36:1 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 8804 against all the defenced 1219 8803 cities 5892 of Judah 3063, and took 8610 8799 them.

36:2 And the king 4428 of Assyria 804 sent 7971 8799 Rabshakeh 7262 from Lachish 3923 to Jerusalem 3389 unto king 4428 Hezekiah 2396 with a great 3515 army 2426. And he stood 5975 8799 by the conduit 8585 of the upper 5945 pool 1295 in the highway 4546 of the fuller's 3526 8801 field 7704.

36:3 Then came forth 3318 8799 unto him Eliakim 471, Hilkiah's 2518 son 1121, which was over the house 1004, and Shebna 7644 the scribe 5608 8802, and Joah 3098, Asaph's 623 son 1121, the recorder 2142 8688.(scribe: or, secretary)

36:4 And Rabshakeh 7262 said 559 8799 unto them, Say 559 8798 ye now to Hezekiah 2396, Thus saith 559 8804 the great 1419 king 4428, the king 4428 of Assyria 804, What confidence 986 [is] this wherein thou trustest 982 8804?

36:5 I say 559 8804, [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 8804, that thou rebellest 4775 8804 against me?(vain…: Heb. a word of lips)(I have…: or, but counsel and strength are for the war)

36:6 Lo, thou trustest 982 8804 in the staff 4938 of this broken 7533 8803 reed 7070, on Egypt 4714; whereon if a man 376 lean 5564 8735, it will go 935 8804 into his hand 3709, and pierce 5344 8804 it: so [is] Pharaoh 6547 king 4428 of Egypt 4714 to all that trust 982 8802 in him.

36:7 But if thou say 559 8799 to me, We trust 982 8804 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 8689, and said 559 8799 to Judah 3063 and to Jerusalem 3389, Ye shall worship 7812 8691 before 6440 this altar 4196?

36:8 Now therefore give pledges 6148 8690, I pray thee, to my master 113 the king 4428 of Assyria 804, and I will give 5414 8799 thee two thousand 505 horses 5483, if thou be able 3201 8799 on thy part to set 5414 8800 riders 7392 8802 upon them.(pledges: or, hostages)

36:9 How then wilt thou turn away 7725 8686 the face 6440 of one 259 captain 6346 of the least 6996 of my master's 113 servants 5650, and put thy trust 982 8799 on Egypt 4714 for chariots 7393 and for horsemen 6571?

36:10 And am I now come up 5927 8804 without 1107 the LORD 3068 against this land 776 to destroy 7843 8687 it? the LORD 3068 said 559 8804 unto me, Go up 5927 8798 against this land 776, and destroy 7843 8685 it.

36:11 Then said 559 8799 Eliakim 471 and Shebna 7644 and Joah 3098 unto Rabshakeh 7262, Speak 1696 8761, I pray thee, unto thy servants 5650 in the Syrian language 762; for we understand 8085 8802 [it]: and speak 1696 8762 not to us in the Jews' language 3066, in the ears 241 of the people 5971 that [are] on the wall 2346.

36:12 But Rabshakeh 7262 said 559 8799, Hath my master 113 sent 7971 8804 me to thy master 113 and to thee to speak 1696 8763 these words 1697? [hath he] not [sent me] to the men 582 that sit 3427 8802 upon the wall 2346, that they may eat 398 8800 their own dung 2716 8676 6675, and drink 8354 8800 their own piss 4325 7272 8675 7890 with you?

36:13 Then Rabshakeh 7262 stood 5975 8799, and cried 7121 8799 with a loud 1419 voice 6963 in the Jews' language 3066, and said 559 8799, Hear 8085 8798 ye the words 1697 of the great 1419 king 4428, the king 4428 of Assyria 804.

36:14 Thus saith 559 8804 the king 4428, Let not Hezekiah 2396 deceive 5377 8686 you: for he shall not be able 3201 8799 to deliver 5337 8687 you.

36:15 Neither let Hezekiah 2396 make you trust 982 8686 in the LORD 3068, saying 559 8800, The LORD 3068 will surely 5337 8687 deliver 5337 8686 us: this city 5892 shall not be delivered 5414 8735 into the hand 3027 of the king 4428 of Assyria 804.

36:16 Hearken 8085 8799 not to Hezekiah 2396: for thus saith 559 8804 the king 4428 of Assyria 804, Make 6213 8798 [an agreement] with me [by] a present 1293, and come out 3318 8798 to me: and eat 398 8798 ye every one 376 of his vine 1612, and every one 376 of his fig tree 8384, and drink 8354 8798 ye every one 376 the waters 4325 of his own cistern 953;(Make…: or, Seek my favour by a present: Heb. Make with me a blessing)

36:17 Until I come 935 8800 and take you away 3947 8804 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.

36:18 [Beware] lest Hezekiah 2396 persuade 5496 8686 you, saying 559 8800, The LORD 3068 will deliver 5337 8686 us. Hath any 376 of the gods 430 of the nations 1471 delivered 5337 8689 his land 776 out of the hand 3027 of the king 4428 of Assyria 804?

36:19 Where [are] the gods 430 of Hamath 2574 and Arphad 774? where [are] the gods 430 of Sepharvaim 5617? and have they delivered 5337 8689 Samaria 8111 out of my hand 3027?

36:20 Who [are they] among all the gods 430 of these lands 776, that have delivered 5337 8689 their land 776 out of my hand 3027, that the LORD 3068 should deliver 5337 8686 Jerusalem 3389 out of my hand 3027?

36:21 But they held their peace 2790 8686, and answered 6030 8804 him not a word 1697: for the king's 4428 commandment 4687 was, saying 559 8800, Answer 6030 8799 him not.

36:22 Then came 935 8799 Eliakim 471, the son 1121 of Hilkiah 2518, that [was] over the household 1004, and Shebna 7644 the scribe 5608 8802, and Joah 3098, the son 1121 of Asaph 623, the recorder 2142 8688, to Hezekiah 2396 with [their] clothes 899 rent 7167 8803, and told 5046 8686 him the words 1697 of Rabshakeh 7262.

GOTO NEXT CHAPTER - KJV INDEX & SEARCH