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2 Kings 18:37

Then came Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, which was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph the recorder, to Hezekiah with their clothes rent, and told him the words of Rabshakeh.

KJV

Venitque Eliacim filius Helciæ, præpositus domus, et Sobna scriba, et Joahe filius Asaph a commentariis ad Ezechiam scissis vestibus, et nuntiaverunt ei verba Rabsacis.

Vulgate

καὶ εἰσῆλθεν Ἐλιακεὶμ υἱὸς Χελκείου ὁ οἰκονόμος καὶ Σόμνας ὁ γραμματεὺς καὶ Ἰώας υἱὸς Σαφὰν ὁ ἀναμιμνήσκων πρὸς τὸν Ἐζεκίαν διερρηχότες τὰ ἱμάτια, καὶ ἀνήγγειλαν αὐτῷ τοὺς λόγους Ῥαψάκου.

LXX

Then came Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, who was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph the recorder, to Hezekiah with their clothes rent, and told him the words of Rabshakeh.

ASV

וַ/יָּבֹ֣א אֶלְיָקִ֣ים בֶּן חִלְקִיָּ֣ה אֲשֶׁר עַל הַ֠/בַּיִת וְ/שֶׁבְנָ֨א הַ/סֹּפֵ֜ר וְ/יוֹאָ֨ח בֶּן אָסָ֧ף הַ/מַּזְכִּ֛יר אֶל חִזְקִיָּ֖הוּ קְרוּעֵ֣י בְגָדִ֑ים וַ/יַּגִּ֣דוּ ל֔/וֹ דִּבְרֵ֖י רַב שָׁקֵֽה

Hebrew

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In this verse

People HezekiahJehoiakimEliakimEliakimRabshakeh

In the original Hebrew

19 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲשֶׁר
'shr
particle · 5461×
אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
אֶלְיָקִ֣ים
'lyqym
proper_noun · 12×
אָסָ֖ף
'sp
proper_noun · 46×
בֵּ֣ית
byt
noun · 2032×
בֶּן
bn
noun · 4909×
בָּ֣א
b'
verb · 2573×
דְבַר
dbr
noun · 1449×
ו
v
noun · 218×
זְכָר
zkr
verb · 231×
חִזְקִיָּ֖הוּ
chzqyhv
proper_noun · 130×
חִלְקִיָּ֣הוּ
chlqyhv
proper_noun · 32×
יִּקְרַ֣ע
yqr'
verb · 63×
יַּגֶּד
ygd
verb · 369×
יוֹאָ֤ח
yv'ch
proper_noun · 11×
סֹּפֵ֔ר
spr
verb · 161×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
רַב
rb
noun · 32×
שֶׁבְנָ֨א
shbn'
proper_noun · 9×

Historic Christian voices

1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Kgs 21:27 — And it came to pass, when Ahab heard those words, that he rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his flesh, and fasted, and lay in sackcloth, and went softly.
  • 2Kgs 19:1 — And it came to pass, when king Hezekiah heard it, that he rent his clothes, and covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the house of the LORD.
  • Isa 22:15 — Thus saith the Lord GOD of hosts, Go, get thee unto this treasurer, even unto Shebna, which is over the house, and say,
  • Isa 22:20 — And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will call my servant Eliakim the son of Hilkiah:
  • Isa 33:7 — Behold, their valiant ones shall cry without: the ambassadors of peace shall weep bitterly.