Isaiah 36:18-20

It was true that none of the national gods could protect their countries from the *Assyrians. But those gods were merely dumb *idols.

But the *Assyrians were completely wrong to think the same about the *Lord. He was not a ‘dumb *idol’!

Hezekiah hears the news

v21 But Hezekiah’s three officials made no reply. King Hezekiah had told them not to say anything to the *Rabshakeh. v22 Then the three officials, Eliakim and Shebna and Joah, returned to king Hezekiah. (Eliakim, who managed Hezekiah’s palace, was Hilkiah’s son. Shebna was Chief Minister in the government. Joah son of Asaph looked after the official records.) Because they were so *upset, they had torn their clothes. They told the king everything that the *Rabshakeh had said.