Isaiah 36:2-4
International Standard Version
2 Then the king of Assyria sent his field commander,[a] along with a very[b] large army, from Lachish to King Hezekiah at Jerusalem. When the field commander stopped at the aqueduct at the Upper Pool on the road to Laundryman’s Field, 3 Hilkiah’s son Eliakim, who was in charge of the palace, Shebna the secretary, and Asaph’s son Joah, the recorder, went out to him.
4 The field commander told them:
“Tell Hezekiah, king of Judah,[c] ‘This is what the mighty king, the king of Assyria, has to say: What is this “guarantee” that makes you yourself[d] rely on it?[e]
Footnotes
- Isaiah 36:2 Or sent Rab-shakeh
- Isaiah 36:2 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX lack very
- Isaiah 36:4 So 1QIsaa; 1QIsaa corrector deleted king of Judah; MT LXX lack king of Judah
- Isaiah 36:4 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX lack yourself
- Isaiah 36:4 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX lack on it
Yeshayah 36:2-4
Orthodox Jewish Bible
2 And Melech Ashur sent Rav Shakeh from Lachish to Yerushalayim unto Melech Chizkiyah with a large army. And he stood by the te’alat haberekhah haelyonah (aqueduct of the Upper Pool) on the highway of the sadeh of the launderer.
3 Then came forth unto him Elyakim Ben Chilkiah, who was over the Bais (palace), and Shevna the Sofer, and Yoach Ben Asaph, the Mazkir (secretary).
4 And Rav Shakeh said unto them, Say ye now to Chizkiyah, Thus saith the HaMelech Hagadol, Melech Ashur, What bitachon (confidence) is this wherein thou trustest?
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