^26 (A)Then Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, Shebna, and Joah said to the Rabshakeh, “Please speak to your servants in ^(B)Aramaic, for we understand it; and do not speak to us in ^[a]Hebrew in the hearing of the people who are on the wall.”

¹¹ Then Eliakim, Shebna, and Joah said to the Rabshakeh, “Please speak to your servants in Aramaic, for we understand it; and do not speak to us in ^[a]Hebrew in the hearing of the people who are on the wall.”

⁴ young men ^(A)in whom there was no blemish, but good-looking, gifted in all wisdom, possessing knowledge and quick to understand, who had ability to serve in the king’s palace, and ^(B)whom they might teach the language and ^[a]literature of the Chaldeans.

⁴ Then the Chaldeans spoke to the king in Aramaic, ^(A)“O^[a] king, live forever! Tell your servants the dream, and we will give the interpretation.”