Isaiah 36:4

36:4 The chief adviser said to them, “Tell Hezekiah: ‘This is what the great king, the king of Assyria, says: “What is your source of confidence? 1 

Isaiah 36:13

36:13 The chief adviser then stood there and called out loudly in the Judahite dialect, 2  “Listen to the message of the great king, the king of Assyria.

Isaiah 37:8

37:8 When the chief adviser heard the king of Assyria had departed from Lachish, he left and went to Libnah, where the king was campaigning. 3 

Isaiah 41:28

41:28 I look, but there is no one,

among them there is no one who serves as an adviser,

that I might ask questions and receive answers.

Isaiah 36:2

36:2 The king of Assyria sent his chief adviser 4  from Lachish to King Hezekiah in Jerusalem, 5  along with a large army. The chief adviser 6  stood at the conduit of the upper pool which is located on the road to the field where they wash and dry cloth. 7 

1 tn Heb “What is this object of trust in which you are trusting?”

2 tn The Hebrew text includes “and he said.”

3 tn Heb “and the chief adviser returned and he found the king of Assyria fighting against Libnah, for he heard that he had departed from Lachish.”

4 sn For a discussion of this title see M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 229-30.

5 map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.

6 tn Heb “he”; the referent (the chief adviser) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

7 tn Heb “the field of the washer”; traditionally “the fuller’s field” (so KJV, ASV, NAB, NASB, NRSV).