Isaiah 36:2 BSB — MannaFest

Isaiah 36:2

And the king of Assyria sent the Rabshakeh, with a great army, from Lachish to King Hezekiah at Jerusalem. And he stopped by the aqueduct of the upper pool, on the road to the Launderer’s Field.

BSB

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ASV

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.

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.

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Commentary

3 voices

Jerome

Commentary on Isaiah (420)

I read in a certain Commentary that the same person is Sennacherib who also captured Samaria, which is completely false. For the Sacred History recounts that first Phul, the king of the Assyrians, devastated the ten tribes under Manahen, the king of Israel. Secondly, Theglathphalasar came against Samaria under Phacee, the son of Romelia of Israel. Salmanasar, under the reign of King Hoshea of Israel, captured the entire city of Samaria. Sargon is said to be the fourth king who captured Ashdod. Asarhaddon, the fifth king, relocated Israel and sent the Samaritans as guardians to the land of Judah.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

The history related here, and in the three following chapters, is, almost in the same words contained 2 Kings 18, 19, 20. It is inserted here, to explain and confirm some of the foregoing predictions.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

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

And the king of Assyria sent Rabshakeh - In 2Ki 18:17, it is said that he sent Tartan, and Rabsaris, and Rabshakeh. In regard to Tartan, see the note at Isa 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 southwest of Jerusalem Jos 10:23; Jos 15:

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Original language & word study

20 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיִּשְׁלַ֣ח	vai.yish.Lach	and he sent	H7971 →
מֶֽלֶךְ־	Me.lekh-	[the] king of	H4428 →
אַשּׁ֣וּר׀	'a.Shur	Assyria	H804 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
רַב־	rav-	[the] chief	H7262 →
שָׁקֵ֨ה	sha.Keh	commander	H7262 →
מִלָּכִ֧ישׁ	mi.la.Khish	from Lachish	H3923 →
יְרוּשָׁלְַ֛מָה	ye.ru.sha.Le.mah	Jerusalem towards	H3389 →
אֶל־	'el-	to	H413 →
הַמֶּ֥לֶךְ	ha.Me.lekh	the king	H4428 →
חִזְקִיָּ֖הוּ	chiz.ki.Ya.hu	Hezekiah	H2396 →
בְּחֵ֣יל	be.Cheil	with an army	H2428 →
כָּבֵ֑ד	ka.Ved	massive	H3515 →
וַֽיַּעֲמֹ֗ד	vai.ya.'a.Mod	and he stood	H5975 →
בִּתְעָלַת֙	bit.'a.Lat	at [the] conduit of	H8585 →
הַבְּרֵכָ֣ה	ha.be.re.Khah	the pool	H1295 →
הָעֶלְיוֹנָ֔ה	ha.'el.yo.Nah	<the> upper	H5945 →
בִּמְסִלַּ֖ת	bim.si.Lat	on [the] highway of	H4546 →
שְׂדֵ֥ה	se.Deh	[the] field of	H7704 →
כוֹבֵֽס׃	kho.Ves	[the] washer	H3526 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk5

Where the connections lead

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
Isaiah 7:3
Then the LORD said to Isaiah, “Go out with your son Shear-jashub to meet Ahaz at the end of the aqueduct that feeds the upper pool, on the road to the Launderer’s Field,
leads to
- 2 Kings 18:17
  Nevertheless, the king of Assyria sent the Tartan, the Rabsaris, and the Rabshakeh, along with a great army, from Lachish to King Hezekiah at Jerusalem. They advanced up to Jerusalem and stationed themselves by…
- Romans 9:27
  Isaiah cries out concerning Israel: “Though the number of the Israelites is like the sand of the sea, only the remnant will be saved.
- Isaiah 6:13
  And though a tenth remains in the land, it will be burned again. As the terebinth and oak leave stumps when felled, so the holy seed will be a stump in the land.”
- Isaiah 55:7
  Let the wicked man forsake his own way and the unrighteous man his own thoughts; let him return to the LORD, that He may have compassion, and to our God, for He will freely…
- Isaiah 10:21
  A remnant will return—a remnant of Jacob—to the Mighty God.

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Isaiah

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

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About Isaiah