Isaiah 36:11 KJV
Then said Eliakim and Shebna and Joah unto Rabshakeh, Speak, I pray thee, unto thy servants in the Syrian language; for we understand it: and speak not to us in the Jews' language, in the ears of the people that are on the wall.
Thou and Ye
- thee, thy one person
In the King James Bible, thee, thou, thy, and thine always mean one person, and ye, you, and your more than one: a difference modern English lost. Why keep these words?
Matthew Henry
- Isaiah 36:1–22See 2 Kgs 18:17–37, and the commentary thereon.
Thompson Chains
- Faint-heartedSee the chain from Leviticus 26:36 · 6 links
- PowerlessnessSee the chain from Leviticus 26:37 · 9 links
- HebrewSee the chain from 2 Kings 18:26 · 7 links
Parallel Passages
- Ezra 4:7 And in the days of Artaxerxes wrote Bishlam, Mithredath, Tabeel, and the rest of their companions, unto Artaxerxes king of Persia; and the writing of the letter was written in the Syrian tongue, and interpreted in the Syrian tongue.
- Daniel 2:4 Then spake the Chaldeans to the king in Syriack, O king, live for ever: tell thy servants the dream, and we will shew the interpretation.
From Thompson’s Chain-Reference Bible (1908).
Cross References
- Ezra 4:7 And in the days of Artaxerxes wrote Bishlam, Mithredath, Tabeel, and the rest of their companions, unto Artaxerxes king of Persia; and the writing of the letter was written in the Syrian tongue, and interpreted in the Syrian tongue.
- Daniel 2:4 Then spake the Chaldeans to the king in Syriack, O king, live for ever: tell thy servants the dream, and we will shew the interpretation.
- 2 Kings 18:26–27 Then said Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, and Shebna, and Joah, unto Rabshakeh, Speak, I pray thee, to thy servants in the Syrian language; for we understand it: and talk not with us in the Jews' language in the ears of the people that are on the wall. …
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Topics
- Ambassadors Other references to Ambassadors
- Assyria Sennacherib
- Diplomacy Rab-shakeh, in trying to induce Jerusalem to capitulate by bombastic harangue
- Eliakim 2. Son of Hilkiah, deputy of Hezekiah
- Hezekiah Military operations of
- Joah 1. Son of Asaph
- Rab-shakeh (Rabshakeh) Sent by Sennacherib against Jerusalem; undertakes to cause disloyalty to Hezekiah and the surrender of Jerusalem by a speech in the Jews’...
- Sennacherib Invades Judah; lays siege to Jerusalem, but abandons the country and returns to Assyria
- Shebna (Shebnah) 1. A scribe of Hezekiah
Timeline
- Timeline of the Bible713 BC · Sennacherib Comes against Judah
Bible Dictionary
- EliakimWhom God will raise up. (1.) The son of Melea (Luke 3:30), and probably grandson of Nathan.
- ShebnaTender youth, “treasurer” over the house in the reign of Hezekiah, i.e., comptroller or governor of the palace. On account of his pride...
- JoahJehovah his brother; i.e., helper. (1.) One of the sons of Obed-edom (1 Chr 26:4), a Korhite porter.
- RabshakehChief of the princes, the name given to the chief cup-bearer or the vizier of the Assyrian court; one of Sennacherib’s messengers to...
Hebrew and Strong’s
- Then said וַיֹּאמֶר wayyōʾmer אָמַר Verb · qal sequential imperfect, third person masculine singular · with and
- Eliakim אֶלְיָקִים ʾelyāqîm אֶלְיָקִים Proper name
- and Shebna וְשֶׁבְנָא wĕšebnāʾ שֶׁבְנָא Proper name · with and
- and Joah וְיוֹאָח wĕyôʾāḥ יוֹאָח Proper name · with and
- unto Rabshakeh אֶל ʾel Preposition רַב rab רַבְשָׁקֵה Proper name שָׁקֵה šāqê רַבְשָׁקֵה Proper name
- Speak דַּבֶּר dabber דָבַר Verb · piel imperative, second person masculine singular
- I pray thee, unto thy servants נָא nāʾ Exhortation אֶל ʾel Preposition עֲבָדֶיךָ ʿăbādêkā עֶבֶד Noun · masculine plural construct · with suffix: second person masculine singular אֵלֵינוּ ʾēlênû Preposition · with suffix: first person common plural
- in the Syrian language אֲרָמִית ʾărāmît אֲרָמִית Noun · feminine singular
- for we understand כִּי kî Conjunction שֹׁמְעִים šōmĕʿîm שָׁמַע Verb · qal active participle, masculine plural אֲנָחְנוּ ʾănoḥnû Pronoun · first person common plural
- and speak תְּדַבֵּר tĕdabbēr דָבַר Verb · piel jussive, second person masculine singular
- not to us in the Jews' language וְאַל wĕʾal Negative · with and יְהוּדִית yĕhûdît יְהוּדִית Noun · feminine singular
- in the ears בְּאָזְנֵי bĕʾoznê אֹזֶן Noun · feminine dual construct · with preposition
- of the people הָעָם hāʿām עַם Noun · masculine singular · with the
- that are on the wall אֲשֶׁר ʾăšer Relative עַל ʿal Preposition הַחוֹמָה haḥômâ חוֹמָה Noun · feminine singular · with the
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