But Sennacherib’s chief of staff replied, “Do you think my master sent this message only to you and your master? 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.”
Commentaries
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That they may eat ... - “My master has sent me,” the Rabshakeh seems to say, “to these men whom I see stationed on the wall to defend the pl…
Charles Ellicott
CharlesEllicott
19th Century
Anglican
19th Century
Has my master ... —Rather, Is it to your lord and to you that my lord has sent me to speak these words?
Th…
John Gill
JohnGill
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century
(See Gill on 2 Kings 18:17)
Matthew Henry
MatthewHenry
17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century
Rabshakeh tries to convince the Jews that it was pointless for them to resist. What confidence is this in which you trust? It would be well if sinn…
Albert Barnes
AlbertBarnes