2 Kings 18:28 “Then the Rabshakeh stood and called out loudly in Hebrew: “Hear the wo…”

2 Kings 18:28

Then the Rabshakeh stood and called out loudly in Hebrew: “Hear the word of the great king, the king of Assyria!

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Then Rab-shakeh stood and cried with a loud voice in the Jews’ language, and spake, saying, Hear the word of the great king, the king of Assyria:

World English Bible

Then Rabshakeh stood and cried with a loud voice in the Jews’ language, and spoke, saying, “Hear the word of the great king, the king of Assyria.

American Standard Version

Then Rabshakeh stood, and cried with a loud voice in the Jews’ language, and spake, saying, Hear ye the word of the great king, the king of Assyria.

Geneva Bible 1599

So Rabshakeh stoode and cryed with a loude voyce in the Iewes language, and spake, saying, Heare the wordes of the great King, of the king of Asshur.

Darby Translation

And Rab-shakeh stood and cried with a loud voice in the Jewish [language], and spoke and said, Hear the word of the great king, the king of Assyria!

Young's Literal Translation

And the chief of the butlers standeth and calleth with a great voice [in] Jewish, and speaketh and saith, 'Hear ye a word of the great king, the king of Asshur:

Bible in Basic English

Then the Rab-shakeh got up and said with a loud voice in the Jews' language, Give ear to the words of the great king, the king of Assyria;

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Cross references

“Rab-shakeh”

Isaiah 36:13–18 2 Chronicles 32:18

Isaiah 36:13–18 · BSB

Then the Rabshakeh stood and called out loudly in Hebrew: “Hear the words of the great king, the king of Assyria!

2 Chronicles 32:18 · BSB

Then the Assyrians called out loudly in Hebrew to the people of Jerusalem who were on the wall, to frighten and terrify them in order to capture the city.

“the king of Assyria”

2 Kings 18:19 Ezra 7:12 Psalm 47:2 Isaiah 10:8–13 Ezekiel 29:3 Ezekiel 31:3–10

2 Kings 18:19 · BSB

The Rabshakeh said to them, “Tell Hezekiah that this is what the great king, the king of Assyria, says: What is the basis of this confidence of yours?

Ezra 7:12 · BSB

Artaxerxes, king of kings. To Ezra the priest, the scribe of the Law of the God of heaven: Greetings.

Psalm 47:2 · BSB

How awesome is the LORD Most High, the great King over all the earth!

Isaiah 10:8–13 · BSB

“Are not all my commanders kings?” he says.

Ezekiel 29:3 · BSB

Speak to him and tell him that this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, I am against you, O Pharaoh king of Egypt, O great monster who lies among his rivers, who says, ‘The Nile is mine; I made it myself.’

Ezekiel 31:3–10 · BSB

Look at Assyria, a cedar in Lebanon, with beautiful branches that shaded the forest. It towered on high; its top was among the clouds.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

27But the Rabshakeh replied, “Has my master sent me to speak these words only to you and your master, and not to the men sitting on the wall, who are destined with you to eat their own dung and drink their own urine?”

29This is what the king says: Do not let Hezekiah deceive you; he cannot deliver you from my hand.

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