1
Now
it
came
to
pass
in
the
fourteenth
year
of
king
Hezekiah,
[that]
Sennacherib
king
of
Assyria
came
up
against
all
the
defenced
cities
of
Judah,
and
took
them.
2
And
the
king
of
Assyria
sent
Rabshakeh
from
Lachish
to
Jerusalem
unto
king
Hezekiah
with
a
great
army.
And
he
stood
by
the
conduit
of
the
upper
pool
in
the
highway
of
the
fuller’s
field.
3
Then
came
forth
unto
him
Eliakim,
Hilkiah’s
son,
which
was
over
the
house,
and
Shebna
the
scribe,
and
Joah,
Asaph’s
son,
the
recorder.
4
And
Rabshakeh
said
unto
them,
Say
ye
now
to
Hezekiah,
Thus
saith
the
great
king,
the
king
of
Assyria,
What
confidence
[is]
this
wherein
thou
trustest?
5
I
say,
[sayest
thou],
(but
[they
are
but]
vain
words)
[I
have]
counsel
and
strength
for
war:
now
on
whom
dost
thou
trust,
that
thou
rebellest
against
6
Lo,
thou
trustest
in
the
staff
of
this
broken
reed,
on
Egypt;
whereon
if
a
man
lean,
it
will
go
into
his
hand,
and
pierce
it:
so
[is]
Pharaoh
king
of
Egypt
to
all
that
trust
in
him.
7
But
if
thou
say
to
me,
We
trust
in
the
LORD
our
God:
[is
it]
not
he,
whose
high
places
and
whose
altars
Hezekiah
hath
taken
away,
and
said
to
Judah
and
to
Jerusalem,
Ye
shall
worship
before
this
altar?
8
Now
therefore
give
pledges,
I
pray
thee,
to
my
master
the
king
of
Assyria,
and
I
will
give
thee
two
thousand
horses,
if
thou
be
able
on
thy
part
to
set
riders
upon
them.
9
How
then
wilt
thou
turn
away
the
face
of
one
captain
of
the
least
of
my
master’s
servants,
and
put
thy
trust
on
Egypt
for
chariots
and
for
horsemen?
10
And
am
I
now
come
up
without
the
LORD
against
this
land
to
destroy
it?
the
LORD
said
unto
me,
Go
up
against
this
land,
and
destroy
11
Then
said
Eliakim
and
Shebna
and
Joah
unto
Rabshakeh,
Speak,
I
pray
thee,
unto
thy
servants
in
the
Syrian
language;
for
we
understand
[it]:
and
speak
not
to
us
in
the
Jews’
language,
in
the
ears
of
the
people
that
[are]
on
the
wall.
12
But
Rabshakeh
said,
Hath
my
master
sent
me
to
thy
master
and
to
thee
to
speak
these
words?
[hath
he]
not
[sent
me]
to
the
men
that
sit
upon
the
wall,
that
they
may
eat
their
own
dung,
and
drink
their
own
piss
with
you?
13
Then
Rabshakeh
stood,
and
cried
with
a
loud
voice
in
the
Jews’
language,
and
said,
Hear
ye
the
words
of
the
great
king,
the
king
of
Assyria.
14
Thus
saith
the
king,
Let
not
Hezekiah
deceive
you:
for
he
shall
not
be
able
to
deliver
you.
15
Neither
let
Hezekiah
make
you
trust
in
the
LORD,
saying,
The
LORD
will
surely
deliver
us:
this
city
shall
not
be
delivered
into
the
hand
of
the
king
of
Assyria.
16
Hearken
not
to
Hezekiah:
for
thus
saith
the
king
of
Assyria,
Make
[an
agreement]
with
me
[by]
a
present,
and
come
out
to
me:
and
eat
ye
every
one
of
his
vine,
and
every
one
of
his
fig
tree,
and
drink
ye
every
one
the
waters
of
his
own
cistern;
17
Until
I
come
and
take
you
away
to
a
land
like
your
own
land,
a
land
of
corn
and
wine,
a
land
of
bread
and
vineyards.
18
[Beware]
lest
Hezekiah
persuade
you,
saying,
The
LORD
will
deliver
us.
Hath
any
of
the
gods
of
the
nations
delivered
his
land
out
of
the
hand
of
the
king
of
Assyria?
19
Where
[are]
the
gods
of
Hamath
and
Arphad?
where
[are]
the
gods
of
Sepharvaim?
and
have
they
delivered
Samaria
out
of
my
hand?
20
Who
[are
they]
among
all
the
gods
of
these
lands,
that
have
delivered
their
land
out
of
my
hand,
that
the
LORD
should
deliver
Jerusalem
out
of
my
hand?
21
But
they
held
their
peace,
and
answered
him
not
a
word:
for
the
king’s
commandment
was,
saying,
Answer
him
not.
22
Then
came
Eliakim,
the
son
of
Hilkiah,
that
[was]
over
the
household,
and
Shebna
the
scribe,
and
Joah,
the
son
of
Asaph,
the
recorder,
to
Hezekiah
with
[their]
clothes
rent,
and
told
him
the
words
of
Rabshakeh.