Isaiah 36:4

And Rabshakeh said to them: “Tell Hezekiah: Thus says the great king, the king of the Assyrians: What is this faith in which you believe?

Catholic Public Domain Version

In The King James Version

And Rabshakeh said unto them, Say ye now to Hezekiah, Thus saith the great king, the king of Assyria, What confidence is this wherein thou trustest?

In Context

3And those who went to him were Eliakim, son of Hilkiah, who was over the house, and Shebna, the scribe, and Joah, son of Asaph, the historian.

5And by what counsel or strength would you prepare to rebel? In whom do you have faith, so much so that you would withdraw from me?

Read all of Isaiah 36

Cross References

2 Kings 18:19And Rabshakeh said to them: “Speak to Hezekiah: Thus says the great king, the king of the Assyrians: What is this faith, in which you strive?

2 Chronicles 32:7“Act manfully and be strengthened. Do not be afraid. Neither should you dread the king of the Assyrians and the entire multitude that is with him. For many more are with us than with him.

Psalms 42:3Send forth your light and your truth. They have guided me and led me, to your holy mountain and into your tabernacles.

Psalms 71:10The kings of Tarshish and the islands will offer gifts. The kings of Arabia and of Seba will bring gifts.

Isaiah 10:8For he will say:

Jeremiah 48:14How can you say: ‘We are strong and robust men of battle?’

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 36:2-11

Sennacherib's Insolent Message. ( b. c. 710.) 1 Now it came to pass in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah, that Sennacherib king of Assyria came up against all the defenced cities of Judah, and took them. 2 And the king of Assyria sent Rabshakeh from Lachish to Jerusalem unto king Hezekiah with a great army. And he stood by the conduit of the upper pool in the highway of the fuller's field. 3 Then came forth unto him Eliakim, Hilkiah's son, which was over the house, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah, Asaph's son,… Read the whole commentary →

This Verse In Other Editions

Study Isaiah 36:4