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

He sent Eliakim, who was in charge of the palace, Shebna the court secretary,(A) and the leading priests, who were covered with sackcloth,(B) to the prophet Isaiah(C) son of Amoz.

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