Isaiah 36:21
“But they held their peace, and answered him not a word: for the king’s commandment was, saying, Answer him not.”
Where are the gods of Hamath and Arphad? where are the gods of Sepharvaim? and have they delivered Samaria out of my hand?
Who are they among all the gods of these lands, that have delivered their land out of my hand, that the Lord should deliver Jerusalem out of my hand?
But they held their peace, and answered him not a word: for the king’s commandment was, saying, Answer him not.
Then came Eliakim, the son of Hilkiah, that was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah, the son of Asaph, the recorder, to Hezekiah with their clothes rent, and told him the words of Rabshakeh.
Cross-References
“Therefore the prudent shall keep silence in that time; for it is an evil time.”
“So David’s young men turned their way, and went again, and came and told him all those sayings.”
“Then came Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, which was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph the recorder, to Hezekiah with their clothes rent, and told him the words of Rab–shakeh.”
“Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of thy words.”
“But the children of Belial said, How shall this man save us? And they despised him, and brought him no presents. But he held his peace.”