2 Kings 18:26-28 Then said Eliakim son of Hilkiah, and Shebnah, and Joah, unto Rab–shakeh: Speak, we pray thee, unto thy servants in the, Syrian, language, for, we, can, understand, it,––and do not speak with us in, the Jews’, language, in the ears of the people who are upon the wall.

Rotherham⁽ⁱ⁾ ²⁶ Then said Eliakim son of Hilkiah, and Shebnah, and Joah, unto Rab–shakeh: Speak, we pray thee, unto thy servants in the, Syrian, language, for, we, can, understand, it,––and do not speak with us in, the Jews’, language, in the ears of the people who are upon the wall. ²⁷ But Rab–shakeh said unto them––Is it, concerning thy lord, and concerning thee, that my lord hath sent me to speak these things? Is it not concerning the men who are tarrying upon the wall, that they may eat their own dung and drink their own water with you? ²⁸ So then Rab–shakeh took his stand, and cried out with a loud voice, in, the Jews’, language,––and spake, and said, Hear ye the message of the great king, the king of Assyria:––