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Isaiah 36

KJ3 Literal Translation — Chapter 36 of 66

1 And it happened in the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah, Sennacherib, king of Assyria, came against all the fortified cities of Judah, and took them.

2 And the king of Assyria sent the chief cupbearer from Lachish to Jerusalem, to King Hezekiah, with a great army. And he stood by the conduit of the upper pool, in the highway of the Fuller's Field.

3 And Eliakim, Hilkiah's son, who was over the house, and Shebna the scribe, and Asaph's son Joah, the recorder, came out to him.

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Chapter Summary

Sennacherib invades Judah. The chief cuobearer, sent by Sennacherib, by blasphemous persuasions solicits the people to revolt.

Key Hebrew Words

מִזְבְּחֹתָ֔י altar H4196 · TWOT 525b
בְגָדִ֑ים treachery H899 · TWOT 198a
מִצְרַ֔יִם Egypt H4714 · TWOT 1235
רֹכְבִ֥ים mount and ride H7392 · TWOT 2163
עָרֵ֧י excitement H5892 · TWOT 1587a

People & Context

Sennacherib Invades Judah

In the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah, Sennacherib, king of Assyria, comes against all the fortified cities of Judah and captures them.

The Chief Cupbearer's Ultimatum

Sennacherib sends his chief cupbearer from Lachish to Jerusalem. He mocks Hezekiah's trust in Egypt and in Jehovah, claiming God ordered the invasion.

The Dispute over Language and the Public Threat

Judean officials ask the cupbearer to speak Aramaic, but he refuses and shouts in Judean to the people on the wall, warning them not to trust Hezekiah…

Timeline

Sennacherib Invades Judah

In the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah, Sennacherib, king of Assyria, comes against all the fortified cities of Judah and captures them.

Isaiah 36:1
The Chief Cupbearer's Ultimatum

Sennacherib sends his chief cupbearer from Lachish to Jerusalem. He mocks Hezekiah's trust in Egypt and in Jehovah, claiming God ordered the invasion.

Isaiah 36:2-10
The Dispute over Language and the Public Threat

Judean officials ask the cupbearer to speak Aramaic, but he refuses and shouts in Judean to the people on the wall, warning them not to trust Hezekiah's promises of divine deliverance.

Isaiah 36:11-20

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