Sennacherib Invades Judah

Isaiah 36

1 j In the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah, k Sennacherib king of Assyria came up against all the fortified cities of Judah and took them. 2 l And the king of Assyria sent the Rabshakeh 1 from m Lachish to King Hezekiah at Jerusalem, with a great army. And he stood n by the conduit of the upper pool on the highway to the Washer's Field. 3 And there came out to him o Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, who was over the household, and o Shebna the secretary, and Joah the son of Asaph, the recorder.

4 And the Rabshakeh said to them, "Say to Hezekiah, 'Thus says the p great king, the king of Assyria: On what do you rest this trust of yours? 5 Do you think that mere words are strategy and power for war? In whom do you now trust, that you have rebelled against me? 6 q Behold, you are trusting in Egypt, that broken reed of a staff, which will pierce the hand of any man who leans on it. Such is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who trust in him. 7 But if you say to me, "We trust in the Lord our God," is it not he r whose high places and altars Hezekiah has removed, saying to Judah and to Jerusalem, "You shall worship before this altar"? 8 Come now, make a wager with my master the king of Assyria: I will give you two thousand horses, if you are able on your part to set riders on them. 9 How then can you repulse s a single captain among the least of my master's servants, when t you trust in Egypt for chariots and for horsemen? 10 Moreover, is it without the Lord that I have come up against this land to destroy it? u The Lord said to me, Go up against this land and destroy it.'"

11 Then Eliakim, Shebna, and Joah said to the Rabshakeh, "Please speak to your servants v in Aramaic, for we understand it. Do not speak to us in the language of Judah within the hearing of the people who are on the wall." 12 But the Rabshakeh said, "Has my master sent me to speak these words to your master and to you, and not to the men sitting on the wall, who are doomed with you to eat their own dung and drink their own urine?"

13 Then the Rabshakeh stood and called out in a loud voice in the language of Judah: "Hear the words of the great king, the king of Assyria! 14 Thus says the king: w 'Do not let Hezekiah deceive you, for he will not be able to deliver you. 15 Do not let Hezekiah make you trust in the Lord by saying, "The Lord will surely deliver us. This city will not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria." 16 Do not listen to Hezekiah. For thus says the king of Assyria: Make your peace with me 2 and come out to me. Then each one of you will eat of his own vine, and each one of his own fig tree, and each one of you will drink the water of his own cistern, 17 until x I come and take you away to a land like your own land, a land of grain and wine, a land of bread and vineyards. 18 Beware lest Hezekiah mislead you by saying, "The Lord will deliver us." Has any of the gods of the nations delivered his land out of the hand of the king of Assyria? 19 y Where are the gods of z Hamath and z Arpad? Where are the gods of Sepharvaim? a Have they delivered Samaria out of my hand? 20 b Who among all the gods of these lands have delivered their lands out of my hand, that the Lord should deliver Jerusalem out of my hand?'"

21 But they were silent and answered him not a word, for the king's command was, "Do not answer him." 22 c Then Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, who was over the household, and Shebna the secretary, and Joah the son of Asaph, the recorder, came to Hezekiah with their clothes torn, and told him the words of the Rabshakeh.

  1. Cross References
    Isaiah 36:1 - 22
    In the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah, Sennacherib king of Assyria came up against all the fortified cities of Judah and took them.
    2 Kings 18:13
    In the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah, Sennacherib king of Assyria came up against all the fortified cities of Judah and took them.
    2 Kings 18:17 - 37
    And the king of Assyria sent the Tartan, the Rab-saris, and the Rabshakeh with a great army from Lachish to King Hezekiah at Jerusalem. And they went up and came to Jerusalem. When they arrived, they came and stood by the conduit of the upper pool, which is on the highway to the Washer's Field.
  2. Cross References
    2 Chronicles 32:1
    After these things and these acts of faithfulness, Sennacherib king of Assyria came and invaded Judah and encamped against the fortified cities, thinking to win them for himself.
  3. Cross References
    2 Chronicles 32:9
    After this, Sennacherib king of Assyria, who was besieging Lachish with all his forces, sent his servants to Jerusalem to Hezekiah king of Judah and to all the people of Judah who were in Jerusalem, saying.
  4. Cross References
    Joshua 15:20
    This is the inheritance of the tribe of the people of Judah according to their clans.
    Joshua 15:39
    Lachish, Bozkath, Eglon.
  5. Cross References
    Isaiah 7:3
    And the Lord said to Isaiah, "Go out to meet Ahaz, you and Shear-jashub your son, at the end of the conduit of the upper pool on the highway to the Washer's Field.
  6. Cross References
    Isaiah 22:15
    Thus says the Lord God of hosts, "Come, go to this steward, to Shebna, who is over the household, and say to him:
    Isaiah 22:20 - 21
    In that day I will call my servant Eliakim the son of Hilkiah.
  7. Cross References
    Isaiah 22:15
    Thus says the Lord God of hosts, "Come, go to this steward, to Shebna, who is over the household, and say to him:
    Isaiah 22:20 - 21
    In that day I will call my servant Eliakim the son of Hilkiah.
  8. Cross References
    Isaiah 10:8
    For he says: "Are not my commanders all kings?
  9. Cross References
    Ezekiel 29:6 - 7
    Then all the inhabitants of Egypt shall know that I am the Lord. "Because you have been a staff of reed to the house of Israel.
  10. Cross References
    2 Kings 18:4
    He removed the high places and broke the pillars and cut down the Asherah. And he broke in pieces the bronze serpent that Moses had made, for until those days the people of Israel had made offerings to it (it was called Nehushtan).
    Deuteronomy 12:2 - 5
    You shall surely destroy all the places where the nations whom you shall dispossess served their gods, on the high mountains and on the hills and under every green tree.
  11. Cross References
    Isaiah 10:8
    For he says: "Are not my commanders all kings?
  12. Cross References
    Isaiah 20:5
    Then they shall be dismayed and ashamed because of Cush their hope and of Egypt their boast.
    Isaiah 30:3
    Therefore shall the protection of Pharaoh turn to your shame, and the shelter in the shadow of Egypt to your humiliation.
    Isaiah 30:7
    Egypt's help is worthless and empty; therefore I have called her "Rahab who sits still.
    Isaiah 31:1
    Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help and rely on horses, who trust in chariots because they are many and in horsemen because they are very strong, but do not look to the Holy One of Israel or consult the Lord!
  13. Cross References
    Isaiah 10:5 - 6
    Ah, Assyria, the rod of my anger; the staff in their hands is my fury!
  14. Cross References
    Ezra 4:7
    In the days of Artaxerxes, Bishlam and Mithredath and Tabeel and the rest of their associates wrote to Artaxerxes king of Persia. The letter was written in Aramaic and translated.
    Daniel 2:4
    Then the Chaldeans said to the king in Aramaic, "O king, live forever! Tell your servants the dream, and we will show the interpretation.
  15. Cross References
    Isaiah 37:10
    Thus shall you speak to Hezekiah king of Judah: 'Do not let your God in whom you trust deceive you by promising that Jerusalem will not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.
    2 Chronicles 32:6 - 8
    And he set combat commanders over the people and gathered them together to him in the square at the gate of the city and spoke encouragingly to them, saying.
  16. Cross References
    2 Kings 18:11
    The king of Assyria carried the Israelites away to Assyria and put them in Halah, and on the Habor, the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.
  17. Cross References
    Isaiah 37:13
    Where is the king of Hamath, the king of Arpad, the king of the city of Sepharvaim, the king of Hena, or the king of Ivvah?'
  18. Cross References
    Jeremiah 49:23
    Concerning Damascus: "Hamath and Arpad are confounded, for they have heard bad news; they melt in fear, they are troubled like the sea that cannot be quiet.
  19. Cross References
    Jeremiah 49:23
    Concerning Damascus: "Hamath and Arpad are confounded, for they have heard bad news; they melt in fear, they are troubled like the sea that cannot be quiet.
  20. Cross References
    2 Kings 17:6
    In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria captured Samaria, and he carried the Israelites away to Assyria and placed them in Halah, and on the Habor, the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.
  21. Cross References
    2 Chronicles 32:19
    And they spoke of the God of Jerusalem as they spoke of the gods of the peoples of the earth, which are the work of men's hands.
  22. Cross References
    Isaiah 36:3
    And there came out to him Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, who was over the household, and Shebna the secretary, and Joah the son of Asaph, the recorder.
    Isaiah 33:7
    Behold, their heroes cry in the streets; the envoys of peace weep bitterly.
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