Rabshakeh

Family: Assyria · Role: messenger · First appears: Isaiah 36

In Isaiah 36, Sennacherib sent Rabshakeh from Lachish to Jerusalem with a great army to address Hezekiah. Rabshakeh invoked God, saying, “the LORD said unto me, Go up against this land, and destroy it,” and asked Hezekiah, through Eliakim, Shebna, and Joah, what confidence he trusted in. When they asked him to speak in the Syrian language rather than the Jews’ language, he instead commanded them to carry his message to Hezekiah.

In Isaiah 37, Sennacherib is identified as Rabshakeh’s master, the king who sent him to reproach the living God.

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Life events

Sennacherib sent Rabshakeh from Lachish to Jerusalem to address Hezekiah.(Isaiah 36 · 📍 Jerusalem)
- With: Sennacherib Hezekiah
- “And the king of Assyria sent Rabshakeh from Lachish to Jerusalem unto king Hezekiah with a great army.”

Isaiah 36

sender: Sennacherib “And the king of Assyria sent Rabshakeh from Lachish to Jerusalem unto king Hezekiah with a great army.”
commander: God “the LORD said unto me, Go up against this land, and destroy it.”
with Hezekiah (interaction) “And Rabshakeh said unto them, Say ye now to Hezekiah, Thus saith the great king, the king of Assyria, What confidence is this wherein thou trustest?”
with Eliakim (interaction) “Then said Eliakim and Shebna and Joah unto Rabshakeh, Speak, I pray thee, unto thy servants in the Syrian language; for we understand it: and speak not to us in the Jews’ language, in the ears of the people that are on the wall.”
with Shebna (interaction) “Then said Eliakim and Shebna and Joah unto Rabshakeh, Speak, I pray thee, unto thy servants in the Syrian language; for we understand it: and speak not to us in the Jews’ language, in the ears of the people that are on the wall.”
with Joah (interaction) “Then said Eliakim and Shebna and Joah unto Rabshakeh, Speak, I pray thee, unto thy servants in the Syrian language; for we understand it: and speak not to us in the Jews’ language, in the ears of the people that are on the wall.”
subordinate: Eliakim “Then came forth unto him Eliakim, Hilkiah’s son, which was over the house, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah, Asaph’s son, the recorder. And Rabshakeh said unto them, Say ye now to Hezekiah, Thus saith the great king, the king of Assyria, What confidence is this wherein thou trustest?”
subordinate: Shebna “Then came forth unto him Eliakim, Hilkiah’s son, which was over the house, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah, Asaph’s son, the recorder. And Rabshakeh said unto them, Say ye now to Hezekiah, Thus saith the great king, the king of Assyria, What confidence is this wherein thou trustest?”
subordinate: Joah “Then came forth unto him Eliakim, Hilkiah’s son, which was over the house, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah, Asaph’s son, the recorder. And Rabshakeh said unto them, Say ye now to Hezekiah, Thus saith the great king, the king of Assyria, What confidence is this wherein thou trustest?”

Isaiah 37

employer: Sennacherib “It may be the LORD thy God will hear the words of Rabshakeh, whom the king of Assyria his master hath sent to reproach the living God, and will reprove the words which the LORD thy God hath heard: wherefore lift up thy prayer for the remnant that is left.”
sender: Sennacherib “It may be the LORD thy God will hear the words of Rabshakeh, whom the king of Assyria his master hath sent to reproach the living God, and will reprove the words which the LORD thy God hath heard: wherefore lift up thy prayer for the remnant that is left.”

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Extracted from the original text of The Prophets. Made with Rho MD.