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A Tool of Terror
Commentators explain that Rabshakeh's crude speech was a calculated act of psychological warfare. By bypassing Judah's leaders and speaking directly to the soldiers on the wall, he aimed to demoralize them. As John Calvin notes, his goal was not to negotiate but to 'strike the people with alarm' with threats of a horrific siege, hoping to force a quick and unconditional surrender.
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Albert Barnes
On Isaiah 36:12
18th Century
Theologian
Has my master sent me to your master and to you? - To Hezekiah, and to you alone. A part of my purpose is to address the people, to induce t…
Charles Ellicott
On Isaiah 36:12
19th Century
Bishop
Hath he not sent me to the men that sit upon the wall ...? —The words, which in their brutal coarseness have hardly a par…
John Calvin
On Isaiah 36:12
16th Century
Theologian
And Rabshakeh said. From this we see the fierceness and insolence of the enemy, and from this it is also evident that Hezekiah’s …
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John Gill
On Isaiah 36:12
17th Century
Pastor
But Rabshakeh said, has my master sent me to your master, and
to you, to speak these words…