¹⁷ The king of Assyria sent the Tartan, the Rabsaris, and the Rabshakeh with a great army from Lachish to King Hezekiah at Jerusalem. They went up and came to Jerusalem. When they arrived, they came and stood by the conduit of the upper pool, which is on the highway to the fuller’s field.^{(A) 18} When they called for the king, there came out to them Eliakim son of Hilkiah, who was in charge of the palace, and Shebnah the secretary, and Joah son of Asaph, the recorder.^(B)

¹⁹ The Rabshakeh said to them, “Say to Hezekiah: Thus says the great king, the king of Assyria: On what do you base this reliance of yours?^{(C) 20} Do you think that mere words are strategy and power for war? On whom do you now rely, that you have rebelled against me?

³ Then the Lord said to Isaiah, “Go out to meet Ahaz, you and your son Shear-jashub,^[a] at the end of the conduit of the upper pool on the highway to the fuller’s field,^(A)