μου, G3450 ὅτι G3754 ῥύσεται G4506 ὁ G3588 θεὸς G2316 Ιερουσαλημ G2419 ἐκ G1537 χειρός G5495 μου; G3450 [21] Καὶ G2532 ἐσιώπησαν, G4623 καὶ G2532 οὐδεὶς G3762 ἀπεκρίθη G611 αὐτῷ G846 λόγον G3056 διὰ G1223 τὸ G3588 προστάξαι G4367 τὸν G3588 βασιλέα G935 μηδένα G3367 ἀποκριθῆναι. G611 [22] Καὶ G2532 εἰσῆλθεν G1525 Ελιακιμ G1662 ὁ G3588 τοῦ G3588 Χελκιου ὁ G3588 οἰκονόμος G3623 καὶ G2532 Σομνας ὁ G3588 γραμματεὺς G1122 τῆς G3588 δυνάμεως G1411 καὶ G2532 Ιωαχ ὁ G3588 τοῦ G3588 Ασαφ ὁ G3588 ὑπομνηματογράφος πρὸς G4314 Εζεκιαν G1478 ἐσχισμένοι G4977 τοὺς G3588 χιτῶνας G5509 καὶ G2532 ἀπήγγειλαν G518 αὐτῷ G846 τοὺς G3588 λόγους G3056 Ραψακου.
Septuaginta, in place of Byzantine Greek New Testament