Now it came to pass in the fourteenth{H702} year{H8141} of king{H4428} Hezekiah,{H2396} that Sennacherib{H5576} king{H4428} of Assyria{H804} came up{H5927} against all the fortified{H1219} cities{H5892} of Judah,{H3063} and took{H8610} them.

And the king{H4428} of Assyria{H804} sent{H7971} Rabshakeh{H7262} from Lachish{H3923} to Jerusalem{H3389} unto king{H4428} Hezekiah{H2396} with a great{H3515} army.{H2426} And he stood{H5975} by the conduit{H8585} of the upper{H5945} pool{H1295} in the highway{H4546} of the fuller's{H3526} field.{H7704}

Then came forth{H3318} unto him Eliakim{H471} the son{H1121} of Hilkiah,{H2518} who was over the household,{H1004} and Shebna{H7644} the scribe,{H5608} and Joah,{H3098} the son{H1121} of Asaph,{H623} the recorder.{H2142}

And Rabshakeh{H7262} said{H559} unto them, Say{H559} ye now to Hezekiah,{H2396} Thus saith{H559} the great{H1419} king,{H4428} the king{H4428} of Assyria,{H804} What confidence{H986} is this wherein thou trustest?{H982}

I say,{H559} [thy] counsel{H6098} and strength{H1369} for the war{H4421} are but vain{H8193} words:{H1697} now on whom dost thou trust,{H982} that thou hast rebelled{H4775} against me?

Behold, thou trustest{H982} upon the staff{H4938} of this bruised{H7533} reed,{H7070} even upon Egypt,{H4714} whereon if a man{H376} lean,{H5564} it will go{H935} into his hand,{H3709} and pierce{H5344} it: so is Pharaoh{H6547} king{H4428} of Egypt{H4714} to all that trust{H982} on him.

But if thou say{H559} unto me, We trust{H982} in Jehovah{H3068} our God:{H430} is not that he, whose high places{H1116} and whose altars{H4196} Hezekiah{H2396} hath taken away,{H5493} and hath said{H559} to Judah{H3063} and to Jerusalem,{H3389} Ye shall worship{H7812} before{H6440} this altar?{H4196}

Now therefore, I pray thee, give pledges{H6148} to my master{H113} the king{H4428} of Assyria,{H804} and I will give{H5414} thee two thousand{H505} horses,{H5483} if thou be able{H3201} on thy part to set{H5414} riders{H7392} upon them.

How then canst thou turn away{H7725} the face{H6440} of one{H259} captain{H6346} of the least{H6996} of my master's{H113} servants,{H5650} and put thy trust{H982} on Egypt{H4714} for chariots{H7393} and for horsemen?{H6571}

And am I now come up{H5927} without{H1107} Jehovah{H3068} against this land{H776} to destroy{H7843} it? Jehovah{H3068} said{H559} unto me, Go up{H5927} against this land,{H776} and destroy{H7843} it.

Then said{H559} Eliakim{H471} and Shebna{H7644} and Joah{H3098} unto Rabshakeh,{H7262} Speak,{H1696} I pray thee, unto thy servants{H5650} in the Syrian language;{H762} for we understand{H8085} it: and speak{H1696} not to us in the Jews' language,{H3066} in the ears{H241} of the people{H5971} that are on the wall.{H2346}

But Rabshakeh{H7262} said,{H559} Hath my master{H113} sent{H7971} me to thy master,{H113} and to thee, to speak{H1696} these words?{H1697} [hath he] not [sent me] to the men{H582} that sit{H3427} upon the wall,{H2346} to eat{H398} their own dung,{H2716} and to drink{H8354} their own water{H7272} with you?

Then Rabshakeh{H7262} stood,{H5975} and cried{H7121} with a loud{H1419} voice{H6963} in the Jews' language,{H3066} and said,{H559} Hear{H8085} ye the words{H1697} of the great{H1419} king,{H4428} the king{H4428} of Assyria.{H804}

Thus saith{H559} the king,{H4428} Let not Hezekiah{H2396} deceive{H5377} you; for he will not be able{H3201} to deliver{H5337} you:

neither let Hezekiah{H2396} make you trust{H982} in Jehovah,{H3068} saying,{H559} Jehovah{H3068} will surely{H5337} deliver{H5337} us; this city{H5892} shall not be given{H5414} into the hand{H3027} of the king{H4428} of Assyria.{H804}

Hearken{H8085} not to Hezekiah:{H2396} for thus saith{H559} the king{H4428} of Assyria,{H804} Make{H6213} your peace{H1293} with me, and come out{H3318} to me; and eat{H398} ye every one{H376} of his vine,{H1612} and every one{H376} of his fig-tree,{H8384} and drink{H8354} ye every one{H376} the waters{H4325} of his own cistern;{H953}

until I come{H935} and take you away{H3947} to a land{H776} like your own land,{H776} a land{H776} of grain{H1715} and new wine,{H8492} a land{H776} of bread{H3899} and vineyards.{H3754}

Beware lest Hezekiah{H2396} persuade{H5496} you, saying,{H559} Jehovah{H3068} will deliver{H5337} us. Hath any{H376} of the gods{H430} of the nations{H1471} delivered{H5337} his land{H776} out of the hand{H3027} of the king{H4428} of Assyria?{H804}

Where are the gods{H430} of Hamath{H2574} and Arpad?{H774} where are the gods{H430} of Sepharvaim?{H5617} and have they delivered{H5337} Samaria{H8111} out of my hand?{H3027}

Who are they among all the gods{H430} of these countries,{H776} that have delivered{H5337} their country{H776} out of my hand,{H3027} that Jehovah{H3068} should deliver{H5337} Jerusalem{H3389} out of my hand?{H3027}

But they held their peace,{H2790} and answered{H6030} him not a word;{H1697} for the king's{H4428} commandment{H4687} was, saying,{H559} Answer{H6030} him not.

Then came{H935} Eliakim{H471} the son{H1121} of Hilkiah,{H2518} that was over the household,{H1004} and Shebna{H7644} the scribe,{H5608} and Joah,{H3098} the son{H1121} of Asaph,{H623} the recorder,{H2142} to Hezekiah{H2396} with their clothes{H899} rent,{H7167} and told{H5046} him the words{H1697} of Rabshakeh.{H7262}