2 Kings 18:27 BSB — MannaFest

2 Kings 18:27

But the Rabshakeh replied, “Has my master sent me to speak these words only to you and your master, and not to the men sitting on the wall, who are destined with you to eat their own dung and drink their own urine?”

BSB

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ASV

But Rabshakeh 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 that sit on the wall, to eat their own dung, and to drink their own water with you?

KJV

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?

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Commentary

3 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

That they may eat ... - “My master hath sent me,” the Rab-shakeh seems to say, “to these men, whom I see stationed on the wall to defend the place and bear the last extremities of a prolonged siege - these men on whom its worst evils will fall, and who have therefore the greatest interest in avoiding it by a timely surrender.” He expresses the evils by a strong coarse phrase, suited to the rude soldiery, and well calculated to rouse their feelings. The author of Chronicles has softened down the words 2Ch 32:11.

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The Church Fathers1 voice

Ephrem the Syrian

ON THE SECOND BOOK OF KINGS 18:19 (373)

As I have already said, Sennacherib is a type of the devil, and this hypothesis is perfectly confirmed by the words that in this passage the Rabshakeh boastfully speaks against God when he makes false promises to the people, trying to take away from [God] …

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

What an idol did he make of that prince whose creature he was! God is the great King, but Sennacherib was in his eye a little god, and he would possess them with the same veneration for him that he had, and thereby frighten them into a submission to him. But to those who by faith see the King of kings in his power and glory even the king of Assyria looks mean and little.

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Original language & word study

26 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיֹּ֨אמֶר	vai.Yo.mer	and he said	H559 →
אֲלֵיהֶ֜ם	'a.lei.Hem	to them	H413 →
רַב־	rav-	[the] chief	H7262 →
שָׁקֵ֗ה	sha.Keh	commander	H7262 →
הַעַ֨ל	ha.'Al	¿ to	H5921 →
אֲדֹנֶ֤יךָ	'a.do.Nei.kha	master<s> your	H113 →
וְאֵלֶ֙יךָ֙	ve.'e.Lei.kha	and to you	H413 →
שְׁלָחַ֣נִי	she.la.Cha.ni	has he sent me	H7971 →
אֲדֹנִ֔י	'a.do.Ni	master my	H113 →
לְדַבֵּ֖ר	le.da.Ber	to speak	H1696 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
הַדְּבָרִ֣ים	ha.de.va.Rim	the words	H1697 →
הָאֵ֑לֶּה	ha.'E.leh	<the> these	H428 →
הֲלֹ֣א	ha.Lo'	¿ not	H3808 →
עַל־	'al-	to	H5921 →
הָאֲנָשִׁ֗ים	ha.'a.na.Shim	the men	H582 →
הַיֹּֽשְׁבִים֙	hai.yo.she.Vim	who are sitting	H3427 →
עַל־	'al-	on	H5921 →
הַ֣חֹמָ֔ה	ha.cho.Mah	the wall	H2346 →
לֶאֱכֹ֣ל	le.'e.Khol	to eat	H398 →
אֶת	'et	<obj.>	H853 →
צוֹאָתָ֗ם	cha.rei.hem	own excrement their	H6675 →
וְלִשְׁתּ֛וֹת	ve.lish.Tot	and to drink	H8354 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
מימֵ֥י רַגְלֵיהֶ֖ם	mimei rag.lei.hem	[the] water of feet their	H4325 →H7272 →
עִמָּכֶֽם׃	'i.ma.Khem	with you	H5973 →

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Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Psalms 73:8
They mock and speak with malice; with arrogance they threaten oppression.
leads to
- Jude 1:16
  These men are discontented grumblers, following after their own lusts; their mouths spew arrogance; they flatter others for their own advantage.
- Psalms 17:10
  They have closed their callous hearts; their mouths speak with arrogance.
Through
Lamentations 4:5
Those who once ate delicacies are destitute in the streets; those brought up in crimson huddle in ash heaps.
leads to
- Luke 16:19
  Now there was a rich man dressed in purple and fine linen, who lived each day in joyous splendor.
- Luke 15:16
  He longed to fill his belly with the pods the pigs were eating, but no one would give him a thing.
- Proverbs 31:21
  When it snows, she has no fear for her household, for they are all clothed in scarlet.
Through
2 Kings 6:25
So there was a great famine in Samaria. Indeed, they besieged the city so long that a donkey’s head sold for eighty shekels of silver, and a quarter cab of dove’s dung sold for…
leads to
- Jeremiah 14:13–15
  “Ah, Lord GOD!” I replied, “Look, the prophets are telling them, ‘You will not see the sword or suffer famine, but I will give you lasting peace in this place.’”
- Jeremiah 52:6
  By the ninth day of the fourth month, the famine in the city was so severe that the people of the land had no food.
- Jeremiah 14:18
  If I go out to the country, I see those slain by the sword; if I enter the city, I see those ravaged by famine! For both prophet and priest travel to a land…

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01Commentary

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02Original language & word study

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Where the connections lead

04Related verses

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06About 2 Kings

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About 2 Kings