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The king of Assyria sent Rabshakeh from Lachish to Jerusalem to king Hezekiah with a great army. He stood by the conduit of the upper pool in the highway of the fuller`s field.
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A Broken Treaty
Commentators highlight that this Assyrian threat came after King Hezekiah had already paid a massive tribute to secure peace, even stripping the Temple's gold. The enemy's treachery and insatiable greed were used by God as a tool of judgment. As John Calvin notes, this was a just punishment for Judah's unrepentant sin, despite their outward religious practices.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
And the king of Assyria sent Rabshakeh - In (2 Kings 18:17), it is said that he sent Tartan, and Rabsaris, and Rabshakeh. In re…
19th Century
Anglican
The king of Assyria sent Rabshakeh. —The word is a title (the Rabshakeh), probably the chief officer or cup-bear…
16th Century
Protestant
Then the king of Assyria sent Rabshakeh. The order of the narrative may have been altered here; for he had formerly said that Sennacherib …
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And the king of Assyria sent Rabshakeh from Lachish to Jerusalem unto King Hezekiah with a great army Notwiths…
13th Century
Catholic
And it came to pass in the fourteenth year. Here the author recounts, as a historical account, the destruction of the A…
