◄ 2 Kings 18:37 ►
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Good News Translation
Then Eliakim, Shebna, and Joah tore their clothes in grief, and went and reported to the king what the Assyrian official had said.

New Revised Standard Version
Then Eliakim son of Hilkiah, who was in charge of the palace, and Shebna the secretary, and Joah son of Asaph, the recorder, came to Hezekiah with their clothes torn and told him the words of the Rabshakeh.

New American Bible
Then the master of the palace, Eliakim, son of Hilkiah, Shebnah the scribe, and the chancellor Joah, son of Asaph, came to Hezekiah with their garments torn, and reported to him the words of the commander.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And Eliacim, the son of Helcias, who was over the house, and Sobna, the scribe, and Joahe, the son of Asaph, the recorder, came to Ezechias, with their garments rent, and told him the words of Rabsaces.

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And Eliacim, the son of Helcias, who was over the house, and Sobna, the scribe, and Joahe, the son of Asaph, the recorder, came to Ezechias, with their garments rent, and told him the words of Rabsaces.

with their clothes rent.

2 Kings 5:7 And when the king of Israel had read the letter, he rent his garments, and said: Am I God, to be able to kill and give life, that this man hath sent to me to heal a man of his leprosy? mark, and see how he seeketh occasions against me.

2 Kings 22:11,19 And the king had heard the words of the law of the Lord, he rent his garments. . . .

Genesis 37:29,34 And Ruben returning to the pit, found not the boy: . . .

Job 1:20 Then Job rose up, and rent his garments, and having shaven his head, fell down upon the ground, and worshipped,

Isaiah 33:7 Behold they that see shall cry without, the angels of peace shall weep bitterly.

Isaiah 36:21,22 And they held their peace, and answered him not a word. For the king had commanded, saying: Answer him not. . . .

Jeremiah 36:24 And the king and all his servants that heard all these words were not afraid, nor did they rend their garments.

Matthew 26:65 Then the high priest rent his garments, saying: He hath blasphemed: What further need have we of witnesses? Behold, now you have heard the blasphemy.

Context
Sennacherib Threatens Jerusalem
…36But the people held their peace, and answered him not a word: for they had received commandment from the king that they should not answer him. 37And Eliacim, the son of Helcias, who was over the house, and Sobna, the scribe, and Joahe, the son of Asaph, the recorder, came to Ezechias, with their garments rent, and told him the words of Rabsaces.
Cross References
2 Samuel 8:16
And Joab the son Sarvia was over the army: and Josaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder:

2 Kings 6:30
When the king heard this, he rent his garments, and passed by upon the wall. And all the people saw the haircloth which he wore within next to his flesh.

2 Kings 18:18
And they called for the king: and there went out to them Eliacim, the son of Helcias, who was over the house, and Sobna, the scribe, and Joahe, the son of Asaph, the recorder.

2 Kings 18:26
Then Eliacim, the son of Helcias, and Sobna, and Joahe, said to Rabsaces: We pray thee, speak to us, thy servants, in Syriac: for we understand that tongue: and speak not to us in the Jews' language, in the hearing of the people that are upon the wall.

2 Kings 18:36
But the people held their peace, and answered him not a word: for they had received commandment from the king that they should not answer him.

2 Kings 19:1
And when king Ezechias heard these words, he rent his garments, and covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the house of the Lord.

2 Chronicles 32:1
After these things, and this truth, Sennacherib king of the Assyrians came and entered into Juda, and besieged the fenced cities, desiring to take them.

Ezra 9:3
And when I had heard this word, I rent my mantle and my coat, and plucked off the hairs of my head and my beard, and I sat down mourning.

Isaiah 33:7
Behold they that see shall cry without, the angels of peace shall weep bitterly.

2 Kings 18:36
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