2 Kings 18 · Verse 28

2 Kings 18:28

Then Rab–shakeh 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:
2 Kings 18:28, King James Version

2 Kings 18:28 in other translations

BSBThen the Rabshakeh stood and called out loudly in Hebrew: “Hear the word of the great king, the king of Assyria!
WEBThen Rabshakeh stood and cried with a loud voice in the Jews’ language, and spoke, saying, “Hear the word of the great king, the king of Assyria.
ASVThen 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.
YLTAnd the chief of the butlers standeth and calleth with a great voice in Jewish, and speaketh and saith, ‘Hear ye a word of the great king, the king of Asshur:
DARBYAnd Rab-shakeh stood and cried with a loud voice in the Jewish language, and spoke and said, Hear the word of the great king, the king of Assyria!
BBEThen the Rab-shakeh got up and said with a loud voice in the Jews' language, Give ear to the words of the great king, the king of Assyria;
WebsterThen Rab-shakeh stood and cried with a loud voice in the Jews language, and spoke, saying, Hear the word of the great king, the king of Assyria:

What does 2 Kings 18:28 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 28 Hear the word of the great king - of Assyria - This was all intended to cause the people to revolt from their allegiance to their king.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 2 Kings 18:17-37

Rabshakeh tries to convince the Jews, that it was to no purpose for them to stand it out. What confidence is this wherein thou trustest? It were well if sinners would submit to the force of this argument, in seeking peace with God. It is, therefore, our wisdom to yield to him, because it is in vain to contend with him: what confidence is that which those trust in who stand out against him? A great deal of art there…

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2 Kings 18:28 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַֽיַּעֲמֹד֙vai.ya.'a.Modand he stoodH5975
רַב\־rav-[the] chiefH7262
שָׁקֵ֔הsha.KehcommanderH7262
וַיִּקְרָ֥אvai.yik.Ra'and he called outH7121
בְקוֹל\־ve.kol-with a voiceH6963
גָּד֖וֹלga.DolgreatH1419
יְהוּדִ֑יתye.hu.Dit[in] JudeanH3066
וַיְדַבֵּ֣רvay.da.Berand he spokeH1696
וַיֹּ֔אמֶרvai.Yo.merand he saidH559
שִׁמְע֛וּshim.'UhearH8085
דְּבַר\־de.var-[the] word ofH1697
הַמֶּ֥לֶךְha.Me.lekhthe kingH4428
הַגָּד֖וֹלha.ga.Dol<the> greatH1419
מֶ֥לֶךְMe.lekh[the] king ofH4428
אַשּֽׁוּר\׃'a.ShurAssyriaH804

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Cross references for 2 Kings 18:28

  • Isaiah 36:13-18

    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. Thus saith the king, Let not Hezekiah deceive you: for he shall not be able to deliver you. Neither let Hezekiah make you trust in the Lord, saying, The Lord will surely deliver us: this city shall not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria. Hearken not to Hezekiah: for thus saith the king of Assyria, Make an agreement with me by a present, and come out to me: and eat ye every one of his vine, and every one of his fig tree, and drink ye every one the waters of his own cistern; …

  • 2 Chronicles 32:18

    Then they cried with a loud voice in the Jews’ speech unto the people of Jerusalem that were on the wall, to affright them, and to trouble them; that they might take the city.

  • Ezekiel 29:3

    Speak, and say, Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I am against thee, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great dragon that lieth in the midst of his rivers, which hath said, My river is mine own, and I have made it for myself.

  • Isaiah 10:8-13

    For he saith, Are not my princes altogether kings? Is not Calno as Carchemish? is not Hamath as Arpad? is not Samaria as Damascus? As my hand hath found the kingdoms of the idols, and whose graven images did excel them of Jerusalem and of Samaria; Shall I not, as I have done unto Samaria and her idols, so do to Jerusalem and her idols? …

  • Ezra 7:12

    Artaxerxes, king of kings, unto Ezra the priest, a scribe of the law of the God of heaven, perfect peace, and at such a time.

  • Revelation 19:6

    And I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude, and as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of mighty thunderings, saying, Alleluia: for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth.

  • Ezekiel 31:3-10

    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. The waters made him great, the deep set him up on high with her rivers running round about his plants, and sent out her little rivers unto all the trees of the field. Therefore his height was exalted above all the trees of the field, and his boughs were multiplied, and his branches became long because of the multitude of waters, when he shot forth. All the fowls of heaven made their nests in his boughs, and under his branches did all the beasts of the field bring forth their young, and under his shadow dwelt all great nations. …

  • 2 Kings 18:19

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

  • Psalms 47:2

    For the Lord most high is terrible; he is a great King over all the earth.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Rab-shakeh.
2Ch 32:18; Isa 36:13-18
the king of Assyria.
19; Ezr 7:12; Ps 47:2; Isa 10:8-13; Eze 29:3; 31:3-10; Re 19:6

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Context

  • 2 Kings 18:27

    But Rab–shakeh said unto them, Hath my master sent me to thy master, and to thee, to speak these words? hath he not sent me to the men which sit on the wall, that they may eat their own dung, and drink their own piss with you?

  • 2 Kings 18:28

    Then Rab–shakeh 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:

  • 2 Kings 18:29

    Thus saith the king, Let not Hezekiah deceive you: for he shall not be able to deliver you out of his hand:

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2 Kings 18:28 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Paróse luego Rabsaces, y clamó á gran voz en judaico, y habló, diciendo: Oid la palabra del gran rey, el rey de Asiria.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et le Rab-Shaké se tint là, et cria à haute voix en langue judaïque, et parla, et dit: Écoutez la parole du grand roi, le roi d’Assyrie.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und der Rabsake stand und rief mit lauter Stimme auf jüdisch und redete und sprach: Höret das Wort des großen Königs, des Königs von Assyrien!
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Stetit itaque Rabsaces, et exclamavit voce magna judaice, et ait: Audite verba regis magni, regis Assyriorum.