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A Demoralizing Tactic
Commentators explain that Rabshakeh's crude language was a deliberate psychological tactic. By bypassing the leaders and speaking directly to the soldiers on the wall, he aimed to demoralize the very people who would suffer most in a siege, hoping to incite them to surrender.
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2 Kings
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Albert Barnes
On 2 Kings 18:27
18th Century
Theologian
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
On 2 Kings 18:27
19th Century
Bishop
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
On 2 Kings 18:27
17th Century
Pastor
(See Gill on 2 Kings 18:17)
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Matthew Henry
On 2 Kings 18:17–37
17th Century
Minister
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…