Isaiah 36:4

And Rabshakeh said to them, Say to Hezekiah, Thus says the great king, the king of the Assyrians, Why art thou secure?

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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 there went forth to him Eliakim the steward, the son of Hilkiah, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph, the recorder.

5Is war carried on with counsel and mere words of the lips? and now on whom dost thou trust, that thou rebellest against me?

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Cross References

2 Kings 18:19And Rabshakeh said to them, Say now to Hezekiah, Thus says the king, the great king of the Assyrians, What is this confidence wherein thou trustest?

2 Chronicles 32:7Be strong and courageous, and fear not, neither be dismayed before the king of Assyria, and before all the nation that is with him: for there are more with us than with him.

Psalms 42:3Send forth thy light and thy truth: 1 They have led me, and brought me to thy holy mountain, 1 And to thy tabernacles. 1

Psalms 71:10The kings of Tarshish, and the isles, shall bring presents: 1 The kings of the Arabians and Seba shall offer gifts. 1

Isaiah 10:8And if they should say to him, Thou alone art ruler;

Jeremiah 48:14that they returned to Johanan.

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 →

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