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2 Kings 18:17-20

18:17

And the king
<04428>

of Assyria
<0804>

sent
<07971> (8799)

Tartan
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and Rabsaris
<07249>

and Rabshakeh
<07262>

from Lachish
<03923>

to king
<04428>

Hezekiah
<02396>

with a great
<03515>

host
<02426>

against Jerusalem
<03389>_.

And they went up
<05927> (8799)

and came
<0935> (8799)

to Jerusalem
<03389>_.

And when they were come up
<05927> (8799)_,

they came
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and stood
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by the conduit
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of the upper
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pool
<01295>_,

which [is] in the highway
<04546>

of the fuller's
<03526> (8801)

field
<07704>_.

{great: Heb. heavy}

18:18

And when they had called
<07121> (8799)

to the king
<04428>_,

there came out
<03318> (8799)

to them Eliakim
<0471>

the son
<01121>

of Hilkiah
<02518>_,

which [was] over the household
<01004>_,

and Shebna
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the scribe
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and Joah
<03098>

the son
<01121>

of Asaph
<0623>

the recorder
<02142> (8688)_.

{scribe: or, secretary}

18:19

And Rabshakeh
<07262>

said
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unto them, Speak
<0559> (8798)

ye now to Hezekiah
<02396>_,

Thus saith
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the great
<01419>

king
<04428>_,

the king
<04428>

of Assyria
<0804>_,

What confidence
<0986>

[is] this wherein thou trustest
<0982> (8804)_?

18:20

Thou sayest
<0559> (8804)_,

(but [they are but] vain
<08193>

words
<01697>,)

[I have] counsel
<06098>

and strength
<01369>

for the war
<04421>_.

Now on whom dost thou trust
<0982> (8804)_,

that thou rebellest
<04775> (8804)

against me? {sayest: or, talkest} {vain...: Heb. word of the lips} {I have...: or, but counsel and strength are for the war}