Isaiah 36: The Rabshakeh Taunts Jerusalem

After Sennacherib of Assyria takes Judah's fortified towns, his officer the Rabshakeh comes to Jerusalem to demand surrender. He mocks trust in Egypt and in the LORD, calls out his offer to the listeners on the wall, and boasts that no god has stopped Assyria, while the people stay silent.

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Why did Hezekiah's three officials ask the Rabshakeh to speak in Aramaic rather than Hebrew (36:11)?

So the listeners on the wall would not understand himSo the king of Egypt's spies could not report backSo that Hezekiah could answer him in his own tongueSo the Rabshakeh's army would not hear the terms