Discovery BoxIsaiah 36:4 
Context36:4 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
Context36:13 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
Context37:8 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
Context41:28 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
Context36:2 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).
