Then said Eliakim and Shebna and Joah unto Rabshakeh, Speak, I pray thee, unto thy servants in the Syrian language; for we understand it: and speak not to us in the Jews’ language, in the ears of the people that are on the wall.
Then Eliakim, Shebna, and Joah told Rabshakeh, "Please speak to us in the Syrian language because we understand it. Don't speak to us in the Jewish language, as the people on the wall can hear us."