2 Kings 18:24-26

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

²⁴ How then can you drive back a single officer^(A) among the least of my master’s servants? How can you rely on Egypt for chariots and for horsemen? ²⁵ Now, have I attacked this place to destroy it without the Lord’s approval?^(B) The Lord said to me, “Attack this land and destroy it.” ’

²⁶ Then Eliakim son of Hilkiah, Shebnah, and Joah said to the royal spokesman, ‘Please speak to your servants in Aramaic,^(C) since we understand it. Don’t speak with us in Hebrew^[a] within earshot of the people on the wall.’