| Eat and Drink in the Bible | | | | comments on 2 Kings 18:27; they are: |
| The Bible says: But the Rabshakeh said to them "Has | | | | |
| my master sent me to speak these words to your | | | | (1) Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible |
| master and to you, and not to the men sitting on the | | | | (Complete): |
| wall, who are doomed with you to eat their own | | | | If they held out, they must expect no other than to |
| dung and to drink their own urine?" | | | | eat their own dung, by reason of the want of |
| This statement is found in 2 Kings 18:27 and it is | | | | provisions, which would be entirely cut off from them |
| repeated in Isaiah 36:12 as follows: | | | | by the besiegers; but if they would capitulate, seek |
| | | | | his favor with a present and cast themselves upon |
| 2 Kings 18:27 (English Standard Version) | | | | his mercy, he would give them very good treatment, |
| 27But the Rabshakeh said to them "Has my master | | | | |
| sent me to speak these words to your master and | | | | (2) Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the |
| to you, and not to the men sitting on the wall, who | | | | Whole Bible: |
| are doomed with you to eat their own dung and to | | | | This was designed to show the dreadful extremities |
| drink their own urine?" | | | | to which, in the threatened siege, the people of |
| | | | | Jerusalem would be reduced. |
| Isaiah 36:12 (English Standard Version) | | | | |
| English Standard Version | | | | (3) Wesley's Explanatory Notes: |
| 12But the Rabshakeh said "Has my master sent me | | | | To the men - To tell them to what extremities and |
| to speak these words to your master and to you, | | | | miseries he will force them. |
| and not to the men sitting on the wall, who are | | | | |
| doomed with you to eat their own dung and drink | | | | ================== |
| their own urine?" | | | | |
| | | | | Eat and Drink in the Quran |
| In this statement, there is an announcement to eat | | | | In the Quran, |
| their own dung and to drink their own urine. | | | | 1. The announcement to eat dung is not found |
| | | | | therein. |
| How do seven Biblical commentaries say about the | | | | 2. The announcement to drink urine is not prescribed |
| verse 2 Kings 18:27? | | | | therein. |
| It seems likely that the verse 2 Kings 18:27 cause | | | | 3. Rabshakeh is not mentioned therein. |
| some embarrassments to the Biblical scholars. | | | | 4. Allah recommends eating and drinking good and |
| Four Biblical commentaries give No comment on 2 | | | | healthy food and drinks (verse 2:172, 7:31 etc.). |
| Kings 18:27; they are: | | | | |
| 1. Geneva Study Bible | | | | ================== |
| 2. John Gill's Exposition of the Bible | | | | |
| 3. Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible | | | | Back to my question to the smart and interested |
| (Concise) | | | | reader: |
| 4. Scofield Reference Notes (1917 Edition). | | | | Are the Scholars truthful when they claim that the |
| | | | | Quran quoted from the Bible? |
| However, three Biblical commentaries give some | | | | |