Isaiah 36:11

New Century Version

Then Eliakim, Shebna, and Joah said to the field commander, “Please speak to us in the Aramaic language. We understand it. Don’t speak to us in Hebrew, because the people on the city wall can hear you.”

Cross References

Ezra 4:7

When Artaxerxes became king of Persia, Bishlam, Mithredath, Tabeel, and those with them wrote a letter to Artaxerxes. It was written in the Aramaic language and translated.

Isaiah 22:15

This is what the Lord God All-Powerful says: “Go to this servant Shebna, the manager of the palace.

Isaiah 22:20

“At that time I will call for my servant Eliakim son of Hilkiah.

Isaiah 36:12

But the commander said, “My master did not send me to tell these things only to you and your king. He sent me to speak also to those people sitting on the wall who will have to eat their own dung and drink their own urine like you.”

Isaiah 36:13

Then the commander stood and shouted loudly in the Hebrew language, “Listen to what the great king, the king of Assyria says,

Daniel 1:4

King Nebuchadnezzar wanted only young Israelite men who had nothing wrong with them. They were to be handsome and well educated, capable of learning and understanding, and able to serve in his palace. Ashpenaz was to teach them the language and writings of the Babylonians.

Daniel 2:4

The wise men answered the king in the Aramaic language, “O king, live forever! Please tell us, your servants, your dream. Then we will tell you what it means.”