26 Then Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, Shebnah, and Joah, said to Rabshakeh, “Speak now to your servants in Aramaic, because we [a]understand it; and do not speak with us in [b](A)Judean [c]so that the people who are on the wall hear you.”

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 18:26 Lit hear
  2. 2 Kings 18:26 I.e., Hebrew
  3. 2 Kings 18:26 Lit in the ears of...wall

26 Then Eliakim son of Hilkiah, and Shebna and Joah said to the field commander, “Please speak to your servants in Aramaic,(A) since we understand it. Don’t speak to us in Hebrew in the hearing of the people on the wall.”

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26 Then said Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, and Shebna, and Joah, unto Rabshakeh, Speak, I pray thee, to thy servants in the Syrian language; for we understand it: and talk not with us in the Jews' language in the ears of the people that are on the wall.

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