²⁶ Then Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, Shebnah, and Joah, said to Rabshakeh, “Speak now to your servants in Aramaic, because we ^[a]understand it; and do not speak with us in ^[b](A)Judean ^[c]so that the people who are on the wall hear you.”

⁴ Then the Chaldeans spoke to the king in ^[a](A)Aramaic: “^(B)O king, live forever! ^(C)Tell the dream to your servants, and we will declare the interpretation.”