Verse 2

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}

Referenced Verses

  • Isa 7:3 : 3 Then said{H559} Jehovah{H3068} unto Isaiah,{H3470} Go forth{H3318} now to meet{H7125} Ahaz,{H271} thou, and Shear-jashub{H7610} thy son,{H1121} at the end{H7097} of the conduit{H8585} of the upper{H5945} pool,{H1295} in the highway{H4546} of the fuller's{H3526} field;{H7704}
  • 2 Kgs 18:17-37 : 17 And the king{H4428} of Assyria{H804} sent{H7971} Tartan{H8661} and Rab-saris{H7249} and Rabshakeh{H7262} from Lachish{H3923} to king{H4428} Hezekiah{H2396} with a great{H3515} army{H2426} unto Jerusalem.{H3389} And they went up{H5927} and came{H935} to Jerusalem.{H3389} And when they were come up,{H5927} they came{H935} and stood{H5975} by the conduit{H8585} of the upper{H5945} pool,{H1295} which is in the highway{H4546} of the fuller's{H3526} field.{H7704} 18 And when they had called{H7121} to the king,{H4428} there came out{H3318} to them Eliakim{H471} the son{H1121} of Hilkiah,{H2518} who was over the household,{H1004} and Shebnah{H7644} the scribe,{H5608} and Joah{H3098} the son{H1121} of Asaph{H623} the recorder.{H2142} 19 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} 20 Thou sayest{H559} (but they are but vain{H8193} words),{H1697} [There is] counsel{H6098} and strength{H1369} for the war.{H4421} Now on whom dost thou trust,{H982} that thou hast rebelled{H4775} against me? 21 Now, 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} unto all that trust{H982} on him. 22 But if ye 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} in Jerusalem?{H3389} 23 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. 24 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} 25 Am I now come up{H5927} without{H1107} Jehovah{H3068} against this place{H4725} to destroy{H7843} it? Jehovah{H3068} said{H559} unto me, Go up{H5927} against this land,{H776} and destroy{H7843} it. 26 Then said{H559} Eliakim{H471} the son{H1121} of Hilkiah,{H2518} and Shebnah,{H7644} and Joah,{H3098} unto Rabshakeh,{H7262} Speak,{H1696} I pray thee, to thy servants{H5650} in the Syrian language;{H762} for we understand{H8085} it: and speak{H1696} not with us in the Jews' language,{H3066} in the ears{H241} of the people{H5971} that are on the wall.{H2346} 27 But Rabshakeh{H7262} said{H559} unto them, 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} on the wall,{H2346} to eat{H398} their own dung,{H6675} and to drink{H8354} their own water{H7272} with you? 28 Then Rabshakeh{H7262} stood,{H5975} and cried{H7121} with a loud{H1419} voice{H6963} in the Jews' language,{H3066} and spake,{H1696} saying,{H559} Hear{H8085} ye the word{H1697} of the great{H1419} king,{H4428} the king{H4428} of Assyria.{H804} 29 Thus saith{H559} the king,{H4428} Let not Hezekiah{H2396} deceive{H5377} you; for he will not be able{H3201} to deliver{H5337} you out of his hand:{H3027} 30 neither let Hezekiah{H2396} make you trust{H982} in Jehovah,{H3068} saying,{H559} Jehovah{H3068} will surely{H5337} deliver{H5337} us, and this city{H5892} shall not be given{H5414} into the hand{H3027} of the king{H4428} of Assyria.{H804} 31 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} 32 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} a land{H776} of olive -{H2132} trees{H3323} and of honey,{H1706} that ye may live,{H2421} and not die:{H4191} and hearken{H8085} not unto Hezekiah,{H2396} when he persuadeth{H5496} you, saying,{H559} Jehovah{H3068} will deliver{H5337} us. 33 Hath any{H376} of the gods{H430} of the nations{H1471} ever{H5337} delivered{H5337} his land{H776} out of the hand{H3027} of the king{H4428} of Assyria?{H804} 34 Where are the gods{H430} of Hamath,{H2574} and of Arpad?{H774} where are the gods{H430} of Sepharvaim,{H5617} of Hena,{H2012} and Ivvah?{H5755} have they delivered{H5337} Samaria{H8111} out of my hand?{H3027} 35 Who are they among all the gods{H430} of the 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} 36 But the people{H5971} 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. 37 Then came{H935} 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} to Hezekiah{H2396} with their clothes{H899} rent,{H7167} and told{H5046} him the words{H1697} of Rabshakeh.{H7262}
  • 2 Chr 32:9-9 : 9 After{H310} this did Sennacherib{H5576} king{H4428} of Assyria{H804} send{H7971} his servants{H5650} to Jerusalem,{H3389} (now he was before Lachish,{H3923} and all his power{H4475} with him,) unto Hezekiah{H3169} king{H4428} of Judah,{H3063} and unto all Judah{H3063} that were at Jerusalem,{H3389} saying,{H559} 10 Thus saith{H559} Sennacherib{H5576} king{H4428} of Assyria,{H804} Whereon do ye trust,{H982} that ye abide{H3427} the siege{H4692} in Jerusalem?{H3389} 11 Doth not Hezekiah{H3169} persuade{H5496} you, to give{H5414} you over to die{H4191} by famine{H7458} and by thirst,{H6772} saying,{H559} Jehovah{H3068} our God{H430} will deliver{H5337} us out of the hand{H3709} of the king{H4428} of Assyria?{H804} 12 Hath not the same Hezekiah{H3169} taken away{H5493} his high places{H1116} and his altars,{H4196} and commanded{H559} Judah{H3063} and Jerusalem,{H3389} saying,{H559} Ye shall worship{H7812} before{H6440} one{H259} altar,{H4196} and upon it shall ye burn incense?{H6999} 13 Know{H3045} ye not what I and my fathers{H1} have done{H6213} unto all the peoples{H5971} of the lands?{H776} Were the gods{H430} of the nations{H1471} of the lands{H776} in any wise{H3201} able{H3201} to deliver{H5337} their land{H776} out of my hand?{H3027} 14 Who was there among all the gods{H430} of those nations{H1471} which my fathers{H1} utterly destroyed,{H2763} that could{H3201} deliver{H5337} his people{H5971} out of my hand,{H3027} that your God{H430} should be able{H3201} to deliver{H5337} you out of my hand?{H3027} 15 Now therefore let not{H3808} Hezekiah{H2396} deceive{H5377} you, nor persuade{H5496} you after this manner, neither believe{H539} ye him; for no god{H433} of any nation{H1471} or kingdom{H4467} was able{H3201} to deliver{H5337} his people{H5971} out of my hand,{H3027} and out of the hand{H3027} of my fathers:{H1} how much less shall your God{H430} deliver{H5337} you out of my hand?{H3027} 16 And his servants{H5650} spake{H1696} yet more against Jehovah{H3068} God,{H430} and against his servant{H5650} Hezekiah.{H3169} 17 He wrote{H3789} also letters,{H5612} to rail{H2778} on Jehovah,{H3068} the God{H430} of Israel,{H3478} and to speak{H559} against him, saying,{H559} As the gods{H430} of the nations{H1471} of the lands,{H776} which have not delivered{H5337} their people{H5971} out of my hand,{H3027} so shall not the God{H430} of Hezekiah{H3169} deliver{H5337} his people{H5971} out of my hand.{H3027} 18 And they cried{H7121} with a loud{H1419} voice{H6963} in the Jews' language{H3066} unto the people{H5971} of Jerusalem{H3389} that were on the wall,{H2346} to affright{H3372} them, and to trouble{H926} them; that they might take{H3920} the city.{H5892} 19 And they spake{H1696} of{H5921} the God{H430} of Jerusalem,{H3389} as of the gods{H430} of the peoples{H5971} of the earth,{H776} which are the work{H4639} of men's{H120} hands.{H3027} 20 And Hezekiah{H3169} the king,{H4428} and Isaiah{H3470} the prophet{H5030} the son{H1121} of Amoz,{H531} prayed{H6419} because of this, and cried{H2199} to heaven.{H8064} 21 And Jehovah{H3068} sent{H7971} an angel,{H4397} who cut off{H3582} all the mighty men{H1368} of valor,{H2428} and the leaders{H5057} and captains,{H8269} in the camp{H4264} of the king{H4428} of Assyria.{H804} So he returned{H7725} with shame{H1322} of face{H6440} to his own land.{H776} And when he was come{H935} into the house{H1004} of his god,{H430} they that came forth{H3329} from his own bowels{H4578} slew{H5307} him there with the sword.{H2719} 22 Thus Jehovah{H3068} saved{H3467} Hezekiah{H3169} and the inhabitants{H3427} of Jerusalem{H3389} from the hand{H3027} of Sennacherib{H5576} the king{H4428} of Assyria,{H804} and from the hand{H3027} of all others, and guided{H5095} them on every side.{H5439} 23 And many{H7227} brought{H935} gifts{H4503} unto Jehovah{H3068} to Jerusalem,{H3389} and precious{H4030} things to Hezekiah{H3169} king{H4428} of Judah;{H3063} so that he was exalted{H5375} in the sight{H5869} of all nations{H1471} from thenceforth.{H310}
  • Isa 22:9-9 : 9 And ye saw{H7200} the breaches{H1233} of the city{H5892} of David,{H1732} that they were many;{H7231} and ye gathered together{H6908} the waters{H4325} of the lower{H8481} pool;{H1295} 10 and ye numbered{H5608} the houses{H1004} of Jerusalem,{H3389} and ye brake down{H5422} the houses{H1004} to fortify{H1219} the wall;{H2346} 11 ye made{H6213} also a reservoir{H4724} between the two walls{H2346} for the water{H4325} of the old{H3465} pool.{H1295} But ye looked{H5027} not unto him that had done{H6213} this, neither had ye respect{H7200} unto him that purposed{H3335} it long ago.{H7350}