1 Now it came to pass in the fourteenth 702 6240 year 8141 of king 4428 Hezekiah 2396, that Sennacherib 5576 king 4428 of Assyria 804 came up 5927 against all the defenced 1219 cities 5892 of Judah 3063, and took 8610 them.
2 And the king 4428 of Assyria 804 sent 7971 Rabshakeh 7262 from Lachish 3923 to Jerusalem 3389 unto king 4428 Hezekiah 2396 with a great 3515 army 2426. And he stood 5975 by the conduit 8585 of the upper 5945 pool 1295 in the highway 4546 of the fuller's 3526 field 7704.
3 Then came forth 3318 unto him Eliakim 471, Hilkiah's 2518 son 1121, which was over the house 1004, and Shebna 7644 the scribe 5608, and Joah 3098, Asaph's 623 son 1121, the recorder 2142.
4 And Rabshakeh 7262 said 559 unto them, Say 559 ye now to Hezekiah 2396, Thus saith 559 the great 1419 king 4428, the king 4428 of Assyria 804, What confidence 986 is this wherein thou trustest 982?
5 I say 559, sayest thou, (but they are but vain 8193 words 1697) I have counsel 6098 and strength 1369 for war 4421: now on whom dost thou trust 982, that thou rebellest 4775 against me?
6 Lo, thou trustest 982 in the staff 4938 of this broken 7533 reed 7070, on Egypt 4714; whereon if a man 376 lean 5564, it will go 935 into his hand 3709, and pierce 5344 it: so is Pharaoh 6547 king 4428 of Egypt 4714 to all that trust 982 in him.
7 But if thou say 559 to me, We trust 982 in the LORD 3068 our God 430: is it not he, whose high places 1116 and whose altars 4196 Hezekiah 2396 hath taken away 5493, and said 559 to Judah 3063 and to Jerusalem 3389, Ye shall worship 7812 before 6440 this altar 4196?
8 Now therefore give pledges 6148, I pray thee, to my master 113 the king 4428 of Assyria 804, and I will give 5414 thee two thousand 505 horses 5483, if thou be able 3201 on thy part to set 5414 riders 7392 upon them.
9 How then wilt thou turn away 7725 the face 6440 of one 259 captain 6346 of the least 6996 of my master's 113 servants 5650, and put thy trust 982 on Egypt 4714 for chariots 7393 and for horsemen 6571?
10 And am I now come up 5927 without 1107 the LORD 3068 against this land 776 to destroy 7843 it? the LORD 3068 said 559 unto me, Go up 5927 against this land 776, and destroy 7843 it.
11 Then said 559 Eliakim 471 and Shebna 7644 and Joah 3098 unto Rabshakeh 7262, Speak 1696, I pray thee, unto thy servants 5650 in the Syrian language 762; for we understand 8085 it: and speak 1696 not to us in the Jews' language 3066, in the ears 241 of the people 5971 that are on the wall 2346.
12 But Rabshakeh 7262 said 559, Hath my master 113 sent 7971 me to thy master 113 and to thee to speak 1696 these words 1697? hath he not sent me to the men 582 that sit 3427 upon the wall 2346, that they may eat 398 their own dung 2716 6675, and drink 8354 their own piss 4325 7272 7890 with you?
13 Then Rabshakeh 7262 stood 5975, and cried 7121 with a loud 1419 voice 6963 in the Jews' language 3066, and said 559, Hear 8085 ye the words 1697 of the great 1419 king 4428, the king 4428 of Assyria 804.
14 Thus saith 559 the king 4428, Let not Hezekiah 2396 deceive 5377 you: for he shall not be able 3201 to deliver 5337 you.
15 Neither let Hezekiah 2396 make you trust 982 in the LORD 3068, saying 559, The LORD 3068 will surely 5337 deliver 5337 us: this city 5892 shall not be delivered 5414 into the hand 3027 of the king 4428 of Assyria 804.
16 Hearken 8085 not to Hezekiah 2396: for thus saith 559 the king 4428 of Assyria 804, Make 6213 an agreement with me by a present 1293, and come out 3318 to me: and eat 398 ye every one 376 of his vine 1612, and every one 376 of his fig tree 8384, and drink 8354 ye every one 376 the waters 4325 of his own cistern 953;
17 Until I come 935 and take you away 3947 to a land 776 like your own land 776, a land 776 of corn 1715 and wine 8492, a land 776 of bread 3899 and vineyards 3754.
18 Beware lest Hezekiah 2396 persuade 5496 you, saying 559, The LORD 3068 will deliver 5337 us. Hath any 376 of the gods 430 of the nations 1471 delivered 5337 his land 776 out of the hand 3027 of the king 4428 of Assyria 804?
19 Where are the gods 430 of Hamath 2574 and Arphad 774? where are the gods 430 of Sepharvaim 5617? and have they delivered 5337 Samaria 8111 out of my hand 3027?
20 Who are they among all the gods 430 of these lands 776, that have delivered 5337 their land 776 out of my hand 3027, that the LORD 3068 should deliver 5337 Jerusalem 3389 out of my hand 3027?
21 But they held their peace 2790, and answered 6030 him not a word 1697: for the king's 4428 commandment 4687 was, saying 559, Answer 6030 him not.
22 Then came 935 Eliakim 471, the son 1121 of Hilkiah 2518, that was over the household 1004, and Shebna 7644 the scribe 5608, and Joah 3098, the son 1121 of Asaph 623, the recorder 2142, to Hezekiah 2396 with their clothes 899 rent 7167, and told 5046 him the words 1697 of Rabshakeh 7262.