Isaiah 36:2

Isaiah 36:2 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And the king of Assyria sent Rabshakeh from Lachish to Jerusalem unto king Hezekiah with a great army. And he stood by the conduit of the upper pool in the highway of the fuller’s field.
• New International Version (NIV)Then the king of Assyria sent his field commander with a large army from Lachish to King Hezekiah at Jerusalem. When the commander stopped at the aqueduct of the Upper Pool, on the road to the Launderer’s Field,
• English Standard Version (ESV)And the king of Assyria sent the Rabshakeh from Lachish to King Hezekiah at Jerusalem, with a great army. And he stood by the conduit of the upper pool on the highway to the Washer's Field.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then the king of Assyria sent the Rabshakeh with a great army from Lachish to King Hezekiah at Jerusalem. And he stood by the aqueduct from the upper pool, on the highway to the Fuller’s Field.

Context of Isaiah 36:2

1In the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah’s reign, King Sennacherib of Assyria came to attack the fortified towns of Judah and conquered them. Then the king of Assyria sent his chief of staff from Lachish with a huge army to confront King Hezekiah in Jerusalem. The Assyrians took up a position beside the aqueduct that feeds water into the upper pool, near the road leading to the field where cloth is washed. 3These are the officials who went out to meet with them: Eliakim son of Hilkiah, the palace administrator; Shebna the court secretary; and Joah son of Asaph, the royal historian. 4Then the Assyrian king’s chief of staff told them to give this message to Hezekiah: “This is what the great king of Assyria says: What are you trusting in that makes you so confident?

Isaiah 36:2 word by word

וַיִּשְׁלַ֣ח מֶֽלֶךְ־אַשּׁ֣וּר׀ אֶת־רַב־שָׁקֵ֨ה מִלָּכִ֧ישׁ יְרוּשָׁלְַ֛מָה אֶל־הַמֶּ֥לֶךְ חִזְקִיָּ֖הוּ בְּחֵ֣יל כָּבֵ֑ד וַֽיַּעֲמֹ֗ד בִּתְעָלַת֙ הַבְּרֵכָ֣ה הָעֶלְיוֹנָ֔ה בִּמְסִלַּ֖ת שְׂדֵ֥ה כוֹבֵֽס׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And the kingמֶ֫לֶךְmelek · kingH4428
• of Assyriaאַשּׁוּר'ashshûr 'ashshûr · AssyriaH804
• sentשָׁלַחshâlach · to send: departH7971
• Rabshakehרַבְשָׁקֵהrabshâqêh · RabshakehH7262
• from Lachishלָכִישׁlâkîysh · LachishH3923
• to Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִַ֫ם, יְרוּשְׁלֵםyerûshâlaim yerûshâlayim · JerusalemH3389
• Hezekiahחִזְקִיָּהוּchizqîyâh chizqîyâhû yechizqîyâh yechizqîyâhû · HezekiahH2396
• with a greatכָּבֵדkâbêd · heavyH3515
• armyחֵלchêyl chêl · rampartH2426
• And he stoodעָמַד‛âmad · to stand: standH5975
• by the conduitתְּעָלָהte‛âlâh · conduitH8585
• of the upperעֶלְיוֹן‛elyôn · highH5945
• poolבְּרֵכָהberêkâh · poolH1295
• in the highwayמְסִלָּהmesillâh · highwayH4546
• of the fuller’sכָּבַסkâbas · Washer'sH3526
• fieldשָׂדֶהώâdeh ώâday · Field (of the Launderer)H7704

Cross-references for Isaiah 36:2

• 2 Kings 18:17Nevertheless, the king of Assyria sent his commander in chief, his field commander, and his chief of staff from Lachish with a huge army to confront King Hezekiah in Jerusalem. The Assyrians took up a position beside the aqueduct that feeds water into the upper pool, near the road leading to the field where cloth is washed.
• 2 Chronicles 32:9While King Sennacherib of Assyria was still besieging the town of Lachish, he sent his officers to Jerusalem with this message for Hezekiah and all the people in the city:
• Isaiah 7:3Then the Lord said to Isaiah, “Take your son Shear-jashub and go out to meet King Ahaz. You will find him at the end of the aqueduct that feeds water into the upper pool, near the road leading to the field where cloth is washed.
• Isaiah 22:9You inspect the breaks in the walls of Jerusalem. You store up water in the lower pool.

Commentaries on Isaiah 36:2

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2And the king of Assyria sent Rabshakeh - In 2 Kings 18:17, it is said that he sent Tartan, and Rabsaris, and Rabshakeh. In regard to Tartan, see the note at Isaiah 20:1. It is probable that Rabshakeh only is mentioned in Isaiah because the expedition may have been mainly under his direction, or more probably because he was the principal speaker on the occasion to which he refers. From Lachish - This was a city in the south of the tribe of Judah, and was…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2Lachish was a city overlooking the hills west of Jerusalem. It needed to be captured before attacking Jerusalem. The aqueduct that supplies water to the upper pool was on the north side of Jerusalem, not the Gihon Spring in the Kidron Valley. Isaiah met Ahaz on this road leading to the field where cloth is washed about 33 years earlier (see Isaiah 7:3). At that time, he urged Ahaz to trust God. However, Ahaz trusted Assyria instead, leading to this…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 22. Rab-shakeh--In 2Ki 18:17, Tartan and Rab-saris are joined with him. Rab-shakeh was probably the chief leader; Rab is a title of authority, "chief-cup-bearer." Lachish--a frontier town southwest of Jerusalem, in Judah; represented as a great fortified city in a hilly and fruitful country in the Koyunjik bas-reliefs, now in the British Museum; also, its name is found on a slab over a figure of Sennacherib on his throne. upper pool--the side on which the…Read the comment

Topics related to Isaiah 36:2

• Gihon
• Hezekiah
• Jerusalem
• Pool

In the dictionaries

• Assyria
• Hezekiah
• Jerusalem
• Assyria, Assyrian, Assyrian Empire
• Destroy
• Gihon
• Isaiah
• Lachish
• Sennacherib
• Bible, the

Commentaries on Isaiah 36

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings