2 Kings 18:28

Then Rabshakeh stood and cried with a loud voice in the Jews' language, and spake, saying, Hear the word of the great king, the king of Assyria:

Then Rabshakeh {H7262} stood {H5975} and cried {H7121} with a loud {H1419} voice {H6963} in the Jews' language {H3066}, and spake {H1696}, saying {H559}, Hear {H8085} the word {H1697} of the great {H1419} king {H4428}, the king {H4428} of Assyria {H804}:

Then Rav-Shakeh stood up and, speaking loudly in Hebrew, said: "Hear what the great king, the king of Ashur, says!

Then the Rabshakeh stood and called out loudly in Hebrew: “Hear the word of the great king, the king of Assyria!

Then Rabshakeh stood, and cried with a loud voice in the Jews’ language, and spake, saying, Hear ye the word of the great king, the king of Assyria.

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Cross-References

  • Isaiah 36:13 (3 votes)

    Then Rabshakeh stood, and cried with a loud voice in the Jews' language, and said, Hear ye the words of the great king, the king of Assyria.

  • Isaiah 36:18 (3 votes)

    [Beware] lest Hezekiah persuade you, saying, The LORD will deliver us. Hath any of the gods of the nations delivered his land out of the hand of the king of Assyria?

  • Psalms 47:2 (2 votes)

    For the LORD most high [is] terrible; [he is] a great King over all the earth.

  • 2 Kings 18:19 (2 votes)

    And Rabshakeh said unto them, Speak ye now to Hezekiah, Thus saith the great king, the king of Assyria, What confidence [is] this wherein thou trustest?

  • Isaiah 10:8 (2 votes)

    For he saith, [Are] not my princes altogether kings?

  • Isaiah 10:13 (2 votes)

    For he saith, By the strength of my hand I have done [it], and by my wisdom; for I am prudent: and I have removed the bounds of the people, and have robbed their treasures, and I have put down the inhabitants like a valiant [man]:

  • Ezekiel 31:3 (2 votes)

    Behold, the Assyrian [was] a cedar in Lebanon with fair branches, and with a shadowing shroud, and of an high stature; and his top was among the thick boughs.