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Isaiah 36:2 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 2. 2And the king of Assyria sent Rabshakeh from Lachish to Jerusalem unto king Hezekiah with a great army. And he stood by the conduit of the upper pool in the highway of the fuller’s field.
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Role in This Section
The historical narrative or dated oracle carries the next action, claim, image, or measurement through “And the king of Assyria sent Rabshakeh from Lachish to Jerusalem unto king Hezekiah with a great army…” at Isaiah 36:2 as part of “Sennacherib's Field Commander Reaches Jerusalem.”
Read It With
- Isaiah 36:1–3
Read Isaiah 36:2 with 36:1–3. By itself, “And the king of Assyria sent Rabshakeh from Lachish to Jerusalem unto king Hezekiah with a great army…” can be detached from the speaker, addressee, historical horizon, poetic movement, or outcome that gives it force. The complete unit establishes: The narrative dates Assyria's capture of fortified cities and places Judah's officials before the invading commander's message.
Why It Needs Context
The historical narrative or dated oracle carries the next action, claim, image, or measurement through “And the king of Assyria sent Rabshakeh from Lachish to Jerusalem unto king Hezekiah with a great army…” at Isaiah 36:2 as part of “Sennacherib's Field Commander Reaches Jerusalem.” Because nearby lines develop or qualify it, Isaiah 36:1–3 supplies the minimum responsible context.
Continue in Context
The full thought-unit study remains the final contextual authority for this Verse Lens.
Read Isaiah 36:1–3 — Sennacherib's Field Commander Reaches JerusalemSources used for this context pointer
How certain is this explanation? strong
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
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USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact displayed KJV wording, verse order, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete thought-unit coverage.
Exact location: Isaiah 36:1–3, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM-derived repository corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Isaiah
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Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/Isa.xml, OSIS 36:1–3 with Hebrew/KJV versification difference checked
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