26 Then Eliakim son of Hilkiah, Shebnah, and Joah said to the royal spokesman, “Please speak to your servants in Aramaic,(A) since we understand it. Don’t speak with us in Hebrew[a] within earshot of the people on the wall.”

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Footnotes

  1. 18:26 Lit Judahite, also in v. 28

37 Then Eliakim son of Hilkiah, who was in charge of the palace, Shebna the court secretary, and Joah son of Asaph, the court historian,(A) came to Hezekiah with their clothes torn(B) and reported to him the words of the royal spokesman.

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