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He wants all the people to hear it, for when we put this city under siege, they will suffer along with you. They will be so hungry and thirsty that they will eat their own dung and drink their own urine.” <a href="/esv/2_kings/18.htm">English Standard Version</a> But the Rabshakeh said to them, “Has my master sent me to speak these words to your master and to you, and not to the men sitting on the wall, who are doomed with you to eat their own dung and to drink their own urine?” <a href="/bsb/2_kings/18.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> But the Rabshakeh replied, “Has my master sent me to speak these words only to you and your master, and not to the men sitting on the wall, who are destined with you to eat their own dung and drink their own urine?” <a href="/kjv/2_kings/18.htm">King James Bible</a> But Rabshakeh said unto them, Hath my master sent me to thy master, and to thee, to speak these words? hath he not sent me to the men which sit on the wall, that they may eat their own dung, and drink their own piss with you? <a href="/nkjv/2_kings/18.htm">New King James Version</a> But the Rabshakeh said to them, “Has my master sent me to your master and to you to speak these words, and not to the men who sit on the wall, who will eat and drink their own waste with you?” <a href="/nasb_/2_kings/18.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> But Rabshakeh said to them, “Has my master sent me only to your master and to you to speak these words? Has he not also sent me to the men who sit on the wall, doomed to eat their own dung and drink their own urine with you?” <a href="/nasb/2_kings/18.htm">NASB 1995</a> But Rabshakeh said to them, &#8220Has my master sent me only to your master and to you to speak these words, and not to the men who sit on the wall, doomed to eat their own dung and drink their own urine with you?&#8221 <a href="/nasb77/2_kings/18.htm">NASB 1977 </a> But Rabshakeh said to them, “Has my master sent me only to your master and to you to speak these words, and not to the men who sit on the wall, doomed to eat their own dung and drink their own urine with you?” <a href="/lsb/2_kings/18.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> But Rabshakeh said to them, “Has my master sent me only to your master and to you to speak these words, and not to the men who sit on the wall, doomed to eat their own dung and drink their own urine with you?” <a href="/amp/2_kings/18.htm">Amplified Bible</a> But the Rabshakeh said to them, “Has my master sent me only to your master and to you to say these things? Has he not sent me to the men who sit on the wall, [who are doomed by the siege] to eat their own excrement and drink their own urine along with you?” <a href="/csb/2_kings/18.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> But the royal spokesman said to them, “Has my master sent me to speak these words only to your master and to you? Hasn’t he also sent me to the men who sit on the wall, destined with you to eat their own excrement and drink their own urine? ” <a href="/hcsb/2_kings/18.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> But the Rabshakeh said to them, &#8220Has my master sent me only to your master and to you to speak these words? Hasn&#8217t he also sent me to the men who sit on the wall, destined with you to eat their own excrement and drink their own urine?&#8221 <a href="/asv/2_kings/18.htm">American Standard Version</a> But Rabshakeh said unto them, Hath my master sent me to thy master, and to thee, to speak these words? hath he not sent me to the men that sit on the wall, to eat their own dung, and to drink their own water with you? <a href="/cev/2_kings/18.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> The Assyrian army commander answered, "My king sent me to speak to everyone, not just to you leaders. These people will soon have to eat their own body waste and drink their own urine! And so will the three of you." <a href="/erv/2_kings/18.htm">English Revised Version</a> But Rabshakeh said unto them, Hath my master sent me to thy master, and to thee, to speak these words? hath he not sent me to the men which sit on the wall, to eat their own dung, and to drink their own water with you? <a href="/gwt/2_kings/18.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> But the field commander asked them, "Did my master send me to tell these things only to you and your master? Didn't he send me to the men sitting on the wall who will have to eat their own excrement and drink their own urine with you?" <a href="/gnt/2_kings/18.htm">Good News Translation</a> He replied, "Do you think you and the king are the only ones the emperor sent me to say all these things to? No, I am also talking to the people who are sitting on the wall, who will have to eat their excrement and drink their urine, just as you will." <a href="/isv/2_kings/18.htm">International Standard Version</a> But Rab-shakeh spoke to them, "Has my master sent me to talk about this just to your master and to you, and not also to the men who are sitting on the wall, who will soon be eating their own feces and drinking their own urine —along with you?" <a href="/msb/2_kings/18.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> But the Rabshakeh replied, ?Has my master sent me to speak these words only to you and your master, and not to the men sitting on the wall, who are destined with you to eat their own dung and drink their own urine?? <a href="/net/2_kings/18.htm">NET Bible</a> But the chief adviser said to them, "My master did not send me to speak these words only to your master and to you. His message is also for the men who sit on the wall, for they will eat their own excrement and drink their own urine along with you." <a href="/nheb/2_kings/18.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> But Rabshakeh said to them, "Has my master sent me to your master, and to you, to speak these words? Hasn't he sent me to the men who sit on the wall, to eat their own dung, and to drink their own water with you?" <a href="/wbt/2_kings/18.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> But Rab-shakeh said to them, Hath my master sent me to thy master, and to thee, to speak these words? hath he not sent me to the men who sit on the wall, that they may feed on their vilest excretions with you? <a href="/web/2_kings/18.htm">World English Bible</a> But Rabshakeh said to them, “Has my master sent me to your master and to you, to speak these words? Hasn’t he sent me to the men who sit on the wall, to eat their own dung, and to drink their own urine with you?” <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/2_kings/18.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> And the chief of the butlers says to them, “For your lord, and to you, has my lord sent me to speak these words? Is it not for the men—those sitting on the wall—to eat their own dung and to drink their own water, with you?” <a href="/ylt/2_kings/18.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> And the chief of the butlers saith unto them, 'For thy lord, and unto thee, hath my lord sent me to speak these words? is it not for the men, those sitting on the wall to eat their own dung and to drink their own water, with you?' <a href="/slt/2_kings/18.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And Rabshakeh will say to them, To thy lord and to thee did my lord send me to speak these words? is it not to the men sitting upon the wall to eat their dung and to drink their piss with you?<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/2_kings/18.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> And Rabsaces answered them, saying: Hath my master sent me to thy master and to thee, to speak these words, and not rather to the men that sit upon the wall, that they may eat their own dung, and drink their urine with you? <a href="/cpdv/2_kings/18.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> And Rabshakeh responded to them, saying: “Has my lord sent me to your lord and to you, so that I may speak these words, and not instead to the men who are sitting upon the wall, so that they may eat their own dung, and drink their own urine with you?” <a href="/nabre/2_kings/18.htm">New American Bible</a> But the commander replied: “Was it to your lord and to you that my lord sent me to speak these words? Was it not rather to those sitting on the wall, who, with you, will have to eat their own excrement and drink their urine?” <a href="/nrsvce/2_kings/18.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> But the Rabshakeh said to them, “Has my master sent me to speak these words to your master and to you, and not to the people sitting on the wall, who are doomed with you to eat their own dung and to drink their own urine?”<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/2_kings/18.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> But the Rab-shakeh said to them, It was not to you and to your master that my master has sent me to speak these words, but to the men who are sitting on the wall, that they may not eat their own dung and drink their own urine with you. <a href="/hpbt/2_kings/18.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> And Rab Shakeh said to them.”It was not to you and to your Lord that my Lord has sent me to say these words, but to the men sitting on the wall, that they would not eat their own dung and would not drink their urine with you.”<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/2_kings/18.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> But Rab-shakeh said unto them: 'Hath my master sent me to thy master, and to thee, to speak these words? hath he not sent me to the men that sit on the wall, to eat their own dung, and to drink their own water with you?' <a href="/sep/2_kings/18.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> And Rapsakes said to them, Has my master sent me to thy master, and to thee, to speak these words? has he not sent me to the men who sit on the wall, that they may eat their own dung, and drink their own water together with you. <a href="/parallel/2_kings/18-27.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/FiLs3w_mMFQ?start=6476" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/2_kings/18.htm">Sennacherib Threatens Jerusalem</a> …26Then Eliakim son of Hilkiah, along with Shebnah and Joah, said to the Rabshakeh, “Please speak to your servants in Aramaic, since we understand it. Do not speak with us in Hebrew in the hearing of the people on the wall.” 27<a href="/hebrew/7262.htm" title="7262: raḇ- (N-ms) -- Perhaps chief of the officers, an Assyr. military leader. From rab and shaqah; chief butler; Rabshakeh, a Bab. Official."></a> <a href="/hebrew/7262.htm" title="7262: šā·qêh (N-ms) -- Perhaps chief of the officers, an Assyr. military leader. From rab and shaqah; chief butler; Rabshakeh, a Bab. Official.">But the Rabshakeh</a> <a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: way·yō·mer (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say.">replied,</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’ă·lê·hem (Prep:: 3mp) -- To, into, towards. "></a> <a href="/hebrew/113.htm" title="113: ’ă·ḏō·ne·ḵā (N-mpc:: 2ms) -- Lord. Or adon; from an unused root; sovereign, i.e. Controller.">“Has my master</a> <a href="/hebrew/7971.htm" title="7971: šə·lā·ḥa·nî (V-Qal-Perf-3ms:: 1cs) -- To send. A primitive root; to send away, for, or out.">sent me</a> <a href="/hebrew/1696.htm" title="1696: lə·ḏab·bêr (Prep-l:: V-Piel-Inf) -- To speak. A primitive root; perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively, to speak; rarely to subdue.">to speak</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/428.htm" title="428: hā·’êl·leh (Art:: Pro-cp) -- These. Prolonged from 'el; these or those.">these</a> <a href="/hebrew/1697.htm" title="1697: had·də·ḇā·rîm (Art:: N-mp) -- Speech, word. From dabar; a word; by implication, a matter or thing; adverbially, a cause.">words</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ha·‘al (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">only to</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: wə·’ê·le·ḵā (Conj-w:: Prep:: 2ms) -- To, into, towards. ">you and</a> <a href="/hebrew/113.htm" title="113: ’ă·ḏō·nî (N-msc:: 1cs) -- Lord. Or adon; from an unused root; sovereign, i.e. Controller.">your master,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: hă·lō (Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">and not</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al- (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">to</a> <a href="/hebrew/582.htm" title="582: hā·’ă·nā·šîm (Art:: N-mp) -- Man, mankind. From 'anash; properly, a mortal; hence, a man in general.">the men</a> <a href="/hebrew/3427.htm" title="3427: hay·yō·šə·ḇîm (Art:: V-Qal-Prtcpl-mp) -- A primitive root; properly, to sit down; by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry.">sitting</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al- (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">on</a> <a href="/hebrew/2346.htm" title="2346: ha·ḥō·māh (Art:: N-fs) -- A wall. Feminine active participle of an unused root apparently meaning to join; a wall of protection.">the wall,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5973.htm" title="5973: ‘im·mā·ḵem (Prep:: 2mp) -- From amam; adverb or preposition, with, in varied applications; specifically, equally with; often with prepositional prefix.">who are destined with you</a> <a href="/hebrew/398.htm" title="398: le·’ĕ·ḵōl (Prep-l:: V-Qal-Inf) -- To eat. A primitive root; to eat.">to eat</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ʾɛṯ (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/2716.htm" title="2716: ḥă·rē·hɛm (N-fsc:: 3mp) -- Dung. From an unused root probably meaning to evacuate the bowels: excrement; -dung. Also chariy.">their own dung</a> <a href="/hebrew/8354.htm" title="8354: wə·liš·tō·wṯ (Conj-w, Prep-l:: V-Qal-Inf) -- To drink. A primitive root; to imbibe.">and drink</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/7890.htm" title="7890: šē·nē·hɛm (N-fdc:: 3mp) -- Urine. From an unused root meaning to urinate; urine.">their own urine?”</a> 28Then the Rabshakeh stood and called out loudly in Hebrew: “Hear the word of the great king, the king of Assyria!…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/isaiah/36-12.htm">Isaiah 36:12</a> But the Rabshakeh replied, “Has my master sent me to speak these words only to you and your master, and not to the men sitting on the wall, who are destined with you to eat their own dung and drink their own urine?” <a href="/2_chronicles/32-18.htm">2 Chronicles 32:18</a> Then the Assyrians called out loudly in Hebrew to the people of Jerusalem who were on the wall, to frighten and terrify them in order to capture the city. <a href="/deuteronomy/28-53.htm">Deuteronomy 28:53-57</a> Then you will eat the fruit of your womb, the flesh of the sons and daughters whom the LORD your God has given you, in the siege and distress that your enemy will inflict on you. / The most gentle and refined man among you will begrudge his brother, the wife he embraces, and the rest of his children who have survived, / refusing to share with any of them the flesh of his children he will eat because he has nothing left in the siege and distress that your enemy will inflict on you within all your gates. ... <a href="/lamentations/4-4.htm">Lamentations 4:4-10</a> The nursing infant’s tongue clings in thirst to the roof of his mouth. Little children beg for bread, but no one gives them any. / Those who once ate delicacies are destitute in the streets; those brought up in crimson huddle in ash heaps. / The punishment of the daughter of my people is greater than that of Sodom, which was overthrown in an instant without a hand turned to help her. ... <a href="/jeremiah/19-9.htm">Jeremiah 19:9</a> I will make them eat the flesh of their sons and daughters, and they will eat one another’s flesh in the siege and distress inflicted on them by their enemies who seek their lives.’ <a href="/ezekiel/4-12.htm">Ezekiel 4:12-15</a> And you shall eat the food as you would a barley cake, after you bake it over dried human excrement in the sight of the people.” / Then the LORD said, “This is how the Israelites will eat their defiled bread among the nations to which I will banish them.” / “Ah, Lord GOD,” I said, “I have never defiled myself. From my youth until now I have not eaten anything found dead or mauled by wild beasts. No unclean meat has ever entered my mouth.” ... <a href="/leviticus/26-29.htm">Leviticus 26:29</a> You will eat the flesh of your own sons and daughters. <a href="/micah/3-3.htm">Micah 3:3</a> You eat the flesh of my people after stripping off their skin and breaking their bones. You chop them up like flesh for the cooking pot, like meat in a cauldron.” <a href="/matthew/24-19.htm">Matthew 24:19</a> How miserable those days will be for pregnant and nursing mothers! <a href="/luke/21-23.htm">Luke 21:23</a> How miserable those days will be for pregnant and nursing mothers! For there will be great distress upon the land and wrath against this people. <a href="/mark/13-17.htm">Mark 13:17</a> How miserable those days will be for pregnant and nursing mothers! <a href="/revelation/6-8.htm">Revelation 6:8</a> Then I looked and saw a pale green horse. Its rider’s name was Death, and Hades followed close behind. And they were given authority over a fourth of the earth, to kill by sword, by famine, by plague, and by the beasts of the earth. <a href="/revelation/18-8.htm">Revelation 18:8</a> Therefore her plagues will come in one day—death and grief and famine—and she will be consumed by fire, for mighty is the Lord God who judges her.” <a href="/matthew/4-4.htm">Matthew 4:4</a> But Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.’” <a href="/luke/4-4.htm">Luke 4:4</a> But Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone.’”</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>But Rabshakeh said to them, Has my master sent me to your master, and to you, to speak these words? has he not sent me to the men which sit on the wall, that they may eat their own dung, and drink their own urine with you?eat.<a href="/2_kings/6-25.htm">2 Kings 6:25</a> And there was a great famine in Samaria: and, behold, they besieged it, until an ass's head was sold for fourscore pieces of silver, and the fourth part of a cab of dove's dung for five pieces of silver.<a href="/deuteronomy/28-53.htm">Deuteronomy 28:53-57</a> And thou shalt eat the fruit of thine own body, the flesh of thy sons and of thy daughters, which the LORD thy God hath given thee, in the siege, and in the straitness, wherewith thine enemies shall distress thee: … <a href="/psalms/73-8.htm">Psalm 73:8</a> They are corrupt, and speak wickedly concerning oppression: they speak loftily.their own piss.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/2_kings/18-19.htm">Commander</a> <a href="/judges/13-22.htm">Doomed</a> <a href="/2_kings/16-15.htm">Drink</a> <a href="/2_kings/9-37.htm">Dung</a> <a href="/2_kings/9-36.htm">Eat</a> <a href="/isaiah/36-12.htm">Excretions</a> <a href="/1_kings/22-27.htm">Feed</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/23-13.htm">Filth</a> <a href="/2_kings/9-34.htm">Food</a> <a href="/1_kings/1-26.htm">Hasn't</a> <a href="/2_kings/18-23.htm">Master</a> <a href="/isaiah/36-12.htm">Piss</a> <a href="/2_kings/18-26.htm">Rabshakeh</a> <a href="/2_kings/18-26.htm">Rab'shakeh</a> <a href="/2_kings/18-26.htm">Rab-Shakeh</a> <a href="/2_kings/9-5.htm">Seated</a> <a href="/2_kings/10-32.htm">Short</a> <a href="/2_kings/15-12.htm">Sit</a> <a href="/2_kings/9-5.htm">Sitting</a> <a href="/2_kings/18-26.htm">Speak</a> <a href="/isaiah/36-12.htm">Urine</a> <a href="/1_kings/21-26.htm">Vilest</a> <a href="/2_kings/18-26.htm">Wall</a> <a href="/2_kings/8-15.htm">Water</a> <a href="/2_kings/18-20.htm">Words</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/2_kings/18-28.htm">Commander</a> <a href="/psalms/79-11.htm">Doomed</a> <a href="/2_kings/18-31.htm">Drink</a> <a href="/nehemiah/2-13.htm">Dung</a> <a href="/2_kings/18-31.htm">Eat</a> <a href="/isaiah/36-12.htm">Excretions</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/11-2.htm">Feed</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/29-5.htm">Filth</a> <a href="/2_kings/19-29.htm">Food</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/22-18.htm">Hasn't</a> <a href="/2_kings/19-4.htm">Master</a> <a href="/isaiah/36-12.htm">Piss</a> <a href="/2_kings/18-28.htm">Rabshakeh</a> <a href="/2_kings/18-28.htm">Rab'shakeh</a> <a href="/2_kings/18-28.htm">Rab-Shakeh</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/9-4.htm">Seated</a> <a href="/2_kings/19-26.htm">Short</a> <a href="/2_kings/19-15.htm">Sit</a> <a href="/2_kings/19-27.htm">Sitting</a> <a href="/2_kings/19-10.htm">Speak</a> <a href="/isaiah/36-12.htm">Urine</a> <a href="/psalms/12-8.htm">Vilest</a> <a href="/2_kings/20-2.htm">Wall</a> <a href="/2_kings/19-24.htm">Water</a> <a href="/2_kings/18-28.htm">Words</a><div class="vheading2">2 Kings 18</div>1. <a href="/2_kings/18-1.htm">Hezekiah's good reign</a> 4. <a href="/2_kings/18-4.htm">He destroys idolatry, and prospers</a> 9. <a href="/2_kings/18-9.htm">The inhabitants of Samaria are carried captive for their sins</a> 13. <a href="/2_kings/18-13.htm">Sennacherib invading Judah, is pacified by a tribute</a> 17. <a href="/2_kings/18-17.htm">Rabshakeh, by blasphemous persuasions, solicits the people to revolt</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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His role was to deliver messages and negotiate on behalf of the king. This encounter occurs during the Assyrian siege of Jerusalem under King Hezekiah of Judah. The Rabshakeh's reply is part of a psychological warfare tactic, aiming to demoralize the people of Jerusalem.Has my master sent me to speak these words only to you and your master The "master" refers to King Sennacherib, and "you and your master" refers to the officials of King Hezekiah. The Rabshakeh's question implies that his message is not just for the leaders but for all the people, emphasizing the public nature of his threat. This tactic is meant to undermine the confidence of the leaders and create fear among the populace.and not to the men sitting on the wall The men on the wall are the soldiers and citizens of Jerusalem who are directly involved in the city's defense. The wall represents the last line of defense against the Assyrian army. By addressing them, the Rabshakeh seeks to sow doubt and fear among those who are actively defending the city, potentially weakening their resolve.who are destined with you to eat their own dung and drink their own urine This graphic imagery is a reference to the dire conditions of a siege, where food and water become scarce. The Rabshakeh is predicting that the siege will lead to such desperation that the people will resort to consuming waste to survive. This statement is designed to instill hopelessness and encourage surrender. The use of such vivid language highlights the severity of the situation and the Assyrian confidence in their ability to conquer Jerusalem. In the broader biblical context, this passage illustrates the theme of trust in God versus reliance on human power. Despite the Rabshakeh's threats, King Hezekiah's response is to seek the Lord's guidance, demonstrating faith in divine deliverance. This event foreshadows the miraculous deliverance of Jerusalem, as recorded later in the chapter, where God intervenes to protect the city.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/r/rabshakeh.htm">Rabshakeh</a> The Assyrian field commander who delivered a message from King Sennacherib of Assyria to King Hezekiah of Judah, attempting to demoralize the people of Jerusalem. 2. <a href="/topical/h/hezekiah.htm">Hezekiah</a> The King of Judah, known for his faithfulness to God and his efforts to reform the religious practices of his people. 3. <a href="/topical/j/jerusalem.htm">Jerusalem</a> The capital city of Judah, under siege by the Assyrian army during this event. 4. <a href="/topical/a/assyrian_siege.htm">Assyrian Siege</a> The military campaign led by King Sennacherib of Assyria against Judah, aiming to conquer Jerusalem. 5. <a href="/topical/t/the_men_on_the_wall.htm">The Men on the Wall</a> The defenders and inhabitants of Jerusalem who were directly addressed by Rabshakeh's taunting message.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/t/the_power_of_words.htm">The Power of Words</a> Rabshakeh's speech was designed to instill fear and doubt. As believers, we must be discerning about the messages we hear and focus on God's truth. <a href="/topical/f/faith_under_pressure.htm">Faith Under Pressure</a> Hezekiah's situation teaches us the importance of maintaining faith and seeking God's guidance in times of crisis. <a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty.htm">God's Sovereignty</a> Despite the Assyrian threat, God was in control. This reminds us to trust in His sovereignty over our circumstances. <a href="/topical/c/community_and_leadership.htm">Community and Leadership</a> The interaction between Rabshakeh and the men on the wall highlights the importance of strong, faith-filled leadership in guiding and encouraging a community. <a href="/topical/s/spiritual_warfare.htm">Spiritual Warfare</a> The psychological tactics used by Rabshakeh reflect the spiritual battles we face. We must equip ourselves with God's Word to stand firm.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_2_kings_18.htm">Top 10 Lessons from 2 Kings 18</a> <a href="/q/why_did_rabshakeh_speak_hebrew.htm">2 Kings 18:17 – Why would Rabshakeh speak in Hebrew if he didn’t want Judah’s people to hear his threats? </a> <a href="/q/is_artaxerxes'_permission_to_nehemiah_true.htm">How historically credible is it that King Artaxerxes gave Nehemiah permission to rebuild Jerusalem's walls (Nehemiah 2:1-8)?</a> <a href="/q/is_2_kings_18_25_consistent_with_other_divine_judgments.htm">2 Kings 18:25 - Is the claim that the Assyrian king was acting by God's command consistent with other biblical accounts of divine judgment?</a> <a href="/q/why_did_israel_retreat_after_the_sacrifice.htm">Why would a single human sacrifice on a city wall abruptly force Israel's retreat (2 Kings 3:26-27)?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/2_kings/18.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(27) Hath my master . . .--Rather, Is it to thy lord and to thee that my lord hath sent me to speak these words?The men which sit on the wall--i.e., the soldiers on guard.That they may eat . . .--These coarse words are meant to express the consequence of their resistance: it will bring them to such dire straits that they will be fain to appease the cravings of hunger and thirst with the vilest garbage. (Comp. <a href="/2_kings/6-25.htm" title="And there was a great famine in Samaria: and, behold, they besieged it, until an ass's head was sold for fourscore pieces of silver, and the fourth part of a cab of dove's dung for five pieces of silver.">2Kings 6:25</a> seq.)<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/2_kings/18.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 27. - But Rabshakeh said unto them, Hath my master sent me to thy master, and to thee, to speak these words? hath he not sent me to the men which sit on the wall? An intolerable speech on the part of an envoy, and one which might have justified an order to send an arrow through his head. Ambassadors are accredited by governments to governments, and the safe conduct granted to them is on the understanding that they will conduct themselves according to established usage. In no state of society can it have been allowable for envoys to intervene between the governors and the governed, and endeavor to stir up discontent among the latter. Yet this is what Rabshakeh did, and boasted of doing. Well might Isaiah say of such an arrogant and lawless aggressor, "He hath broken the covenant, he hath despised the cities, he regardeth no man" (see <a href="/isaiah/33-8.htm">Isaiah 33:8</a>). That they may eat their own dung, and drink their own piss with you? Rabshakeh means to say that the effect of the men "sitting on the wall," and continuing the defense of the town, will be to bring them to the last extremity of hunger and thirst, when they will be forced even to consume their own excrement (comp. <a href="/2_kings/6-25.htm">2 Kings 6:25-29</a>). <a href="/commentaries/2_kings/18-27.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>But the Rab-shakeh שָׁקֵ֗ה (šā·qêh) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7262.htm">Strong's 7262: </a> Rabshakeh -- perhaps 'chief of the officers', an Assyrian military leader replied, וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (way·yō·mer) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_559.htm">Strong's 559: </a> To utter, say “Has my master אֲדֹנֶ֤יךָ (’ă·ḏō·ne·ḵā) Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_113.htm">Strong's 113: </a> Sovereign, controller sent me שְׁלָחַ֣נִי (šə·lā·ḥa·nî) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular | first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7971.htm">Strong's 7971: </a> To send away, for, out to speak לְדַבֵּ֖ר (lə·ḏab·bêr) Preposition-l | Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1696.htm">Strong's 1696: </a> To arrange, to speak, to subdue these הָאֵ֑לֶּה (hā·’êl·leh) Article | Pronoun - common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_428.htm">Strong's 428: </a> These, those words הַדְּבָרִ֣ים (had·də·ḇā·rîm) Article | Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1697.htm">Strong's 1697: </a> A word, a matter, thing, a cause only to הַעַ֨ל (ha·‘al) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> Above, over, upon, against you and וְאֵלֶ֙יךָ֙ (wə·’ê·le·ḵā) Conjunctive waw | Preposition | second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_413.htm">Strong's 413: </a> Near, with, among, to your master, אֲדֹנִ֔י (’ă·ḏō·nî) Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_113.htm">Strong's 113: </a> Sovereign, controller and not הֲלֹ֣א (hă·lō) Adverb - Negative particle <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> Not, no to עַל־ (‘al-) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> Above, over, upon, against the men הָאֲנָשִׁ֗ים (hā·’ă·nā·šîm) Article | Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_376.htm">Strong's 376: </a> A man as an individual, a male person sitting הַיֹּֽשְׁבִים֙ (hay·yō·šə·ḇîm) Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3427.htm">Strong's 3427: </a> To sit down, to dwell, to remain, to settle, to marry on עַל־ (‘al-) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> Above, over, upon, against the wall, הַ֣חֹמָ֔ה (ha·ḥō·māh) Article | Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2346.htm">Strong's 2346: </a> A wall of protection who are destined with you עִמָּכֶֽם׃ (‘im·mā·ḵem) Preposition | second person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5973.htm">Strong's 5973: </a> With, equally with to eat לֶאֱכֹ֣ל (le·’ĕ·ḵōl) Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_398.htm">Strong's 398: </a> To eat their own dung צוֹאָתָ֗ם (ṣō·w·’ā·ṯām) Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2755.htm">Strong's 2755: </a> Excrements of doves, a vegetable and drink וְלִשְׁתּ֛וֹת (wə·liš·tō·wṯ) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8354.htm">Strong's 8354: </a> To imbibe their own urine?? רַגְלֵיהֶ֖ם (raḡ·lê·hem) Noun - fdc | third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7890.htm">Strong's 7890: </a> Urine <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/2_kings/18-27.htm">2 Kings 18:27 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/2_kings/18-27.htm">2 Kings 18:27 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/2_kings/18-27.htm">2 Kings 18:27 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/2_kings/18-27.htm">2 Kings 18:27 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/2_kings/18-27.htm">2 Kings 18:27 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/2_kings/18-27.htm">2 Kings 18:27 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/2_kings/18-27.htm">2 Kings 18:27 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/2_kings/18-27.htm">2 Kings 18:27 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/2_kings/18-27.htm">2 Kings 18:27 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/2_kings/18-27.htm">2 Kings 18:27 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/2_kings/18-27.htm">OT History: 2 Kings 18:27 But Rabshakeh said to them Has my (2Ki iiKi ii ki 2 kg 2kg) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/2_kings/18-26.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="2 Kings 18:26"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="2 Kings 18:26" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/2_kings/18-28.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="2 Kings 18:28"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="2 Kings 18:28" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>