2Ki 18:26, Est 1:22, 3:12, Dan 4:1, 1Cor 14:9-11 | ESV | STEP | Then Eliakim the son of Hilkiah , and Shebnah , and Joah , said to the Rabshakeh , Please speak to your servants in Aramaic , for we understand it. Do not speak to us in the language of Judah within the hearing of the people who are on the wall .

a[See ver. 18 above]

b[See ver. 18 above]

c[Ezra 4:7; Dan. 2:4]

d ch. 3:12; 8:9

e ch. 8:9

fSee Ezra 8:36

g ch. 1:22; 8:9

h ch. 8:8, 10; [1 Kgs. 21:8]

i ch. 8:8, 10

kSee ch. 3:4

l ch. 6:25

m 1 Pet. 1:2; 2 Pet. 1:2

n[ch. 9:26]

oSee Acts 28:2

2 Kings 18:26

26 Then ^aEliakim the son of Hilkiah, and ^bShebnah, and Joah, said to the Rabshakeh, “Please speak to your servants in ^cAramaic, for we understand it. Do not speak to us in the language of Judah within the hearing of the people who are on the wall.”

Esther 1:22

22 He sent letters to all the royal provinces, ^dto every province in its own script and to every people in its own language, that every man be master in his own household and speak according to the language of his people.

Esther 3:12

12 ^eThen the king’s scribes were summoned on the thirteenth day of the first month, and an edict, according to all that Haman commanded, was written to the king’s ^fsatraps and to the governors over all the provinces and to the officials of all the peoples, ^gto every province in its own script and every people in its own language. It was written ^hin the name of King Ahasuerus ⁱand sealed with the king’s signet ring.

Daniel 4:1

Nebuchadnezzar Praises God

1 ^{▼▼Ch 3:31 in Aramaic} King Nebuchadnezzar to all ^kpeoples, nations, and languages, ^lthat dwell in all the earth: ^mPeace be multiplied to you!

1 Corinthians 14:9-11

9 So with yourselves, if with your tongue you utter speech that is not intelligible, how will anyone know what is said? For you will be ⁿspeaking into the air. 10 There are doubtless many different languages in the world, and none is without meaning, 11 but if I do not know the meaning of the language, I will be ^oa foreigner to the speaker and the speaker a foreigner to me.