Isaiah 36:13

36:13 The chief adviser then stood there and called out loudly in the Judahite dialect, ¹  “Listen to the message of the great king, the king of Assyria.

Isaiah 46:7

46:7 They put it on their shoulder and carry it;

they put it in its place and it just stands there;

it does not ²  move from its place.

Even when someone cries out to it, it does not reply;

it does not deliver him from his distress.

Isaiah 36:2

36:2 The king of Assyria sent his chief adviser ³  from Lachish to King Hezekiah in Jerusalem, ⁴  along with a large army. The chief adviser ⁵  stood at the conduit of the upper pool which is located on the road to the field where they wash and dry cloth. ⁶ 

[36:13]  ¹ tn The Hebrew text includes “and he said.”

[46:7]  ² tn Or perhaps, “cannot,” here and in the following two lines. The imperfect forms can indicate capability.

[36:2]  ³ sn For a discussion of this title see M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 229-30.

[36:2]  ⁴ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[36:2]  ⁵ tn Heb “he”; the referent (the chief adviser) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[36:2]  ⁶ tn Heb “the field of the washer”; traditionally “the fuller’s field” (so KJV, ASV, NAB, NASB, NRSV).