They cried... on the wall. — LXX. and Vulg., “he cried” (i.e., the Rab-sak). (See 2 Kings 18:26.)

To affright them, and to trouble (terrify, scare) them; that they might take the city. — This is the chronicler’s own statement of the purpose of the words of the Rab-sak reported in 2 Kings 18:28.

To affright. — The pi‘el of yârç, “to fear,” occurs besides, thrice in Nehemiah 6:9; Nehemiah 6:14; Nehemiah 6:19; and once in 2 Samuel 14:15.

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