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2 Kings 18:19

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Rabshakeh: He was the chief speaker, being a very eloquent man, and, according to the Hebrews, whom Procopius follows, an apostate Jew; which is not improbable, as he spoke Hebrew so fluently; and when he blasphemed the Divine Majesty, the king and nobles rent their clothes, which was usual unless the blasphemer were an Israelite.

Thus saith: 2 Chronicles 32:10; Isaiah 10:8-14, Isaiah 36:4, Isaiah 37:13; Daniel 4:30

What confidence: 2 Kings 18:22, 2 Kings 18:29-30, 2 Kings 19:10; 2 Chronicles 32:7-8, 2 Chronicles 32:10-11, 2 Chronicles 32:14-16; Psalms 4:2; Isaiah 36:4, Isaiah 36:7, Isaiah 37:10

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