¹³In the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah, Sennacherib king of Assyria attacked all the fortified cities of Judah and captured them. ^q¹⁴So Hezekiah king of Judah sent word to the king of Assyria at Lachish, ^rsaying, “I have done wrong; ^swithdraw from me. Whatever you demand from me, I will pay.” The king of Assyria demanded 11 tons ^tof silver and one ton ^uof gold from King Hezekiah of Judah. ¹⁵So Hezekiah gave him all the silver found in the Lord’s temple and in the treasuries of the king’s palace.

¹⁶At that time Hezekiah stripped the gold from the doors of the Lord’s sanctuary and from the doorposts he had overlaid and gave it to the king of Assyria. ^v

¹⁷Then the king of Assyria sent the Tartan, ^wthe Rab-saris, and the Rabshakeh, along with a massive army, from Lachish to King Hezekiah at Jerusalem. ^xThey advanced and came to Jerusalem, and ^ythey took their position by the aqueduct of the upper pool, which is by the highway to the Fuller’s Field. ^z¹⁸Then they called for the king, but Eliakim ^ason of Hilkiah, who was in charge of the palace, Shebnah ^bthe court secretary, and Joah son of Asaph, the court historian, came out to them. ^c

The Rabshakeh’s Speech

¹⁹Then ^dthe Rabshakeh said to them, “Tell Hezekiah this is what the great king, the king of Assyria, says: ‘What are you relying on? ^e^f

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Footnotes

t18:14 300 talents
u18:14 30 talents
y18:17 , Syr, ; reads and came and
e18:19 What is this trust which you trust

Cross references

q18:13 2Ch 32:1; Is 36:1
r18:14 2Kg 19:8
s18:14 Is 24:5; 33:8
v18:15–16 2Kg 12:18; 16:8; 2Ch 16:2
w18:17 Is 20:1
x18:17 2Ch 32:9
z18:17 2Kg 20:20; Is 7:3
a18:18 2Kg 19:2; Is 22:20
b18:18 Is 22:15
c18:17–18 Is 36:2–3
d18:19–37 Is 36:4–22
f18:19 2Kg 18:5; 2Ch 32:10