12 And Rabshakeh said, Is it to thy lord, and to thee, that my lord hath sent me, to speak these words? Is it not to the men that sit on the wall, to eat their own dung, and drink their own water with you?

3. ‘recorder’: or, ‘remembrancer,’ and so ver. 22,5. Many propose to read ‘Thou ’ altering a small letter to agree with the parallel passage in 2 Kings.7. Or, ‘and for that thou sayest to me....’11 ‘understand’: lit. ‘hear‘: so in LXX.

13 And Rabshakeh Stood, and cried with a great voice in the Jewish tongue, and said, Hear ye the words of the great king, the ἦ king of AsSyria

14 Thus saith the king, Let not Hezekiah deceive you; for he shall not be able to deliver you. ὁ .

15 And let not Hezekiah make you trust in the LORD, saying, The LORD will safely deliver us; this city shall not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria. ’

16 Hearken not to Hezekiah; for thus saith the king of Assyria., Make agreement with me, and come ’out to me; and eat ye everyone of his vine, and everyone of his ﬁg tree, and drink ye everyone the waters of his cistern :

17 Until I come and take you away to a land like your own - land, a land of corn and new wine, a land, of bread and vine- yards:

18 Lest Hezekiah entice you, saying, The LORD will deliver us. Have the gods of the nations delivered everyone his land out of the hand of the king of Assyria?

19 Where are the gods-of Hamath and Arpad? where the ’ gods of Sepharvaim? and verily they have 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, arid answered him not a word; for the king’s commandment was thus, saying, Ye shall not answer ’ him. ’

22 And Eliakim came, the son of Hilkiah, that’was over the house, and Shebna the secretary, and J-oah, the son of Asaph, the recorder, unto Hezekiah, with clothes rent, and told him the ’ words of Rabshakeh.

15. ‘ safely deliver’ : verb repeated in Heb.16. ‘ agreement,’ lit. ‘ blessing’: freq. used in sense of a present.20. Or, ‘ how much less shall the LORD... i” (Ver. 19 ὸ is of course ironical, as translated).

XXXVII. 1 And it came to pass, when the king Hezekiah heard it, that he rent his clothes, and covered himself with sackcloth. and went into the house of the Lord

2 And he sent Eliakim, who was over the house, and Shebna the secretary, and the elders of the people, covered with sackcloth, unto Isaiah the prophet, the son. of Amoz.