2 Kings 18 :: New American Standard Bible 2020 (NASB20)

Now in the fourth ^H7243 year ^H8141 of King ^H4428 Hezekiah ^H2396, which ^H1931 was the seventh ^H7637 year ^H8141 of Hoshea ^H1954 son ^H1121 of Elah ^H425 king ^H4428 of Israel ^H3478, Shalmaneser ^H8022 king ^H4428 of Assyria ^H804 marched ^H5927 against ^H5921 Samaria ^H8111 and besieged ^H6696 H5921 it.

Now in the fourteenth ^H702 H6240 year ^H8141 of King ^H4428 Hezekiah ^H2396, Sennacherib ^H5576 king ^H4428 of Assyria ^H804 marched ^H5927 against ^H5921 all ^H3605 the fortified ^H1219 cities ^H5892 of Judah ^H3063 and seized ^H8610 them.

Then the king ^H4428 of Assyria ^H804 sent ^H7971 Tartan ^H8661, Rab-saris ^H7249, and Rabshakeh ^H7262 from Lachish ^H3923 to King ^H4428 Hezekiah ^H2396 with a large ^H3515 army ^H2428 to Jerusalem ^H3389. So they went ^H5927 up ^H5927 and came ^H935 to Jerusalem ^H3389. And when they went ^H5927 up ^H5927, they came ^H935 and stood ^H5975 by the conduit ^H8585 of the upper ^H5945 pool ^H1295, which ^H834 is on the road ^H4546 of the [fn]fuller’s ^H3526 field ^H7704.

And Rabshakeh ^H7262 said ^H559 to them, “Say ^H559 now ^H4994 to Hezekiah ^H2396, ‘This ^H3541 is ^H3541 what ^H3541 the great ^H1419 king ^H4428, the king ^H4428 of Assyria ^H804 says ^H559: “What ^H4100 is this ^H2088 confidence ^H986 that you [fn]have ^H982?

Then Eliakim ^H471 the son ^H1121 of Hilkiah ^H2518, Shebnah ^H7644, and Joah ^H3098, said ^H559 to Rabshakeh ^H7262, “Speak ^H1696 now ^H4994 to your servants ^H5650 in Aramaic ^H762, because ^H3588 we [fn]understand ^H8085 it; and do not speak ^H1696 with us in [fn]Judean ^H3066 [fn]so that the people ^H5971 who ^H834 are on the wall ^H2346 hear ^H241 you.”

Then Rabshakeh ^H7262 stood ^H5975 up and shouted ^H7121 with a loud ^H1419 voice ^H6963 in Judean ^H3066, [fn]saying ^H1696 H559, “Hear ^H8085 the word ^H1697 of the great ^H1419 king ^H4428, the king ^H4428 of Assyria ^H804!

But the people ^H5971 were ^H2790 silent ^H2790 and did not answer ^H6030 him with even a word ^H1697, because ^H3588 it was the king’s ^H4428 [fn]command ^H4687: “Do not answer ^H6030 him.”