Eliakim(A) son of Hilkiah the palace administrator,(B) Shebna(C) the secretary,(D) and Joah(E) son of Asaph the recorder(F) 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? You say you have counsel and might for war—but you speak only empty words. On whom are you depending, that you rebel(G) against me?

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And (A)Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, who was over the household, (B)Shebna the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph, the recorder, came out to him.

(C)Then the Rabshakeh said to them, “Say now to Hezekiah, ‘Thus says the great king, the king of Assyria: “What confidence is this in which you trust? I say you speak of having plans and power for war; but they are [a]mere words. Now in whom do you trust, that you rebel against me?

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 36:5 Lit. a word of the lips