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When they called to the king, 1Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, who was over the household, and 2Shebnah the scribe and Joah the son of Asaph the recorder, came out to them.
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At that time Hezekiah cut off the gold from the doors of the temple of the LORD , and from the doorposts which Hezekiah king of Judah had overlaid, and gave it to the king of Assyria.
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Then the king of Assyria sent Tartan and Rab-saris and Rabshakeh from Lachish to King Hezekiah with a large army to Jerusalem. So they went up and came to Jerusalem. And when they went up, they came and stood by the conduit of the upper pool, which is on the highway of the fuller's field.
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When they called to the king, Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, who was over the household, and Shebnah the scribe and Joah the son of Asaph the recorder, came out to them.
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Then Rabshakeh said to them, "Say now to Hezekiah, 'Thus says the great king, the king of Assyria, "What is this confidence that you have?
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"You say (but they are only empty words ), 'I have counsel and strength for the war.' Now on whom do you rely, that you have rebelled against me?