Eliakim, Shebnah, and Joah ask for the Syrian language, and Rabshakeh answers
엘리야김과 셉나와 요아가 아람 방언으로 말하기를 청하고 랍사게가 대답함
2 Kings 18:26–27: Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, Shebnah, and Joah say to Rabshakeh, “Please speak to your servants in the Syrian language, for we understand it. Don’t speak with us in the Jews’ language, in the hearing of the people who are on the wall.” But Rabshakeh says to them, “Has my master sent me to your master and to you, to speak these words? Hasn’t he sent me to the men who sit on the wall, to eat their own dung, and to drink their own urine with you?” The Korean Revised Version reads 아람 방언 (the language of Aram) where WEB reads “the Syrian language”, and 유다 방언 (the language of Judah) where WEB reads “the Jews’ language”; it puts 우리가 알아듣겠사오니 (for we understand it) first, and reads 저에게 where WEB reads “to them” (18:27).
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- 2KI 18:26–27, engwebp
26Then Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, Shebnah, and Joah, said to Rabshakeh, “Please speak to your servants in the Syrian language, for we understand it. Don’t speak with us in the Jews’ language, in the hearing of the people who are on the wall.”
27But Rabshakeh said to them, “Has my master sent me to your master and to you, to speak these words? Hasn’t he sent me to the men who sit on the wall, to eat their own dung, and to drink their own urine with you?”
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Eliakim (son of Hilkiah) — Took part in — Eliakim, Shebnah, and Joah ask for the Syrian language, and Rabshakeh answers
Evidence: 2 Kings 18:26–27
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Shebna (the scribe) — Took part in — Eliakim, Shebnah, and Joah ask for the Syrian language, and Rabshakeh answers
Evidence: 2 Kings 18:26–27
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Joah — Took part in — Eliakim, Shebnah, and Joah ask for the Syrian language, and Rabshakeh answers
Evidence: 2 Kings 18:26–27
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Rabshakeh — Took part in — Eliakim, Shebnah, and Joah ask for the Syrian language, and Rabshakeh answers
Evidence: 2 Kings 18:26–27
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[Bibliadatum entry report] Entry: Eliakim, Shebnah, and Joah ask for the Syrian language, and Rabshakeh answers (event-2ki-18-eliakim-shebna-and-joah-ask-for-the-syrian-language) Address: https://bibliadatum.org/en/wiki/event/2ki-18-eliakim-shebna-and-joah-ask-for-the-syrian-language Current wording: 2 Kings 18:26–27: Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, Shebnah, and Joah say to Rabshakeh, “Please speak to your servants in the Syrian language, for we understand it. Don’t speak with us in the Jews’ language, in the hearing of the people who are on the wall.” But Rabshakeh says to them, “Has my master sent me to your master and to you, to speak these words? Hasn’t he sent me to the men who sit on the wall, to eat their own dung, and to drink their own urine with you?” The Korean Revised Version reads 아람 방언 (the language of Aram) where WEB reads “the Syrian language”, and 유다 방언 (the language of Judah) where WEB reads “the Jews’ language”; it puts 우리가 알아듣겠사오니 (for we understand it) first, and reads 저에게 where WEB reads “to them” (18:27). Cited evidence: 2KI 18:26–27, engwebp Review state: ai-assisted / human-review-pending What looks wrong: (not written yet) --- This collection records what the text says and does not settle interpretation. A report about a reading that divides opinion may be registered as an unresolved issue rather than corrected.