KJV King James Version
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.
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Isaiah 36:2
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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
And the king of Assyria sent the Rabshakeh, with a great army, from Lachish to King Hezekiah at Jerusalem. And he stopped by the aqueduct of the upper pool, on the road to the Launderer’s Field.
WEB World English Bible
The king of Assyria sent Rabshakeh from Lachish to Jerusalem to king Hezekiah with a large army. He stood by the aqueduct from the upper pool in the fuller’s field highway.
ASV American Standard Version
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.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And the king of Asshur sendeth Rabshakeh from Lachish to Jerusalem, unto the king Hezekiah, with a heavy force, and he standeth by the conduit of the upper pool, in the highway of the fuller’s field,
Surrounding context — Isaiah 36
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, the recorder.
4 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?
5 I say, [sayest thou], (but [they are but] vain words) [I have] counsel and strength for war: now on whom dost thou trust, that thou rebellest against me?
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וַיִּשְׁלַ֣חH7971 · sha.lachto send: departמֶֽלֶךְ־H4428 · me.lekhkingאַשּׁ֣וּר׀H804 · ash.shurAssyriaאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]רַב־H7262 · rav.sha.qehRabshakehשָׁקֵ֨הH7262 · rav.sha.qehRabshakehמִלָּכִ֧ישׁH3923 · la.khishLachishיְרוּשָׁלְַ֛מָהH3389 · ye.ru.sha.laimJerusalemאֶל־H413 · elto(wards)הַמֶּ֥לֶךְH4428 · me.lekhkingחִזְקִיָּ֖הוּH2396 · chiz.qiy.yahHezekiahבְּחֵ֣ילH2428 · cha.yilstrength: soldiersכָּבֵ֑דH3515 · ka.vedheavyוַֽיַּעֲמֹ֗דH5975 · a.madto stand: standבִּתְעָלַת֙H8585 · te.a.lahconduitהַבְּרֵכָ֣הH1295 · be.re.khah(Shelah) Poolהָעֶלְיוֹנָ֔הH5945 · el.yonhighבִּמְסִלַּ֖תH4546 · me.sil.lahhighwayשְׂדֵ֥הH7704 · sa.daySirionכוֹבֵֽס׃H3526 · ka.vasWasher's
Cross-references
Isaiah 7:3Then said the LORD unto Isaiah, Go forth now to meet Ahaz, thou, and Shearjashub thy son, at the end of the conduit of the upper pool in the highway of the fuller’s field;2 Chronicles 32:9-23After this did Sennacherib king of Assyria send his servants to Jerusalem, (but he [himself laid siege] against Lachish, and all his power with him,) unto Hezekiah king of Judah, and unto all Judah that [were] at Jerusalem, saying,2 Kings 18:17-37And the king of Assyria sent Tartan and Rabsaris and Rabshakeh from Lachish to king Hezekiah with a great host against Jerusalem. And they went up and came to Jerusalem. And when they were come up, they came and stood by the conduit of the upper pool, which [is] in the highway of the fuller’s field.Isaiah 22:9-11Ye have seen also the breaches of the city of David, that they are many: and ye gathered together the waters of the lower pool.
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