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Often appears with: the nature and attributes of God · siege negotiations · siege and fortification · rabshakeh speech · diplomacy and embassies
Usually: speech or oration (1) · the test or trial (1) · detachment (1) · indignation (1)
“That he ought to know he makes this expedition against him by the will of God, who hath granted this favor to him, that he shall overthrow the kingdom of Israel” Josephus, Flavius, Antiquities of the Jews · insight
Rabshakeh demands Hezekiah’s surrender, mocking reliance on Egypt and claiming God backs Assyria, while Hezekiah’s envoys respond with a warning about delivering themselves voluntarily under superior force.
Ethiopians, he left his general Rabshakeh, and two other of his principal commanders, with great forces, to destroy Jerusalem. The names of the two other commanders were Tartan and Rabsaris. 2. Now as soon as they were come before the walls, they pitched their camp, and sent messengers to Hezekiah, and desired that they might speak with him; but he did not himself come out to them for fear, but he sent three of his …