Now it came to pass in the fourteenth
year
of king
Hezekiah,
that Sennacherib
king
of Assyria
came up
against all the defenced
cities
of Judah,
and took
them.
Sennachērim
Σενναχηριμ
sennachērim
Assyrios
Ἀσσυρίων
assyriōn
firm
ὀχυρὰς
ochyras
And the king
of Assyria
sent
Rabshakeh
from Lachish
to Jerusalem
unto king
Hezekiah
with a great
army.
And he stood
by the conduit
of the upper
pool
in the highway
of the fuller's
field.
Assyrios
Ἀσσυρίων
assyriōn
Rabshakeh
Ραψακην
rapsakēn
Lachis
Λαχις
lachis
aqueduct
ὑδραγωγῷ
hydragōgō
Then came forth
unto him Eliakim,
Hilkiah's
son,
which was over the house,
and Shebna
the scribe,
and Joah,
Asaph's
son,
the recorder.
Chelkias
Χελκιου
chelkiou
Somnas
Σομνας
somnas
Iōach
Ιωαχ
iōach
Asaph
Ασαφ
asaph
recorder
ὑπομνηματογράφος
hypomnēmatographos
And Rabshakeh
said
unto them, Say
ye now to Hezekiah,
Thus saith
the great
king,
the king
of Assyria,
What confidence
is this wherein thou trustest?
I say,
sayest thou, (but they are but vain
words)
I have counsel
and strength
for war:
now on whom dost thou trust,
that thou rebellest
against me?
Lo, thou trustest
in the staff
of this broken
reed,
on Egypt;
whereon if a man
lean,
it will go
into his hand,
and pierce
it: so is Pharaoh
king
of Egypt
to all that trust
in him.
made of reed
καλαμίνην
kalaminēn
crush
τεθλασμένην
tethlasmenēn
But if thou say
to me, We trust
in the LORD
our God:
is it not he, whose high places
and whose altars
Hezekiah
hath taken away,
and said
to Judah
and to Jerusalem,
Ye shall worship
before
this altar?
Now therefore give pledges,
I pray thee, to my master
the king
of Assyria,
and I will give
thee two thousand
horses,
if thou be able
on thy part to set
riders
upon them.
How then wilt thou turn away
the face
of one
captain
of the least
of my master's
servants,
and put thy trust
on Egypt
for chariots
and for horsemen?
And am I now come up
without
the LORD
against this land
to destroy
it? the LORD
said
unto me, Go up
against this land,
and destroy
it.
Then said
Eliakim
and Shebna
and Joah
unto Rabshakeh,
Speak,
I pray thee, unto thy servants
in the Syrian language;
for we understand
it: and speak
not to us in the Jews' language,
in the ears
of the people
that are on the wall.
say
Somnas
Σομνας
somnas
Iōach
Ιωαχ
iōach
in the Syrian language
Συριστί
syristi
Ioudaisti
Ιουδαϊστί
ioudaisti
But Rabshakeh
said,
Hath my master
sent
me to thy master
and to thee to speak
these words?
hath he not sent me to the men
that sit
upon the wall,
that they may eat
their own dung,
and drink
their own piss
with you?
say
Rabshakeh
Ραψακης
rapsakēs
dung
κόπρον
kopron
urine
οὖρον
ouron
Then Rabshakeh
stood,
and cried
with a loud
voice
in the Jews' language,
and said,
Hear
ye the words
of the great
king,
the king
of Assyria.
Thus saith
the king,
Let not Hezekiah
deceive
you: for he shall not be able
to deliver
you.
Neither let Hezekiah
make you trust
in the LORD,
saying,
The LORD
will surely
deliver
us: this city
shall not be delivered
into the hand
of the king
of Assyria.
Hearken
not to Hezekiah:
for thus saith
the king
of Assyria,
Make
an agreement with me by a present,
and come out
to me: and eat
ye every one
of his vine,
and every one
of his fig tree,
and drink
ye every one
the waters
of his own cistern;
Assyrios
Ἀσσυρίων
assyriōn
pit
λάκκου
lakkou
Until I come
and take you away
to a land
like your own land,
a land
of corn
and wine,
a land
of bread
and vineyards.
Beware lest Hezekiah
persuade
you, saying,
The LORD
will deliver
us. Hath any
of the gods
of the nations
delivered
his land
out of the hand
of the king
of Assyria?
Assyrios
Ἀσσυρίων
assyriōn
Where are the gods
of Hamath
and Arphad?
where are the gods
of Sepharvaim?
and have they delivered
Samaria
out of my hand?
Who are they among all the gods
of these lands,
that have delivered
their land
out of my hand,
that the LORD
should deliver
Jerusalem
out of my hand?
But they held their peace,
and answered
him not a word:
for the king's
commandment
was, saying,
Answer
him not.
Then came
Eliakim,
the son
of Hilkiah,
that was over the household,
and Shebna
the scribe,
and Joah,
the son
of Asaph,
the recorder,
to Hezekiah
with their clothes
rent,
and told
him the words
of Rabshakeh.
Chelkias
Χελκιου
chelkiou
Somnas
Σομνας
somnas
Iōach
Ιωαχ
iōach
Asaph
Ασαφ
asaph
recorder
ὑπομνηματογράφος
hypomnēmatographos
Rabshakeh
Ραψακου
rapsakou
