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2 Kings 18:17

The king of Assyria sent Tartan and Rabsaris and Rabshakeh from Lachish to king Hezekiah with a great army to Jerusalem. They went up and came to Jerusalem. When they had come up, they came and stood by the conduit of the upper pool, which is in the highway of the fuller’s field.

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  • WEB World English Bible

    The king of Assyria sent Tartan and Rabsaris and Rabshakeh from Lachish to king Hezekiah with a great army to Jerusalem. They went up and came to Jerusalem. When they had come up, they came and stood by the conduit of the upper pool, which is in the highway of the fuller’s field.

  • KJV King James Version

    And the king of Assyria sent Tartan and Rabsaris and Rab-shakeh from Lachish to king Hezekiah with a great host against Jerusalem. And they went up and came to Jerusalem. And when they were come up, they came and stood by the conduit of the upper pool, which is in the highway of the fuller’s field.

  • JPS JPS Tanakh (1917)

    And the king of Assyria sent Tartan and Rab-saris and Rab-shakeh from Lachish to king Hezekiah with a great army unto Jerusalem. And they went up and came to Jerusalem. And when they were come up, they came and stood by the conduit of the upper pool, which is in the highway of the fullers' field.

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Cross-references (6)

Passages linked to 2 Kings 18:17 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.

  • 2 Kings 20:20 Now the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, and all his might, and how he made the pool, and the conduit, and brought water into the city, aren’t they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
  • Isaiah 7:3 Then Yahweh said to Isaiah, “Go out now to meet Ahaz, you, and Shearjashub your son, at the end of the conduit of the upper pool, on the highway of the fuller’s field.
  • Isaiah 20:1 In the year that Tartan came to Ashdod, when Sargon the king of Assyria sent him, and he fought against Ashdod and took it;
  • Isaiah 36:2 The king of Assyria sent Rabshakeh from Lachish to Jerusalem to king Hezekiah with a large army. He stood by the aqueduct from the upper pool in the fuller’s field highway.
  • 2 Chronicles 32:9 After this, Sennacherib king of Assyria sent his servants to Jerusalem, (now he was before Lachish, and all his power with him), to Hezekiah king of Judah, and to all Judah who were at Jerusalem, saying,
  • Isaiah 22:9-11 You saw the breaches of David’s city, that they were many; and you gathered together the waters of the lower pool. You counted the houses of Jerusalem, and you broke down the houses to fortify the wall. You also made a reservoir between the two walls for the water of the old pool. But you didn’t look to him who had done this, neither did you have respect for him who planed it long ago.

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Explain this verse (16 sources)

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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain After certain years, when Hezekiah ceased to send the…

After certain years, when Hezekiah ceased to send the tribute appointed by the king of the Assyrians, he sent his captains and army against him.

Geneva Bible (1599) marginal notes — public domain.

John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 2Ki 18:17 And the king of Assyria sent Tartan…
Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain The king of Assyria sent; having received the money,…
Matthew Henry 1710 · Public Domain Here is, I. Jerusalem besieged by Sennacherib's army, Kg2…
John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain Sent - Having received the money, upon which he…
Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 17. The king of Assyria sent Tartan, c.]…
Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain 2Ki 18:17. The king of Assyria sent Tartan —…
Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain An interval of time must be placed between this…
Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Tharthan, or Thathania, (1 Esdras v. 3.) and in…
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain SENNACHERIB BESIEGES JERUSALEM. (2Ki. 18:17-37)
Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain RAB-SHAKEH’S INSULTING MESSAGE TO HEZEKIAH, 2Ki_18:17-37.
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 17–25. The Assyrian army sent against Jerusalem. Rab-shakeh’s arguments…
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (17) And the king of Assyria sent . .…
The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Vers. 17-37. SECOND EXPEDITION OF SENNACHERIB. This section and…
Paul E. Kretzmann 1924 · Public Domain The Assyrian Expedition Against Jerusalem
Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 18:17 sent . . . a huge army: In…

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